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6B Daily News ��� Thursday, April 11, 2013 FURNITURERed Bluff DEPOT 235 So. Main St., Simmons Mattress SALE Going On Now! 527-1657 MON.-FRI. 9:00-6:00 SAT. 9:00-5:00 ��� SUN. 11:00-5:00 Stocks rise sharply, led by gains in technology NEW YORK (AP) ��� Technology stocks roared back Wednesday, driving the Standard & Poor���s 500 and Dow Jones industrial average to record highs. The industry has lagged the broader market this year, but surged after network communication company Adtran reported earn- Wall Street ings that were double what Wall Street analysts expected. That boosted optimism that businesses will increase spending on technology equipment. Chipmakers Micron and Intel jumped, as did other network equipment makers like Cisco and JDS Uniphase. Stocks were also up on an optimistic reading of the Federal Reserve Bank���s latest minutes. Technology stocks rose 1.8 percent, the most of the 10 industry groups in the S&P. That���s a big change from tech���s weak performance this year. The group is up just 4.7 percent, trailing the S&P���s gain of 11.3 percent. ������Tech has performed so poorly, it���s oversold and warrants some interest here,������ said Scott Wren, a senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors. ������If the economy continues to improve there is going to be some capital spending.������ The stock market is reversing course from last week, when investors��� confidence fell because of an unexpectedly poor report on the U.S. job market and other signs that the economy slowed in March. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 128.78 points, or 0.9 percent, to 14,802.24. It was the third straight gain for the blue-chip index and its biggest one-day rise in a month. The Dow surged in the first three months of the year and is still up 13 percent in 2013. Dietary changes bring relief from gastroparesis in the small intesDEAR DOCtine. If you have TOR K: A friend gastroparesis, has a condition food stays in the called gastroparestomach much sis. Could you longer. explain what it is C o m m o n and how it can be symptoms include treated? nausea and upper DEAR READER: Gastroparesis Dr. K abdominal pain. It may become diffiis the term used by Anthony L. for sluggish emp- Komaroff, M.D. cult to keep a full meal down. Peotying of food from the stomach into the small ple with serious cases intestine. Normally, your may eat so little they stomach moves about half become dangerously thin of an average meal into and malnourished. Gastroparesis has a the small intestine within two hours after you eat. number of causes, with Within four hours, about diabetes topping the list. 90 percent of your meal is Diabetes can damage nerves, including the nerves that control stomach function. That nerve damage slows the speed of emptying. Several medications can also slow stomach emptying. These include antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, calcium-channel blockers and opioid painkillers. Some people develop gastroparesis after recovering from a gastrointestinal viral infection. Neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson���s disease can also affect how well the stomach does its job. One of the first things people can do to help control symptoms is to limit ��� or even avoid ��� fatty and fiber-rich foods. Fatty foods delay the emptying of the stomach in all of us, and probably do so even more in people with gastroparesis. This appears to be equally true of ���good fats��� (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats) as well as ���bad fats��� (saturated fats and trans fats). For that reason, people with gastroparesis should focus on eating smaller amounts of fats ��� primarily the good fats, which our bodies need. Foods rich in nondigestible fiber (typically fruits and vegetables) also exit the stomach more sluggishly than digestible food. That���s true for all of us. Food that is digested, by stomach acid and other substances, is broken into tiny pieces that more easily leave the stomach. In contrast, non-digestible fiber leaves the stomach only when the stomach muscles push it into the intestine. Please understand that I���m not advocating that everyone avoid fiber-rich foods ��� in fact, they���re good for us. They just cause problems in people with gastroparesis. Gastroparesis can be reduced in diabetics by keeping blood sugar under good control. Finally, eating frequent small meals rather than three large ones can help. Unfortunately, there���s no wonder drug for this condition. A drug called metoclopramide (Max- olon, Reglan) can be effective. But doctors don���t like to prescribe it at full dosage or for extended periods because it can cause an often irreversible involuntary movement disorder. Very low doses of erythromycin, an antibiotic, are often prescribed for gastroparesis. Erythromycin can speed up movement of the stomach. However, its long-term success is mediocre at best. Gastric pacemakers are devices that stimulate the stomach to contract. They���ve shown some benefit in clinical trials. For most people with gastroparesis, however, the simpler measures I���ve recommended can bring sufficient relief. Heritage Film Festival Presents Classic Films Double Feature Premiering at the State Theatre on April 12th Tickets $5 Available at... Crossroads Ranch & Feed Tehama County Association of Realtors Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce Online at www.statetheatreredbluff.com Show Times ���Eight Seconds��� Doors open at...3:00 pm ���Gone With the Wind��� Doors open at...5:45 pm COME ENJOY TWO UNFORGETTABLE CLASSICS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! Gold Exchange