97-08-15 Story Tips for Local News Media

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SATELLITE NEWS CONFERENCE MONDAY FOR ROLLING STONES TOUR--Aug. 18.  The
Ohio State University will host a two-part news conference at 1 p.m. Monday
in the Alumni Lounge of the Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road.  At
1 p.m., officials will make an announcement and take questions from
reporters.  At 1:30 p.m., a live satellite broadcast of the Bridges to
Babylon-Rolling Stones Tour 1997 will be shown. The agreement with the tour
promoters prohibits university officials from answering questions before
the news conference.
CONTACT: Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424.

PROFESSOR OFFERS NEW FORMULAS FOR CHILDREN’S MEDICINE--President Clinton
this week ordered drug makers to start testing medications to determine
their safety, effectiveness and proper dosages in children. Milhap Nahata,
a professor of  pharmacy at Ohio State, says physicians have very few
choices when prescribing medicines for kids, since about 80 percent of
prescription drugs are have not been tested for use in children. He says it
is expensive to perform pediatric studies, and parents are apprehensive
about enrolling their kids in drug studies.  Nahata is author of Children’s
Medications: A Parent’s Guide, which offers parents information on both
prescription and over-the-counter medications available for children. He is
also co-author of a new edition of Pediatric Drug Formulations, which adds
35 new drug formulations to the list of currently available medicines,
bringing the total to 106.  
CONTACT: Milhap Nahata, Pharmacy, 292-2472.

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best
information about the story.  However, feel free to call on our news
services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State news stories--
Amy Murray, 292-8385; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; Tracy Turner, 688-3682; and
Emily Caldwell, 292-8309.
Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-Goedde.1@osu.edu). 


[Submitted by: Ruth Gerstner  (gerstner.2@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 15 Aug 1997 16:20:31 -0400]
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