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- ' . • ;. • Page A3 B o rtlan ft (Dbarrurr November 1 0 ,1 9 9 9 <Thv ^JurUanù ©baeruer Health/Education Portland study; does rheumatoid arthritis pain medication work? research study, after an initial endoscopy is performed, each patient w ill receive care by g astroenterologists who will closely monitor each patient’s GI health by conducting two more e n d o sco p ies th ro u g h o u t the study. This medical research study lasts approxim ately 16 weeks, and patients who enroll will receive either a placebo or the study drug, which is approved for other conditions. To find out more about this medical research study taking place at W est H ills Gastroenterology or to get a list of other sites participating in this research study across the United States, the toll free study hotline is 1-877-20-STUDY (1-877-207- 8839). Or, visit the study website atwww.rastudy.com. CO NTRIBUTED STORY for T he P ortland O bserver R heum atoid A rthritis (RA) is a life-altering Joint < disease characterized by chronic inflammation o f th e jo in ts and su rro u n d in g tissu e , which affects more than two million Americans. Long-term use o f pain Degradation medications to treat RA of Bone/Joint may cause stomach and Surface digestive tract problems, often with no noticeable sy m p to m s, and m ay even become so severe as to require surgery. But a possible new option for treating RA is being in v estig ated at W est Hills Gastroenterology in P ortlan d to see if it B e c a u se GI causes fewer stom ach problems. problems can go Eligible participants will receive an unrecognized so endoscopy at no cost, in order to easily by an RA assess any existing GI problems. RA s u ffe re r, and sufferers interested in enrolling can endoscopy may call toll-free at 1-877-20-STUDY. help monitor GI When an RA patient experiences a health and avoid flare (which is when tissue becomes u n n e c e ssa ry inflamed), knuckles swell to twice their complications. At normal size and the pain can be W est H ills excruciating, impacting normal daily Gastroenterology activities such as buttoning a shirt, s t u d y grocery shopping and walking the participants will dog. In fact, 50 percent ofRA sufferers re c e iv e an are considered too disabled to work endoscopy at no as early as 10 years after the onset o f cost to them, in the disease. Chronic inflammation o f o rd er to assess the jo in ts can cause perm anent any existing GI damage and deformity, and because problems. If the the disease is systemic, it may affect p a rtic ip a n t the body as a whole, rather than just q u a lifie s to affecting individual body parts. p a rta k e in the Inflamed Synovial M em brane Synovial Fluid RHEUMATOID JOINT Heahhy Synovial Membrane Joint Capsule Skin N orm al Synovial Fluid Cartilage Healthy Bone NORMAL JOINT State wants comment on school report cards CONTRIBUTED STORY for T he P ortland O bserver Following feedback from the public and education community, the Oregon Department o f Education revised the school report card that will be issued annually beginning in January 2000. The department will hold meetings in Ontario, Salem, Portland and Roseburg in November to get reaction to revised report before the State Board o f Education is asked to approve the document on Dec.2. The revision is posted on the Department’s web page (www.ode.state.or.us). The 1999 Legislature, wanting schools to be more accountable, required the report cards.lt said they must contain information on student performance and behavior and school characteristics, but it allowed the Oregon Department o f Education to decide what to include under those general categories. “We are not designing this in Salem,” said State Schools Supt. Stan Bunn. “We want document that is fair to student, valuable for parents and contains good data.” The Department in September held regional sessions in 12 Oregon cities and in addition, received electronic responses on its web page. “We are delighted by the quantity and quality o f responses,” said Dawn Billings, curriculum director for the Department, “the revision reflects what we heard. “For example, people wanted more than a one-year snapshot o f information about dropout numbers and attendance,” said Billings. “So we will report data that will chart a three-year trend.” The first report card will be an abbreviated version. “This report will improve over time. For instance, the public told us they want to know where the dollars are going. The Department is building a data base initiative which will include this information at the school level.” Here is the schedule o f the November meeting: Malheur Public Library, Ontario, Monday,Nov.8, at 5:30 p.m.; Roth’s West Salem (Santiam Room), Salem, Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.; Multnomah County Library (Central Branch ), Portland, Wednesday,Nov. 10, at 6 p.m. The sessions will allow input for an initial draft ofa district report card that will be issued next January. Unlike the school report cards the district report card will not receive an overall rating. Billing said she hopes the public and education community will continue to use the Department’s web page to review and comment on the most recent versions o f the report cards. “We view our web page as an electronic town hall and will take comments seriously,” she said. Expert on women and violence speaks at PSU CONTRIBUTED STORY for T he P ortland O bserver The population o f women prisoners in the United States has quadrupled in the last 15 years. Angela Browne, PH.D., internationally known for her research on women and violence, speaks about the links between early childhood exposure to violence and the increasing rates o f incarceration for women. Browne spent 10 years as consulting psychologist at Bedford Hills, New York States maximum security prison for women, living inside the prison one week a month to get the first hand stories o f the lives o f these forgotten women. Browne is working on her second book, Pathways to Prison, which tells their stories. She speaks at PSU on November 30,7:30 PM, Lincoln Hall. Bom and raised in Newberg, Oregon, Browne went to college to study social psychology. Her current work began in 1979, interviewing women for the Colorado-based Battered Women Syndrome Study sponsored by the National Institute o f Mental Health. Brow ne’s Ph.D. dissertation led to writing the book, When Battered Women Kill. She is the author o f the American Medical Association’s and the American Psychological A ssociation’s policy statements on violence against women, as well as the National Academy o f Sciences’ report on violence between intimates. She is currently a senior research scientist at the Harvard School ofPublic Health’s Injury Control Research Center. Dr. Browne is an engaging speaker and should be o f interest to professionals and public alike, who share a concern for the growing prison population in this country and the effects o f childhood violence on women and children. She will be talking about her findings and showing a short video o f the women she represents. 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