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A-8 Friday. November 11, 1994 Green Bay Press-Gazette zSiiinrs ts 0S80S10SBS "While this certainly is an exciting finding, we have to do more research to confirm these results and see if the test is reliable. Dr. Steven DeKosky sis has been the major hurdle in Alzheimer's research because doctors are often forced to wait until patients are in the later stages of the disease before deciding whether to enter them in clinical trials. And with misdiagnosis rates so high, therapy results can be incorrect and misleading.

But in response to the promise shown by the eyedrop exam, the director of Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh cautioned against undue optimism. "The test involved fewer than 60 people," said Dr. Steven DeKosky. "While this certainly is an exciting finding, we have to do more research to confirm these results and see if the test is reliable for Alz In an article in today's edition of Science, scientists announced that when a drug called tropicamide was put into the eyes of 51 elderly test subjects, the pupils of the 19 men and women thought to have Alzheimer's disease grew significantly larger than those of the others. "This is an exciting and important finding," said Marsel Mesu-lam, a neurologist who is director of Alzheimer's research at Northwestern University Medical School and co-author of the article.

"We could distinguish between those who have Alzheimer's and those who do not with 95 percent accuracy." At present, no sure test exists for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, heimer's disease." It is hard to see how anyone could be overly optimistic because at almost every level of the disorder, daunting questions prevail. There is no treatment or prevention of Alzheimer' disease, and although researchers have found that at least four genes are associated with it, the function of this genetic linkage is uncertain. I What is certain is the profoundly agonizing impact that the disease has on its victims and their loved ones. Beginning with such symptoms as confusion, forgetfulness and difficulty in choosing words, the Alzheimer's patient gradually slips ever deeper into dementia. As time passes, personality changes occur.

of overweight teens grows MTV's 'Real World' player dies of AIDS Researchers are cautious because the tests were performed on fewer than 60 people By Trisha Gura and Paul Galloway Chicago Tribune CHICAGO Less than a week after former President Ronald Reagan revealed that doctors have told him that he apparently has Alzheimer's disease, medical researchers are reporting that a simple eyedrop test could hold the key to the first reliable diagnosis of the mystifying and debilitating illness, which attacks the brain and nervous svstem of older adults. Number The CDC prefers exercise over dieting as a remedy for youths By A.J. Hostetler Associated Press ATLANTA One in five American teens is overweight, the government reported Thursday, and experts are blaming everything from too much junk food and TV to lack of exercise and baggy, figure-concealing grunge clothing. Through the 1970s, the percentage of overweight children ages 12 to 19 held steady at around 15 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But that rate had jumped to 21 percent by 1991.

The increase was not much of a surprise because the CDC had previously tracked a similar trend among overweight adults, from 25 MIAMI (AP) Pedro Zamora, who got the AIDS virus at 17 and dedicated his life to educating the public about the disease, died early today. He was 22. Zamora was featured on MTV's The Real World. Zamora, a gifted speaker, went on a lecture tour, telling audiences at high schools and other organizations that he was infected through unprotected sex. He testified at a congressional hearing, gave interviews and made a television commercial about AIDS for the Centers for Acclaimed jazz singer Carmen McRae dies Prozac can help with eating disorder The antidepressant is about to get the FDA's OK for treating bulimia By Steve Sakson Associated Press NEW YORK Prozac, praised as a wonder drug to treat depression and reviled by critics who say it causes violent and suicidal urges, is about to get approval for another high-profile affliction, bulimia.

Eli Lilly Co. said Thursday the Food and Drug Administration has DEATH NOTICES AND FUNERALS which is believed to afflict as many as 4 million Americans. It can now be confirmed only by an autopsy. That leaves physicians with the task of attempting to detect it through procedures and examinations, which, in effect, eliminate other possibilities but which are costly and have no guarantees of accuracy. The Science article says that the wrong diagnosis is made in 25 to 40 same environment and have access to the same healthy and unhealthy foods," he said.

But while baby fat can melt away as a child's hormones shift into adolescent overdrive, too many overweight teens end up struggling with their weight the rest of their lives. "We know that at least some of these overweight adolescents will grow up to be overweight adults," Lancashire said. That means they will also run a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and arthritis. The report didn't examine by how much the teens were overweight, or how much body fat they had a key indicator of health. What caused the increase among overweight teens also isn't clear, Lancashire said, though other studies point to too much fat and sugar in children's diets and a sedentary life in front of the TV.

who are not specialists and (family) doctors to be more comfortable in the use of it," said Dr. James Hudson, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who helped design some of tests of the drug. Bulimia, which afflicts about 1 million Americans a year, mostly young women, is a mental disorder in which the victims believe they are constantly overweight. They binge on food, only to purge themselves of it by inducing vomiting, sometimes dozens of times per day. The vomiting can cause dangerous DEATH BOURIN, Bonita, 77, Denmark.

Visitation at Knutson-Cotter Funeral Home, Denmark, from noon Saturday until service at 2 p.m. BRACHER, Viola 92, 1040 Pilgrim Way. Visitation after 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Schauer and Schumacher West Side Funeral Home until time of funeral service at 7:30 p.m. DENNIS, Julia H.

(Jean), 91, 2060 Van Deuren St. Funeral tentatively scheduled for Sunday. Findeisen-Greiser Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. DILLON, Shelina Ann, 14, 2343 Ocean Winds, Village of Howard. Visitation at Pfotenhauer Funeral Home, Howard, from 6 tonight until time of service at 7:30.

FISHER, Harry 86, 219 N. Eighth De Pere. Visitation from 3-8 p.m., today at Ryan Funeral Home, De Pere. Funeral 11 a.m., Saturday at the funeral home. SEILER, Harvey, 78, 420 Highway graduate of Casco High School and Valedictorian of her class.

She married Joe Wiese on August 7, 1965 at St. Peter Church in Lincoln. Before her illness, Jeanne was employed at the State Bank of Kewaunee for more than 25 years. She and her husband also owned and operated Empey Monument Company in Algoma. Jeanne was a member of the Algoma Fire and Rescue Ladies Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband Joe; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Scott and Paula, Christopher and Jason, all of Algoma; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Laverne and Don Capelle, Green Bay; Carol and Joe Strnad, Casco; and Gloria Thomason, Algoma; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Gabe and Diane Laurent, Casco; Tony and Mary Jo, Algoma; Dennis, Casco; one sister-in-law, Rose Marie Laurent, Casco; one brother-in-law, John Wiese, Algoma; and one sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary and Mike Bohman, Algoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, one brother, one brother-in-law and three special nieces, Linda and Jenny Strnad and Lisa Capelle. Friends may call at the Wiesner Massart Funeral Home, in Algoma from 5 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday and after 12 Noon on Monday, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Algoma until service.

Prayer service 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Mass of Christian Burial 2:30 p.m. Monday, November 14. 1994 with the Rev.

Jim Massart officiating. Burial at the Evergreen Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established. percent of Alzheimer's cases; even seasoned specialists are said to err 10 to 20 percent of the time. Mesulam and his co-authors, faculty members at Harvard University Medical School, hope their test will lead to a definitive diagnostic tool that could eventually save millions of dollars through prevention and early treatment as new therapies become available.

The lack of a dependable diagno- Lancashire said the CDC would prefer to encourage exercise rather than dieting, for fear teen-agers will go overboard. "Unlike with adults, we have to be careful about instructing adolescents to go on diets," he said. A spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, Jo Ann T. Hattner, pointed out additional factors in the rise in the number of overweight children: "latchkey" kids eating or snacking without parental supervision, parents keeping children indoors because the streets are unsafe and families spending what time they have together eating. "Working parents may be at the gym, but their kids are at home after school in front of the TV," she said.

Even the grunge fashion of oversized clothing plays a role, by concealing youngsters' bodies, she added. conditions that could ultimately lead to death. Bulimics often have related conditions including depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Prozac is designed to treat those by allowing the body to produce and keep adequate levels of a substance called serotonin, which regulates moods. Prozac isn't helpful for all bulimics, but has been shown to be effective, especially when taken in conjunction with psychotherapy, said Dr.

Peter Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac. RECORDS 42, Forestville. Private family services will be held Saturday at Schinderle Funeral Home, Algoma. The Seiler family requests no memorials or gifts. SHAW, John T.

(Jack), 61, 314 Michigan Oconto, died Thursday. Arrangements to be announced by Gallagher Funeral Home, Oconto. WIESE, Jeanne 49, 350 N. Third Algoma. Visitation from 5-8 p.m., Sunday at Wiesner Mas-sart Funeral Home, Algoma and after noon on Monday at St.

Mary's Catholic Church, Algoma. Funeral 2:30 p.m., Monday at the church. WILLEMS, Alvira 86, died today at St. Paul Home, Kaukauna. Visitation from 4-9 p.m., Sunday at Fargo Funeral Home, 400 W.

Wisconsin Kaukauna and after 10 a.m., Monday at St. Francis Catholic Church, Hol-landtown. Funeral 11 a.m., Monday at the church. Shelina Ann Dillon Shelina Ann Dillon, 14, 2343 Ocean Winds, Village of Howard, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 8, 1994 as a result of a car-pedestrian accident.

She was born in Salem, Oregon January 15, 1980 to Chester J. and Edith (Finley) Dillon and had lived in this area for the past four years. Shelina was a 9th grade student at Bay Port High School, Village of Howard. Survivors include her parents, Chester and Edith Dillon, Village of Howard; a brother, Shane Dillon, at home; grandmother, Shirley Meyers, Shady Cove, Oregon; grandfather, Wayne Finley, San Diego, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and special friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Chester and Mildred Dillon.

The family will receive friends at the Pfotenhauer Funeral Home, 1145 Cardinal Village of Howard, from 6 p.m. today until the time of funeral service at 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Harold J. Pfotenhauer, Funeral Director, 434-2060.

Alvira P. Willems Alvira P. Willems, 86, died Friday, November 11, 1994 at St. Paul Home, Kaukauna. She was born January 27, 1908 in Hollandtown to the late John and Petronella (Van Lanen) Willems.

Alvira en Disease Control and Prevention. "Knowing that I could die has been scary," he said in the ad. "But what's even worse is knowing that my friends didn't learn a thing from all this. They're still doing what I did that got me infected." This year Zamora appeared in MTV's Real World, in which or: dinary young people are chosen to live together in a house while camera crews film them up to 20 hours a day. The film is edited to show how people deal with their problems.

Last December, the National Endowment for the Arts named McRae one of its "masters of jazz." A citation hailed her "instinctive feeling for rhythm, her skillful vocal technique, her innovative scat singing, as well as her relaxed manner of presentation." She was an accomplished piano player as well as singer. Jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine today called McRae "the last great stylist of her time She was spicy. She was Carmen. And she didn't hesitate to speak her mind." in St. Francis Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established in her name. Funerals Delia Bourgeois Friends may call at Malcore Funeral Home from 6 p.m. today until time of funeral this evening. Funeral 8 p.m. this evening at the funeral home with the Rev.

Kenneth De Groot officiating. Burial in Al-louez Catholic Cemetery. Samuel Dexter "Dex" Hastings IV Friends may call at Union Congregational Church, 716 S. Madison after 1 p.m. Saturday.

A Memorial Service will follow at 2 p.m. at the church, with the Rev. Glenn Wernecke officiating. Interment in Woodlawh Cemetery. Schauer and Schumacher East Funeral Home is assisting the family.

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"We all adults, adolescents and young children eat in the issued what's known as an approv-able letter in support of using the drug for treating the eating disorder. That is generally the final step before the FDA grants approval for a new drug or for a new use of an existing product, said Victoria Murphy, spokeswoman for the company, which introduced Prozac in 1987. Psychiatrists said Thursday that many doctors are already prescribing Prozac, the world's largest selling antidepressant, for bulimia. "This will allow psychiatrists Robert Fisher; four sisters, Marie Loper, Rose Anderegg, Priscilla Raasch, and Elizabeth (Midge) McLean. Friends may call at Ryan Funeral Home, 305 N.

10th De Pere, from 3 to 8:00 p.m. today. Prayer service 6:30 p.m. today. Funeral service 11 a.m.

Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Charles Brooks officiating. Burial at St. Mary Cemetery, Algoma. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, a memorial fund has been established to Unity Hospice.

The family extends a special thanks to Unity Hospice. Harvey Seiler Harvey Seiler, 78, 420 Hwy 42, Forestville, died Wednesday, November 9, 1994 at Door County Memorial Hospital. He was born May 7, 1916 in Door County. On May 30, 1942 he married Marcella Geurts in De Pere, Wis. Harvey farmed for 15 years in the Forestville area and in January of 1957 he formed the Gospel of Peace Church, IndependentPentecostal, which existed until his death.

He was a retired carpenter and resided his whole life in the Forestville area. A man called of God to preach, relied solv on God for his life. Survivors include his wife, Marcella, one son and daughter-in-law, Norman (Ellie) Seiler, Buffalo Grove, one daughter, Norma Jane Seiler, Algoma; one brother, Lloyd (Alice) Seiler, Forestville; and one sister, Alice Fris-que, Green Bay; 13 brothers and sisters-in-law, Theresa Elfe, Evelyn Geurts, Ophilia Geurts, Viola Leiterman and Orilla (Andy) Al-bers, all of Green Bay; Dorothy Mae Wicker, Leo Geurts, Ernest (Florence) Geurts, Robert Geurts, and Clarence (Mary) Geurts, all of De Pere. He was preceded in death by an infant brother, Melvin; one sister, Marion Shimulunas and ten brothersandsisters-in-law, Nelson Frisque, Frank Geurts, Elmer and Lillian Geurts, Bill Leiterman, Esther Geurts, Bernard Geurts, Conrad Elfe, Ignastius Wicker and Marie Geurts. Private family service held Saturday, November 12, 1994 at Schinderle Funeral Home-Al-goma.

Burial at Evergreen Cemetery. The Seiler family requests no memorials or gifts. Jeanne M. Wiese Jeanne M. Wiese, 49, 350 N.

3rd Algoma, died Thursday, November 10, at home after a two-year battle with cancer. She was born December 23, 1944 in Algoma to the late Walter and Lucy (Le Grave) Laurent. She was a 1963 21 1976- 'uot 1980 100 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) Carmen McRae, the veteran jazz singer hailed for her innovative scat singing and skillful vocal technique, has died. She was 74.

McRae died at 9 p.m. Thursday at her home, family members and her secretary said. She had fallen into a semicoma four days earlier, a month after she was hospitalized for a stroke, said her secretary and friend of 26 years, Jan March. "She said, don't want a memorial. I don't want a funeral.

I don't want flowers. All I want to be remembered for is my March said. "That was her whole world." joyed playing cards. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, Hollandtown, its Altar Society and the Catholic Knights.

Survivors include two sisters and one brother-in-law, Malenia and Daniel Baumgart, De Pere; Hilaria Schaefer, Brillion. She was preceded in death by one sister, Rose la (Joseph William) Green February 18, 1992; seven brothers, Martin, Henry, John, Bernard, Leonard, William and Aloysius; one brother-in-law, Silverius Schaefer. Friends may call at Fargo Funeral Home, 400 W. Wisconsin Kaukauna from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and after 10 a.m.

Monday at the church until time of service. Parish prayer service 7 p.m. Sunday. Funeral service 11 a.m. Monday at St.

Francis Catholic Church, Hollandtown with Father William Ricket officiating. Burial Death notices and Friends and families of the deceased have prepared these obituaries and funeral announcements. They are a tribute to their loved ones' accomplishments and a service to friends who Now 899" Hurry! Limited Supply We accept trades! Bonita Bourin Bonita Bourin, 77, a former Denmark resident, died Thursday evening at a Green Bay nursing home. Friends may call at Knut-son-Cotter Funeral Home, 536 Cty Hwy Denmark, from 12 noon until 2 p.m. Saturday.

Funeral service 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Complete obituary will be published in Saturday's Press-Gazette. Viola E. Bracher Viola E.

Bracher, 92, 1040 Pilgrim Way, died early this morning, Nov. 11, 1994. Visitation will be after 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Schauer Schumacher West, 838 S. Fisk until funeral service at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday with Chaplin Stan Lillich of Woodside Lutheran Home officiating. A complete obituary will be published in Saturday's Green Day Press-Gazette. Julia H. (Jean) Dennis Julia H. (Jean) Dennis, 91, 2060 Van Deuren died Thursday, Nov.

10, 1994 at a local nursing home. Funeral tentatively scheduled for Sunday. Findeisen-Greiser Fu-neral Home in charge of arrangements. Harry E. Fisher Harry E.

Fisher, 86, 219 N. Eighth De Pere, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1994 at home. The son of the late Edward G. and Elizabeth (Kurvers) Fisher was born June 9, 1908 in De Pere.

On Oct. 21, 1931 he married the former Emily Cih-lar. Harry had worked at The Net Company in Algoma, the Leathern Smith Shipyards in Sturgeon Bay, and was General Manager of Beturbilt Mfg. Co. for 25 years.

He retired in 1970. Harry enjoyed fishing in Canada, hunting, and the Packers games. Survivors include his wife Emily; and their children, Betty Jans-sen, De Pere; Norbert and Judy Fisher, Green Bay; Mary Ann and Richard Bracker, Madison; Donna and William Cota, Santa Maria, Ralph and Joann Fisher, Green Bay; Judith and David Thorpe, Green Bay; Stanley and Donna Fisher, Kaukauna; Harry Fisher, Green Bay; Tom and Suzanne Fisher, Green Bay: Dorothy Fisher, De Pere; 24 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents: two sons, Edward and if 2)f Vmmmm I iiPbii.