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THE BEACON JOURNAL TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 1987 Courts can set Television age limit Comics 6, 7 for jurors 3 Movies 8 SECTION HEALTH FITNESS A quest for the Abe 151 Zaidan best i I iH I tx ft! 3 in i' j. The following is a list of some ol the nationally known specialists at UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND Dr. Ralph J. Atfldl Director of the Department of Radiology.

Dr. Nathan A. Derger Director of the Ireland Cancer Center. Dr. David Bickers Director ol the Department of Dermatology.

Dr. Robert B. Daroff Director of the Department of Neurology, Dr. Alexander S. Geha Chlel of the division of Cardio-Thoraclc Surgery.

Dr. Kingsbury C. Hclple Director of the Department of Orthopedics. Dr. John H.

Kennell Chief of the Division of Child Development. Dr. Herbert Y. Meltzer Director of the Mental Health Clinic Research Center. Dr.

Robert A. Ratcheson Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery. Dr. Oscar D. Ratnoff Medicine.

Dr. Leon Speroff Medical director of the Department of Obstetrics Gynecology. The following is a list of some of the nationally known specialists at CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION Dr. Lester S.Borden Orthopedic surgery (bones, joints muscles.) Dr. John P.

Conomy Neurology (nerves, spinal cord, brain.) Dr. Richard G. Farmer Gastroenlerology (digestive system.) Dr. Victor W.Fazio Colorectal surgery (colon rectum.) Dr.RayW.Gifford.Jr. Hypertension and nephrology (high blood pressure kidney.) Dr.

Fronde A. Gutrnan Opthalrnology (eyes.) Dr. Robert Hermann General surgery, Dr. John R. Little Neurosurgery (nerves, spinal cord brain.) Dr.

Floyd D. Loop Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (heart surgery) Dr. Andrew CNovIck Urology (urinary diseases kidney transplants.) Dr. RobartW. Stewart Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (heart transplants surgery) Dr.

Harvey Tucker Otolaryngology and communication disorders (ear, nose, throat) WKSU manager all smiles despite cramped quarters John Perry is taking phone calls these days in his new "office" that consists of a telephone, a small table, an ashtray, two settees and three chairs all arranged roughly in a circle in one corner of a large room with no memorable view. "This is it," he said of the Spartan furnishings when I stopped by to see him the other day and asked about his office. "You're in it." Perry, the general manager of WKSU-FM, is making the best of his desk-less temporary digs until the carpenters are ready to convert the larger room into a cluster of smaller offices. In July, Perry packed up his belongings and his administrative staff on the Kent State campus and moved down the road to an empty brick building, which originally was a restaurant whose tenants included a Brown Derby and, finally, El Charro. You might say he had been evicted: The University pre-empted WKSU's campus offices in Wright Hall for dormitory space.

So WKSU has leased the ex-restaurant building, which is just east of the campus on Ohio 59, with an option to buy it. The broadcast studio remains in the Music and Speech Building on the campus, but it, too, will have to be moved within three years. Again, the university needs the space; in this instance, for classrooms. Last week, having just presided over an operating fund drive for the public broadcasting station, Perry was deeply into a capital-fund campaign to transform the new quarters into a permanent home for the administrative offices and studio. In public broadcasting, fund-raising is the nearest thing to perpetual motion, no matter how much anybody would prefer it otherwise.

The station's recent operating drive, for example, was billed as a "no-drive fund drive." It was a form of relief to listeners (as well as the station's staff itself) that urged listeners to make pledges before the actual full-scale drive began. To the extent that the public responded, WKSU promised to shorten its customary seven-day campaign. And it did eliminating four days up front and ending it at the precise minute that the station's goal was reached. That campaign raised more than $180,000. Come spring, they'll be at it again because that's how public stations manage to survive.

"You're always on death row," Perry says of his chosen field. Now WKSU will try to clear the bigger hurdle of the capital campaign with an appeal to foundations, corporations and individuals within its primary listening area. The university itself has committed $250,000 to the project. "This is very important to us," says KSU president Michael Schwartz. "Anybody who listens to the station knows it's a first-class operation." Well, you have to keep smiling through these things even when you run into problems.

The first one has already occurred. In Stark County, one of the counties in the station's primary listening area, the Priority Board (which screens such requests) turned down WKSU's appeal. Stark's share would have been $370,000. So, back to the drawing board. WKSU is, of course, hoping for better luck with similar efforts in other counties reached by the station's broadcasts.

And here's one listener who will be pulling for the station's success. But I'm biased: I'm a sucker for classy programming. Abe Zaidan is the Deacon Journal's senior editor. Authors list 62 hospitals as tops in nation By Randolph Smith Beacon Journal medical writer But, you need to know which hospitals to call. And, Wright asserts, therein lies the book's value.

He claims it is the first comprehensive guide showing where to go and listing names of famous doctors. Until now, this information was known only to doctors and other medical insiders, Wright contends. Host Hospitals is part of a growing trend in which Amer ican medical consumers are informing themselves, asking tough questions and shopping around for the Ik'sI advice and treatment rather than accepting See At TIIORS, (mRe Vi in New York, the greatest cancer center in the world," Wright said in an interview. "Instead, we found that they were totally accessible to anyone, even ithout a doctor's referral," he said. Americans do have options in a medical crisis if they are dissatisfied with a diagnosis or treatment, can't get a diagnosis or are told that a case is hopeless, Wright said.

Although many people don't have family doctors, they can get second opinions or information on the latest available treatments by simply calling appointment centers at any of the top-rated hospitals, he said. treatment, pediatric cardiology and biomedical research. The teaching and research centers listed in the book handle the sickest patients and the most complicated cases referred by specialists at other hospitals around the country. What does come as a surprise, say co-authors John W. Wright and Linda Sunshine, is how easy it is for anyone to get the best medical treatment available in the United States or the world.

"We really thought you had to know someone to get bypass surgery at the Cleveland Clinic or see a specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering It probably comes as no surprise that Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals of Cleveland are considered among the very best for medical care. The two huge Cleveland institutions are the only Ohio facilities listed in The Best Hospitals in America ($22.95, Henry Holt), a new book that rates 64 hospitals in 27 states as the cream of the cream. The Cleveland Clinic is famous around the world for heart surgery, and University Hospitals has a national reputation for cancer Alcohol, milk may affect blood pressure By Paul Raeburn Associated Press come in the form of experiments in which smaller groups of women were fed controlled diets and then observed for the development of high blood pressure, Witteman said. She conducted the study at Harvard University under the direction of Dr. Charles Hennekens and is now at the University of Rotterdam in The Netherlands.

Witteman said it had Ix-en known that heavy drinking increased the risk of high blood pressure, but the risks associated with moderate drinking wer unclear. The researchers did not in dependently examine the women to confirm the presence of high blood pressure in those women who reported it, but a spot (heck of some of their medical records indicated that the reported conditions wer accur ate. While statistical studies can show associations between diet and blood pressure, they cannot prove such a link without further studies, lien nekens said. lie said such studies suggest that high blood pressure sometimes can Ik- controlled or corrected with diet rather than drugs. tect against the development of high blood pressure.

Three glasses of milk per day cut the risk by 22 percent, compared to women who consume less than half that. Increased consumption of magnesium cut the risk hy about 23 percent. Potassium, fiber, and saturated and unsaturated fats did not affect the risk, the researchers repotted. "Before making any public health recommendations, this must be confirmed," said Jacqueline Witteman, the principal author of the study. Such confirmation could annual meeting of the American Heart Association, was based on questionnaires distributed every two years to 58,218 nurses around the country aged 35 to 59.

In four years, 3,275 women in the group reported that they had high blood pressure. The questionnaires showed that women consuming two or three mixed drinks a (lay, or three or four glasses of wine or beer, had a 40 percent higher risk of high blood pressure than the others. Those who drank more had a 90 percent higher risk. Calcium was found to pro Anaheim, Calif. Women who consume two mixed drinks a day may be 40 percent more likely than others to develop high blood pressure, and those who drink milk may cut their risk, according to a report submitted recently to the American Heart Association.

The researchers also found that higher intake of magnesium found in green leafy vegetables, soybeans and some nuts could cut the risk of high blood pressure. The study, reported at the SO SWEKT OT QN THE NOSE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ENJOY David lliilililay and Itoxann 1'arker star in the Carousel Dinner Theatre production of South Pacific at tonight through Jan. 24 in the theater at () K. Main Ravenna. For tickets and more information, call 1 1100.

A worldwide scientific smell survey conducted by the National Geographic Society showed that nearly two persons in three have suffered a temporary loss of smell and 1 .2 percent have no sense of smell. Associated Press AVERAGE ANNUAL INCIDENCE RATE PER 10,000 PEOPLE PSORIASIS Normal blood pressure Borderline high blood pressure High blood pressure ESS1 WOMEN MEN 4 -m More than 3 million Americans are afflicted with the skin disorder called psoriasis. To receive a free pamphlet, A Guide to Undnrstand-ing Psoriasisfiund your request to: National Psoriasis Foundation, 2889 Gilham Road, Euqene, Ore. 97401. Not only may artificial sweeteners not dull appetites, they may actually make us hungrier, according to the Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Letter.

In a study at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, animals fed solutions sweetened with saccharin ended up hungrier and eating more than those fed solutions sweetened with sugar. Researcher Michael Tordoff theorized that a sweet flavor may somehow trigger the body to prepare it for receiving calories that normally accompany sweet-tasting food. After making room for calories that do not appear, the body is tricked Into believing it is hungrier than it might have been before the sugar substitute was consumed. Researchers in a British study at Leeds University found that aspartame may set off a biochemical mechanism in the body that sends confusing signals to the brain, resulting in a loss of control over appetite. While none of this implies that artificial sweeteners cannot be helpful, such studies may Indicate that artificial sweeteners cannot substitute for a balanced, low-calorie diet combined with exercise for weight control.

Los AnH 7m'S NSII)E PAIN IN THE BACK Lower back pain, a common symptom of arthritis-related diseases, affects 80 percent of all adults at some point in their lives, says Arthritis Today magazine. There is good news, however, about such pain. The magazine says new findings show: There is a 70 percent chance of recovery from lower back pain within two weeks and a 95 percent chance of full recovery within three months. Rehabilitation exercises and fitness training can reduce the risk of another back injury by 90 percent. One instance of back pain doesn't necessarily mean the problem will become chronic.

Most back problems are unwittingly self-inflicted, and most lower back pain is avoidable, the magazine says. Associated Press on Systolic Hypertension CLEVELAND CLINIC: The smallest oversight can make a difference in fighting scabies. Page C2. KINSEY REPORT: Young woman who is shy about her body shouldn't hesitate to go to a physician with questions. Page C3 ANN LANDERS.

Reader enjoyed book about effect of Ann Landers' column on society. Page 0 Q. I get tension in my neck when I do sit-ups. Is there a way to prevent this? A. Yes.

By placing your head and neck in your hands and keeping your elbows behind your ears, you can support the weight of your head and release the tension from your neck. Los Angeles Times Syndicate.