Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorori
ty Inc. - Theta Mu Sigma
Chapter will kick off its annual
March of Dimes Canister
Drive on March 1.
March of Dimes is a nation
al project of Sigma Gamma
Rho Sorority. March of Dimes
comes under Sigma Gamma
Rho's Project Reassurance,
which is designed to help pro
vide funds to March of Dimes
and provide educational mate
rials and workshops for teen
parents. Project Reassurance
also is designed to work with
teen parents during, before and
after the birth of a child.
The objective of Project
Reassurance and its support of
March of Dimes is to ultimate
ly bring about the birth of
healthier babies.
Theta Mu Sigma Chapter of
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
will collect donations to sup
port March of Dimes through
out March. The Chapter also
will distribute educational
materials to pregnant teens at
local churches, schools and
libraries.
The chapter is planning
several workshops that are
designed to educate teen par
ents on how to care for them
selves and children during
pregnancies and after the births
of the children.
Theta Mu Sigma Chapter
thanks the community for its
support.
As its January project,
Theta Mu Sigma donated 500
bricks to help build a Habitat
for Humanity house. The chap
ter plans to participate in build
ing a Habitat house.
For black history celebra
tion, Theta Mu Sigma Chapter
set up a display at the main
library on Fifth Street. The
sorors hope that many people
viewed the display and that it
was inspirational and educa
tional for all who viewed it.
On Feb. 16 the sorors of
Theta Mu Sigma enjoyed
working at Samaritan Min
istries. It was a blessing that
sorors were able to serve the
patrons of the soup kitchen.
On Feb. 23, Theta Mu
Sigma sorors also participated
in Keep Winston-Salem Beau
tiful by cleaning their assigned
street.
Theta Mu Sigma ended its
canned-food drive on Feb. 28.
Thanks to sorors and members
of Future Business Leaders of
America the canned-food drive
was very successful.
The chapter will hold its
annual Little Miss/Mr. Sigma
Pageant (for children 1-10
years old) on June 22. Parents
wishing to enter their children
in the pageant should contact
Lisa Allen at 768-0246 or Eve
lyn Sanders at 788-9456.
The chapter also is making
plans to attend the regional
conference, which will be held
in White Plains, N.Y., in April.
Members of Theta Mu Sigma clean their assigned street.
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Booker is appointed to city
Economic Development Committee
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C.P. Booker of Winston
Salem has been appointed to
serve on the Winston-Salem
Economic Development
Committee.
Mayor Allen Joines wrote
Booker: "Your time, dedica
tion and commitment to this
committee will be a valuable
contribution to the quality of
our community and govern
ment of our city. The Eco
nomic Development Com- I
mittee is an important part
our community. As we wo.
together towards a commo.
goal we can make a differ- i
ence in the lives of many cit
izens." |
Daniels is East Winston Primary School
recipient of Human Relations Award
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On Feb. 21, Darron
Daniels, the son of Tamara
Pittman and Darron Daniels
Sr., was among 70 students
from charter, public, and pri
vate schools who received
Winston-Salem Human Rela
tions Awards at the 23rd annu
al awards banquet. Darron
received this award because of
his ability to get along with
others. He also is a straight-A
student.
Darron has been at East
Winston Primary School since
kindergarten, and everyone
can agree he is truly a joy to
have in class. The staff, partic
ularly his teachers, Harry Har
ris and Konova Cornelius, are
very proud of him. Harris and
Cornelius agree that "Darron
is a very distinguished young
man whose academics and
character are immeasurable."
Harris, the educational team
leader, said, "At East Winston
Primary School, we soar like
eagles."
Darron has demonstrated
through his academics and
character what it means to be
an eagle.
Stress could cause
heart disease in
women, says study
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Reduced estrogen levels dur
ing women's pre-menopausal
' years may set the stage for heart
disease later in life, reports Jay
Kaplan, Ph.D., from Wake For
est University Baptist Medical
Center in the March issue of The
Green Journal, a publication of
the American College of Obste
tricians and Gynecologists.
"Our study of female mon
keys indicates that stress affects
estrogen levels and can lead to
the development of heart disease
- even before menopause," said
Kaplan, professor of compara
tive medicine.
This is the first publication of
Kaplan's results, which were
reported at a national conference
in 2001. An accompanying edi
torial by Sarah Berga, M.D.,
from the University of Pitts
burgh, emphasizes that stress
induced hormonal changes in
pre-menopausal women are an
under-appreciated clinical prob
lem.
Women have traditionally
been considered immune from
heart disease until after
menopause, when their estrogen
levels dramatically drop.
Kaplan's study showed that in
monkeys, stress can actually
reduce estrogen levels much ear
lier in life and cause the buildup
of fatty deposits in the arteries
(atherosclerosis) that can lead to
heart attacks and strpkes.
"This research demonstrates
that a deficiency of estrogen
before menopause places these
females on a high-risk trajectory,
even if they got estrogen treat
ment after menopause," Kaplan
said. "The results emphasize that
primary prevention of heart dis
ease should start pre
menopausally."
The study found that treating
the estrogen-deficient monkeys
with estrogen before menopause
markedly slowed the growth of
atherosclerosis. Kaplan said the
findings were consistent with the
hypothesis that estrogen inhibits
the development of vessel dis
ease, but may be ineffective if
the disease already exists.
"This is significant because it
implies that more emphasis
should be placed on women's
hormone levels prior to
menopause, rather than just
afterwards," Kaplan said.
In the study, female monkeys
were placed in groups so they
would naturally establish a peck
ing order from dominant to sub
ordinate. Monkeys that are
socially stressed - because they
are subordinate in their group -
produce reduced amounts of the
hormone estrogen. Kaplan and
his colleagues reasoned that the
stressed, estrogen-deficient ani
mals would have an acceleration
of their heart disease that would
persist after menopause.
To test this idea, all animals
were first studied for two years
before menopause and for three
years after their ovaries were
removed to induce menopause.
One group of animals was given
estrogen before menopause, and
another group was treated with
estrogen after menopause.
Kaplan's study showed that,
at the end of this "lifetime"
study, the monkeys that were
estrogen-deficient pre
menopausal^ had two times
more atherosclerosis in their
heart vessels than dominant
monkeys that produced normal
levels of estrogen. When the
subordinate, or "stressed," mon
keys received estrogen treat
ments before menopause, their
rates of atherosclerosis were cut
in half and they became equiva
lent to dominants.
An ongoing study of human
autopsy results supports
Kaplan's findings. Results
showed that by age 35, one-third
of women have substantial ather
osclerosis in the vessels leading
to their hearts.
In women, stress, anorexia
nervosa and hormone imbal
ances can all reduce estrogen
levels to the point that menstrual
periods stop. But Kaplan and
colleagues theorize that more
moderate drops in estrogen - that
don't produce symptoms - can
also affect health.
"We know from monkey
studies that stress can lower
estrogen levels to the point that
health is affected, even though
the animals still have menstrual
periods," he said.
The research was funded by
the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute.
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