University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 17, 1987
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Amy Rhoads/KANSAN
Fun in the sun
Wendy Lenz, Overland Park junior, sings along with Jimmy Yankovitz, Kansas City, Kan., senior. Yankovitz was playing his guitar yesterday afternoon on Wescoe Beach.
There is hope for diabetes patients, Specialists in the field gathered recently at the University of Kansas Medical Center to discuss two new advancements in the treatment of diabetes.
By JENNIFER WYRICK
Specialists discovering new methods for treating diabetes
Staff writer
But both treatments still are in the experimental stage and have not been tested.
Diabetes is characterized by either a lack of insulin or by the lack of insulin effectiveness, said Paul Hoefer, endocrinologist at Watkins Hospital.
Insulin is vital to the body because it deposits sugar into muscles and the liver and protects muscles and deposits fats into fat cells.
The first experimental treatment is islet cell transportation, said Wayne V. Moore, physician and pediatrician at the Med Center. A substance called alloxan, which is produced in animals, damages the insulin-producing islet cells of the pancreas.
The symptoms of diabetes are increased appetite, thirst, frequency of urination, frequent urination at night, infections and sores that don't heal.
Diabetes is thought to cause blindness, kidney failure and foot and vascular problems. In pregnant the birth defects are premature births and birth defects.
Moore said research was being done to determine whether it was possible to transport animals islets from the skin of a pig to stop overabundant insulin production.
The second advancement is the realization of the importance of early detection of long-term chronic complications of the disease, Moore said. He said that researchers were developing highly sensitive instruments to detect those complications early
The diabetes center at the Med Center treats about 750 patients.
There are two types of diabetes, Reith said. The first type is "juvenile onset" or type-one diabetes. A type-one diabetic is insulin deficient and requires insulin injections to live.
Teri Buchman, Salina sophomore,
is a type-one diabetic.
Type-one diabetics have relatively normal body weight, although some are thin and constantly lose weight. These individuals require the disease from a viral infection.
Because of her insulin dependency, Buchman requires two insulin shots a day to break down food. She takes the first shot 45 minutes before breakfast and the second 45 minutes before the second shot acts more slowly so that it will protect her at night, when her blood sugar naturally rises.
Buchman said that, initially, she had difficulty giving herself shots but that she now gave herself the shot in some or some other fatty part of her body.
Diabetics sometimes suffer from insulin attacks because they have too much insulin in their systems and too little food to counteract it.
Buchman said she didn't suffer from many insulin attacks because she regulated her system well. If she does have an attack, she said, she drinks orange juice to balance her system.
Although many diabetics have problems with convulsions, Buch-
man has had only one, which occurred after a strenuous spirit squad audition.
Buchman now has a blood testing machine that determines her blood-sugar level from a small sample. The device, however, doesn't cause it's small and portable, she said.
Buchman said she was supposed to consume 2,800 calories a day, divided among three meals and three snacks. He also followed a diet of certain low-sugar foods.
Reith said about four million Americans suffered from the "adult-onset," or type-two diabetes, which often develops in people in their 40s or 50s. The victims also are usually overweight.
Type-two victims have enough insulin, but it's defective. The type-two diabetic usually manages by taking insulin, and sometimes must take pills and insulin.
Unlike type-one, this strain of diab etes is usually inherited
Reith said Watkins treated 100 diabetic students on campus.
Diabetic students can take advantage of special services at Watkins, Reith said. The registered dietitian helps diabetics manage their diets, and a psychologist teaches them stress management. Diabetics also can receive special counseling about exercise and contraception.
Reith said he also encouraged his patients to attend American Diabetes Association meetings the second month at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Hazardous waste removal concerns KU safety officer
Staff writer
By TIM HAMILTON
On the wall of his office next to the shelves of thick books on chemicals and government regulations, Steve Cater plans to hang an embroidered picture that says, "Waste is a terrible thing to mind."
Since November, Cater has been KU's environmental health and safety officer, overseeing hazardous waste management on campus.
For two and a half years before Cater came to the University of Kansas, John Landgrebe, professor of chemistry and chairman of KU's institutional biohazard committee, had volunteered to coordinate the disposal of KU's hazardous waste.
But the 1986 federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 provided strict guidelines and regulations for the removal and disposal of hazardous materials and waste.
Benjamin Friesen, professor of biochemistry and head of KU's radiation safety service, said the new legislation had required changes in KU's waste management policy.
"That indicated that things had to be done," Friessen said. "Before, you did not have to guarantee accountability for what you had done, and now it was informal before, and now it will be more structured and organized."
Landgrebe said Cater had made a successful start.
"He makes a lot of response calls to people in research labs who call him with questions," said Landgrebe of Cater, who has set up a regular schedule of waste pickups.
"He's done a lot in the short time he's been here," Landgrebe said. "It'll take years to get all the labs to do exactly what they're supposed to."
And Cater said he was pleased with his first few months' progress.
"I have a good start on organizing the office and getting the removal
and disposal of waste on a regular basis." Cater said.
Cater, a chemical engineering graduate from Kansas State University, previously was an environmental engineer and inspector for two and a half years at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Now, Cater complies with federal regulations instead of enforcing
"New regulations come along, and I spend a lot of time on trying to figure out how the University will
have to comply." Cater said. "The earlier we can figure out what we have to do, the better we can estimate what it's going to cost."
Cater said his office handled only hazardous wastes, materials thrown out that are generated in academic research labs, paintshops and print-shops.
KU' s hazardous waste is stored in a trailer on West Campus until it reaches a federal maximum level and must be disposed of.
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