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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.
Sponsored By: Activists for Women in Prison, the W omen’s Student Union
o f Portland State University and the PSU Educational Activities Speakers
Board
Where: Lincoln Hall Auditorium, P.S.U. (between Market & Mill St. on
Broadway)
When: Tuesday, November 30, at 7:30 PM.
Cost: Donation between $5-25 requested but not required. Students free with
ID.
Parking: Parking is free in PSU structures after 7 PM.
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