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. Th llrppnrr GazHte-TImM, lleppntr, Orrgon, Thumday, AuRuot 27. I98I-THREK Patients sought for diabetic eye study Ilcppnor residents who have had diabetes for several years may be eligible to participate in a nationwide study of diabetic eye disease and its treatment, for which the Devers Memorial Eye Clinic of Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center in Portland is now recruiting patients. The new research project, which will Involve four thous and patients and nineteen medical centers across the country, is called the Early Treatment Diabetic Retino pathy Study, or ETDRS for short. It is sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NED, a branch of the Federal Government's National Insti tutes of Health. Each of the medical centers involved in the ETDRS is seeking people for the study who have early signs of diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that is one of the commonest complications of diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is a disease of the retina, the light sensitive tissue that lines the inside of the eye. The disorder is the third leading cause of new cases of blind ness in the t'nited Stales, and is present to at least a mild degree in about 40 percent of the nations' eight million diatM'tics. As long as diaMic retino pathy remains mild, it is not likely to cause any visual problem. However, in some people the disorder grows steadily worse over a period of years In these individuals, the blood vessels of the retina may leak fluid, causing swel ling of the central retina and blurring of vision Or the diatK'tic retinopathy may pro gress to an even more advanced stage where new blood vessels U-gin to grow on hf retina People who have extensive growth of new blood vessels are at high risk of, severe visual loss, even MiMness. because the vessels may bleed into the center of the eye and cloud visum at any time lss of vision can also occur because of retinal detach ment, another eye problem that is particularly common in people with advanced diabetic retinopathy. Fortunately, there is a treatment for diabetic retino pathy that can sharply reduce the risk of losing vision . In this treatment, called photocoagu lation, powerful beams of light from a laser are directed into the eye and used to make hundreds of tiny burns on the retina; the presence of these burns somehow discourages the growth of new blood vessels. A previous study supported by the HEI showed that photocoagulation can low er the risk of severe visual loss by SO percent in eyes with advanced diaMie retino pathy. The major goal of the new study- the ETDRS -is to deter mine whether photocoagula tion would be more effective in CARPET CARE 7 STEPS FOR SPOT t STAIM REMOVAL Step 4. Detergent Solution. Coffee, tea, foods, and similar stains are removed by a detergent solution. Mix a carpet cleaner according to directions or ' teaspoon of a neutral, powder non-bleaching, laundry deter gent in a cup of lukewarn water. Pretest. Apply small amounts and blot. Repeat until no more stain is remov ed. Is some stain remains, go to Step 5. THESE HELPFUL HINTS BROUGHT TO YOU BY fa & El FLG3R covliii::3 "YOUR CARPET EXPERTS" 4 .m.-1 p.m.1 $t. Call for appointment! 474-fltt UNDEN WAY HEPPNER preserving vision if it were used earlier in the course of diabetic retinopathy, to beat patients whose disease has not yet progressed to an advanced stage. Another goal Is to find out whether photocoagulation is effective against leakage of fluid in the central part of the retina and the blurred vision that often results from this leakage. A third objective of the ETDRS is to determine whether aspirin may be useful In the treatment of diabetic retinopathy. People with diabetes who are interested In participating in the ETDRS should contact their ophthalmologist or the physician who is treating their diabetes for advice about entering the study. The study is conducted by Dr. Michael Klein and Dr. Irvin Handel man, staff ophthalmologists at Devers Eve Clinic, and Dr. Richard Chenoweth, clinic director. Ophthalmologists or physi cians interested in referring patients to the study should contact the ETDRS center at the Devers Eye Clinic at Good Samaritan Hospital in Port land for further information. The clinic's mailing address is 12(K) N.W, 23rd Avenue. Port land. Oregon 67210 Please mail in care of the study's coordinator. Carolyn Beards ley, or call at 229 8356. NOTICI THE HEPPNER MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL WILL CLOSE FOR THE SEASON ON SUNDAY AUG. 30, 81 at 5 P.M. Carolyn Plocharsky, Manager I : IVlarkef PRICES EFFECTIVE AUG. 27TH THRU AUG. 30TH, 1981 ) i ' 1 7 , tit ' f u w '" ' i v v v ufi i Manama i I I I'l'r. 1 1 11 ill liinir i 'j n "rrj 1 1 l i ill I'iain s i ri ill i n.iti . inn PORK SAUSAGE OREGON CHIEF R(o) LB. UoC U ( ARMOUR .THURfNGE SUMMER . 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