2A -- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 4, 1997 NATION/WORLD GRANT Continued from Page 1A examine patients, review x-rays and discuss treatment over phone lines with the aid of computers, said School of Medicine Prof. Daniel Teitelbaum. "The grant ... covers a unique niche of communication, which is to improve telemedicine links with regard to mater- nal/child (health)," Teitelbaum said Instead of driving eight hours from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to see a University pediatrician in Ann Arbor, U.P. patients can receive a diagnosis in their own town. On an experimental basis, the University also gets patient images from places as far away as Asia. "The telemed- icine console gets incredible images transferred," said Chief of Clinical Affairs James Wooliscroft. "It's the proverbial 'a picture is worth a thousand words."' University Hospitals has worked with area doctors to familiarize emer- gency care practitioners with the new telemedicine system, located in the basement of Mott Children's Hospital. Medical School Prof. Michele Nypaver said pediatric emergency care so far has been given to about 85 patients via telecommunication technology. "We can see patients very well and take care of most fairly acute problems," Nypaver said. "It's an interesting dynam- ic ... parents and families have really liked it because pretty sick kids could immediately talk to a tertiary center." Nypaver said future endeavors include emergency telemedicine to resuscitate kids when area care is not available. In addition to telemedicine, the computers will be used to educate medical students and doctors. Rare diseases will be viewed and examined with a click of the mouse. Aside from benefits related to University Hospitals, the Intel grant will ; <4?GO . You're invited to the American Baptist(a c C a m p u s C e n t e r E r e si 7 1p For: dinner, discussion . study .singingprayer QUALITY DRY CLEANING & SHIRT SERVICE 332 Maynard (Across from Nickels Arcade) 668-6335 apply to other University projects as well: The Practical Engagement Experience is a program that will be directly affected by the Intel grant. "Students work out of the nation and apply information to disadvantaged soci- ety," Atkins said. With the additional technology, students on field assignment can stay connected to the University and have a support system, Atkins said. School of Information Prof. Paul Resnick joins the faculty this fall to set up the new Intel servers used in his fall course. He will teach students how to evaluate the credibility of medical Internet sites. Resnick's students will create a rating scale based on standards chosen by the class. The server used by Resnick's class gathers and redistributes information and the final product is intended for use beyond the classroom. In other areas of the School of Information, digital library research projects are addressing how to take mil- lions of different resources and link them together, allowing people to find them easily, Atkins said. The College of Engineering will receive "250 workstations to run simu- lations and help design better computer networking," said Engineering Prof. Gary Tyson. The college currently has a number of different projects in the mak- ing, including an artificial intelligence battlefield simulator and a course fea- turing a virtual stock market. "Certain classes will really improve," Tyson said. "We could not teach with- out several machines." Engineers will also team up with School of Information researchers to do information processing projects. ROUND THE NATIN Senate votes to fight youth tobacco sals WASHINGTON - In a dramatic reversal yesterday, the Senate overwhedling ly approved the Clinton administration's full request for $34 million to crack dow on cigarette sales to teenagers. A little more than a month after narrowly rejecting the request, the Senate Se 70 to 28 to revive the proposal and then approved it by voice vote, sanctioning seven-fold increase in the $4.9 million the Senate had originally approved fbr'th youth anti-smoking effort. The earlier effort by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) fame 52 to 48. The proposal would fully fund a program initiated by the Food and Dru Administration to help all 50 states ensure that stores check identification to pr vent minors from buying cigarettes. Only about 10 states would have benefite from the earlier allocation. Some of the money would also be used for an edu tional effort aimed at cooperation by tobacco retailers. "This is one step in a big battle, but it's a great step," said Harkin, who with Se John Chafee (R-R.I.) sponsored the funding increase. Chafee said it was the victory by the anti-tobacco coalition in the Senate since 1987, when Core] curbed smoking on domestic flights." Matthew Myers, of the Campaign fc Tobacco-Free Kids, said the vote was "the most serious defeat the tobacco iddu try has suffered in years." Huron Washington Liberty c a The Campus Center is located in the house next door to the First Baptist Church at 502 E. Huron. (5 m1 Campus Minister " Georde Lambridet " 663.9376 ::I Early birds can get something a whole lot better than worms. Enroll in any of our Fall '97 graduate courses FDA to consider remng leprosy drug WASHINGTON - A New Jersey company seeks to revive the world's most infamous drug this week, as gov- ernment scientists debate whether it can sell thalidomide to treat a form of leprosy without risking a repeat of the birth-defect horrors of the 1960s. All sides acknowledge accidents could happen if the Food and Drug Administration approves thalidomide - after all, just one pill in early preg- nancy can harm. The question is whether the drug offers enough benefit to take that chance, and if so, how to protect women as much as possible. "It's the moral quandary of the decade for us" said Canadian Randy Warren, head of North America's Thalidomide Victims Association, who was born with no hips and malformed legs. "We don't want to deny this drug to people. ... But one pill can lop off all four limbs?' Thalidomide, once sold in 48 coun- tries, was banned in 1962 after some 12,000 babies were born with no limbs or tiny, flipper-like arms and legs,'serie facial deformities and defective orgaiis. Thalidomide was never sold her although some Americans got it abroa or in research trials. Instead, anb scientist spotted early signs of toxicit that the original manufacturer denie and blocked U.S. sales long enougif the danger to be proved overseas. Condom ads will no make false claims WASHINGTON - The country second-largest condom maker, Loao International Group Inc., has agrW t stop making advertising claims that i products are "30 percent stronger "tha the leading brand," under a settlenme announced yesterday with the Feder Trade Commission. Terms of the agreement prohibit th company from making future claim about the strength of its products with out scientific evidence. The compan did not admit to wrongdoing by siM decree, but could be penalized for ac future violation of the FTC order. -GRE GMAT LSAT MCAT- before September 31, 1997 and receive a $100 discount*. AROUND THE WORLD *You must mention or bring in this ad at time of enrollment Apply in person: Room 8480 in the Law Library's underground The Princeton ReviewthroghFriday.. 1220 S. University #209, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104 313/663-2163 AA __E_ 1de a4~ e wea' &OWftopai Mexico studies U.S. pluralistic congress MEXICO CITY - Members of Mexico's new, opposition-dominated Congress said Tuesday they are exam- inng how the U.S. Congress works for hints on how to create a pluralistic leg- islature. Lawmakers said they hope to create a Legislature where serious debate can be heard, and where lobbying and com- promise are a central part of the process. They also hope the catcalls, chaos and general disrespect that prevailed during seven decades of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, will be a thing of the past. "When one party had a majority, debates were held to convince legis- lators, but not to win (votes). Now they'll have to do both," said con- gressman Oscar Gonzalez, spokesperson for the PRI's congres- sional delegation. The change in the Legislature is the result of July 6 elections, in which the ruling PRI lost its majority in the 500- seat lower house of Congress for the first time in seven decades. Fireworks are expected once the 1 islative session gets underway a h tattered, overcrowded Congress d ing. Legislators spent Tuesday looltn for their office assignments and tryin to get working phone lines. The party most vulnerable to desei tions, the PRI - which is 12 ;rte short of a majority in Congress -say its party discipline is fine and that won't need to whip'members into line Indonesian fatal landslide ks 4 JAKARTA, Indonesia - A land slide set off by torrential rains kille four villagers and left three other missing in northern Indonesia, th official Antara news agency repoire yesterday. Monday's landslide struck the hem let of Bantan Cuaca in southeast Ace the northernmost province. The news agency quoted H. 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