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Healthy Events
Community-Wide
Back And Neck
Dr. Stuart Firsten, a chiro-
practic physician from Spe-
cialty Physical/Back and Neck
Care in Farmington Hills, will
present "Freedom From Back
and Neck Pain," a free program
at West Bloomfield High
School, 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 22. Participants will learn
how the cycle of pain can be
broken. The program is spon-
sored by West Bloomfield Com-
munity Education. To register,
call (810) 539-2290.
Mental Health
The Affiance For the Mentally
Ill of Oakland County will hold
a board meeting 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Men-
tal Health Association Build-
ing in Southfield. A family
support meeting for relatives
of persons who suffer from
mental illness will be held
there 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20.
For more information, call
(810) 557-6440.
Feet
Botsford General Hospital of-
fers free foot screenings to per-
sons of all ages every Tuesday,
9 a.m. to noon, in Suite 203 of
the North Professional Build-
ing, which is attached to the
main hospital. For more infor-
mation or to make an appoint-
ment, call (810) 473-1320.
Impotence
Botsford General Hospital of-
fers a free educational support
group, "HIM: Help for Impo-
tent Men." On Feb. 14, it will
present "Valentine's Day Cel-
ebration: Love Skills for Men
and Women," 7 p.m. in the
East Pavilion, Conference
Room 2-B. For more informa-
tion, call (810) 477-6100.
Strokes
Rehabilitation Services of St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pon-
tiac is offering monthly meet-
ings of the Stroke Club from
1:30 to 3 p.m. the second
Thursday of each month. The
focus will be support and edu-
cation of stroke victims, their
families and care givers. The
meetings will be held in the 4
East dining room. Dessert will
be provided. Parking is free.
For more information, call
(810) 858-6113.
Elderly
The Oakland General Hospi-
tal department of senior ser-
vices will offer a free seminar,
"Fashions On the Go; Wear-
able, Easy-Care Styles." The
program will be held 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 8. For
reservations and more infor-
mation, call (810) 967-7700.
The hospital also offers free ad-
vice every Wednesday for se-
niors with Medicare questions.
To receive assistance from a
trained volunteer, call the
above number. Bring all poli-
cies, claim forms and bills to
the appointment. ❑
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mathematicians and
immunologists have
identified some previ-
ously unknown aspects of the
course and treatment of autoim-
mune diseases, illnesses in which
the immune system attacks
healthy body tissues. Challenged
by these surprising theoretical
results, the immunologists went
on to prove that these effects ac-
tually occur in live animals, a de-
velopment that advances our
knowledge of autoimmune dis-
eases — which include arthritis,
multiple sclerosis, and juvenile
diabetes. In these diseases, some
of the body's T lymphocytes —
which normally function to help
rid the organism of virus-infect-
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ed or cancerous cells — lose their
ability to distinguish between
normal and pathological cells.
Results of this collaboration
are reported in the February
1995 issue of Immunology Today.
The researchers involved were
Professor Lee Segel and his grad-
uate student Eva Jaeger of the
Weizmann Institute's depart-
ment of applied mathematics and
computer science and Professor
Irun Cohen and his research col-
league Dr. Dana Elias of the de-
partment of cell biology.
In one study of their model, the
investigators identified an un-
recognized risk associated with
the use of attenuated or dead T
cells to depress autoimmune dis-
eases — a fledgling therapy now