Show A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday July 2$ 2002 Q t - World I’' V V’' 'i ' ' Viagra tried as lung disease treatment in children LONDON (AP) — Some doctors are giving babies and children the impotence drug Viagra in hopes that it might help them fight a rare lung disease trials have not been Large-sca- le done and at least one doctor stopped his testing of the drug on children because it didn't seem to work But scientists say it is logical to believe that Viagra originally devel OsiraeD oped as a treatment for the heart ailment angina might be helpful for pulmonary hypertension The drug causes blood vessels to expand so that blood flow can improve Pulmonary hypertension causes blood vessels in the lungs to progressively narrow eventually causing heart failure Dr Alan Magee a child cardiologist at the Royal Brampton Hospital offieirs gestees in London said Viagra didn’t seem to be very effective on the four children he treated so he stopped his test “It made them fed better but there was no really good objective evidence that it worked " Magee said “Until the proper trials are done on this you really can’t say anything very much about it one way or the other” Dr David Wessd director of die' cardiology unit at Boston Children’s Hospitalhas investigated Viagra as a treatment for infants with pulmonary hypertension Similarly some doctors are giving the pill to adults with the same con- dition “It’s rather unfortunate that the drug has been labeled as a drug that improves sexual performance” said EU affieir - Each measure already was under negotiation during talks between Peres and the Pales- tinians before the Tuesday bombing which killed Salah Shehadeh who Israel says was responsible for dozens of attacks in the past 22 months of fighting and at the top of list of terrortheir most-wantists Abdul Aziz Rantisi aTiamas spokesman said any cease-fir- e was off “After yesterday’s heinous massacre in Gaza there will be no more respect for a Zionist Zionist child or the civilians” he said As politicians blamed an ' intelligence failure the army said it would investigate the air raid on a crowded residential area of Gaza City when entire families wre home asleep The blast destroyed the build- -' ing that housed Shehadeh and ' also killed his wife and one of their children Three other buildings were damaged With the Israeli leadership ' admitting problems surrounding the attack the media began ' questioning the use of what was reputedly a one-to- n bomb in such a densely populated was put in the pipeline after President Bush last year sig- naled his intentions to with- hold the US contribution said Michael Curtis a spokesman for Nielson The Bush administration announced its decision Monday saying some of foe UN money went to Chinese agen- cies that carry out “coercive programs" involving abortion China denies that its familyplanning program which lim- its most couples to uie child uses forced abortions The UN Population Fund also denies supporting forced abortions The EU aid package was approved early this month by its 13 member governments Curtis said “It’s helping foe people who we feel the Amer-'ica- n decision particularly penalizes” he said Nielson has criticized Bush’s stance calling organizations like foie UN Population Fund “part of foe solution and not part of the problem” in fighting poverty and diseases like AIDS BRUSSELS Belgium (AP) — The European Union will give an extra $32 million to the UN Population Fund to help replace the US money being withheld because of concerns about coercive abor- -' tions officials said Wednesday " Although foe EU pledge falls $2 million shut of the missing US contribution of $34 million EU officials stressed their continued sup' port for foe agency despite criticism from abortion opponents in the United States “The US decision is regrettable and counterproductive (and) may well lead to r more unwanted pregnancies unsafe abortions and increased dangers for mothers and infants” said Poul Nielson the EU commissioner for development and humanitari- an aid “The losers from this decision will be some of the most vulnerable people on this Israel blamed faulty military intelligence for the deaihj of nine children and four other civilians in the fatal attack on a Hamas military chief Palestinians meanwhile claimed militant groups had declaration signed a cease-fir- e less than two hours before the attack Israeli officials dismissed those reports and defended the bombing even as they admitted intelligence surrounding the attack was flawed “It’s a tragedy because innocent people got killed It’s not a tragedy because a cease-fir- e was imminent" said Daniel ' Taub a Foreign Ministry spokesman “Unfortunately that wasn’t the case” ' As Israelis braced for promised retaliation Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said a troop pullback would go ahead from some occupied areas of the West Bank if they remain Calm He also said the government had released millions of dollars in blocked Palestinian taxes and issued 4000 permits to Palestinians who work in 1 boosts contribution to UN Population Fund : $aza alFsiMe JERUSALEM (AP) — Facing a storm of criticism for its raid on Gaza Israel offered Palestinians a series of goodwill gestures Wednesday and J Dr Martin Wilkins professor'of clinical pharmacology at Imperial Col- lege of Science Technology and Medicine in London who is to test the drug for lung patients “Doctors don’t see it as a sex drug They think ' of it as an enzyme inhibitor” Pfizer the company that makes ' Viagra said the drug should only be used for experts in the family-planni- ed so-call-ed ' ng planet” The additional EU funding Israeli AP photo activists demonstrate in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Wednesday The demonstrators protested-agains- t foe Israeli warplane attack on a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday that caused foe deaths of at least' 14 people indixfing Salah Shehadeh commander of foe'military wing of Harpas left-win- area: V tm 4 Don’t Miss Smithfield Implement and R&R Hardware’s Once a Year Event ©HlkD) 9 Hello Utah We’re American Family Insurance We’renewto you but we’ve been providing a full line of insurance coverage for people just like you since 1927 Our special brand of service is ? now here in Utah “We like our American Family agent: He made sure that all our insurance needs are taken care of ift onepackage We’d highly recommend American Family Irisurahce” - 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