European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes monday june 20, 1977 modern Medicine Hen s Gen four nary problems Start at 50 by Michael j. Halberstam  Temple complaints plague women almost from the time they Start menstruating men seem unfairly blessed with problem free Genito urinary systems thatis. Until they reach age 50 or so. Then More than half of american me begin running into trouble the most serious being cancer of the prostate and the mos common being enlargement of the prostate or benign Prostatic hypertrophy Mph the prostate a horse Chestnut sized mass of glands and muscle is a prime example of faulty design by Mother nature. Its desc fibrous Issue wraps around the urethra the tube that drains urine from the bladder so that the slightest enlargement cause inward pressure and begins to Pinch the urethra shut urination problems Are one of the earliest symptoms of prostate trouble. The Man notices his urine flow becoming weak and crib Fly. He eels like urinating but cannot. He May eel pain and burning during urination or notice blood and pus in the urine. Hei eds to go frequently especially at night and sometimes becomes incontinent. Eventually he May become unable to urinate Alto Gether. Pain May strike the Groin Testicles Back and thighs. Straining to urinate May in turn cause the bladder Walls to balloon out and become susceptible to chronic infection. Or the enlarged prostate May push the bladder Wall into the bladder causing urine to Back up into the kidneys and damage  More ominous spectre is cancer of the prostate. This disease is extremely difficult to detect in its Early stages and is the third leading cause of cancer deaths Amon american males killing some 19,000 each  men with diseased prostates worry about the effect various treatments can have on sexual functioning. Surgery is the usual treatment for advanced cases of Uphas Well As for prostate cancer. There is some Chance of impotence occurring after an kind of prostate surgery because the nerves controlling penile erection arc so close to the prostate. However several different Surgi Cal procedures exist for removing part or allow. A diseased prostate and some entail fewer risks than others of damaging these nerves. Although in surgery for removal of enlarged noncancerous prostates men usually emerge sterile the majority remain potent and Able to enjoy sexual Intercourse. In addition most Are at an age when Fertility is of lessened importance. An enlarged or infected prostate even without surgical treat ment often temporarily makes sexual Intercourse uncomfortable and causes some men to feel decreased sexual desire. But Many physicians believe the latter problem Art Buchwald Washington the differ ence Between How the soviet Union and the United states treat human rights is the big Stum bling Block in the interpretation of the Helsinki accords. Both countries believe inhuman rights but there is a Dif Ference in their , the soviet Union. On behalf of the soviet writers seek ing Freedom to express their views. I present this petition pro testing that our rights As citizens have been violated and we urge the men in Power to obey the Laws As written in i he soviet  a soviet official responds anyone who would sign this petition must be crazy and there fore 1 am recommending that everyone whose name Appearson this list be sent to a mental Hospital for a psychiatric  now the United Stateson behalf of the writers in the United states we protest the us of nuclear weapons and the waste of Money on larger and More expensive military hardware when so Many of our country s need for health and welfare Are being  . Official responds thank you very much. 1 Wil Call it to the attention of the president. But it is my personal Opi Nion that you would probably have a larger Impact if you printed your petition As a paid advertisement in the Washington Post or the new York times where congressional sources Wilt see  soviet Union As a Leader of the soviet scientists for honest research i can no longer keep quiet on the country s Bureau cratic efforts to squelch any Dis covery that might conflict with communist party  a soviet official responds then we must consider you a traitor to the country and you will be tried under article x of the criminal code which could mean 10 years imprisonment and 20 years in exile. You Are a disgrace to the ideals of Socia  United states As. An american scientist i am shocked at the failure of the government to observe and carry out the Lawin regards to clean air and water pollution. I intend to Alert the Public to the administration s blatant disregard for the health of the american  across i alto5 greek letter t Public vehicle 12 River i England 13 neglect14 wine vessel 15 cougar17 Start for rid or rent18 narrow channels 19 prize ii moved in a curve course 24 use the phone 25 endure21 loud voiced people termite 31 discloses 32 Catling or Sten 32 Range disaster 35 capital of learn x american suffragist 37 slumber38 town in Indiana 40 Dies 42 Edge 43 twin hulled vessel48 spherical body 49 Dill plant50 a cipher 51 manuscripts abbr 52 stringed instrument 53 division of time down1 leather moccasin2 humming Bird 3 fate4 wild ass 5 instrument of torture t Large birds7 Tannum 8 achieves9 methodical list10 love god 11 poet16 insane avg. 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Many quack remedies arc available but there is no Medicine that can prevent or Dis solve an enlarged prostate. Drugs can cure infections of the prostate such As those caused by gonorrhoea or other microorganisms. Gonococcal prostatitis is easily treated by intramuscular injections of Peni Cillin. Early detection remains the Best Hope Formen with diseased prostates. Any kind of urinary troubles should Tell a Man to see physician immediately. Men Over 40 should have a physician Check their prostates by Means of a rectal examination at least yearly. C  a Telephone Call from a .publisher or. Blatchley we understand you re willing to blow the whistle on the Carter administration for its reluctance Roget Tough Over the environment. We d be very interested in pub Lishing a Book on the subject in the Ralph Nader tradition. Would consider a $25.000 Advance and $25.000 on publication of what we Hope will be our Book of the month club selection for Christ Mas and finally the soviet Union president Podgorny. You re finished. You re a disgrace to you country. Get out of Here and stay out the United states president Nixon you re finished. You re disgrace to your country. But before you go. David Frost would like to know if you would be Wil Ling to Tell your Story on television for $600.000 plus 10 per cent of the  6-20 dear readers Wen i be Doneit earn incurred the Wrath of nearly every wife in the United slates Canada Tokyo Bangkok Mexico City puerto Rico Nassau and Bermuda. I wrote la a recent column show me a married Man who looks like a refugee from a rum Mage Sale and i la show you a wife who does t care about  most articulate letters could not be cleaned up for publication. But Here Are samples of theurin tables dear Ann i d like to wring our neck. Why should a wife be responsible for her husband wardrobe i Wash the car put on screens mow the Ian. And pain the basement. There s no such thing As a woman s Job or Aman s Job any More. Work does t care who does it. Retire already Marshalltown Iowa dear Ann do you know an husbands who take care of their wife s clothes join the 20lh Cen Tury Kiddo. Seeing red dear Ann my Jerk has a doze Good suits in the. Closet but he goes to Church in polyester Slacks and a polka Dot shirt with a striped tic. I be Given  dear Ann if a woman look Sloppy she let herself  if it s a Man. His wife does t car about  you re nuts. Memphis dear Ann sorry dear you goofed and you re going to hear plenty. My husband is a Honey and 1 love him but he does t give a Damn about How he  the invitation says informal hell show up in sandals no socks a to shirt and Bermuda shorts in the Winter. Last weeklies went to a Barbecue in khakis from world War ii. They were plenty tight and i warned him. Well he split right out the backhand had to borrow the Host s Bathrobe. Everyone roared. I could t have cared less. Columbia . Dear Ann i gave up trying Todress my husband after 10 years of screaming and  i m relaxed and my blood pressure is Down. He still has in spots on All his shirts from pens that leak. Every pocket is ripped from being overloaded. Lie lost two Coats last Winter and there Are five Lovely gloves on the shelf All for the left hand. It s no fair of you to say i Don t care about him. 1 care a lot but he s Slob. St. Cloud Minn. Dear Ann 1 have four Youn children who take better care of their clothes than their  goes hiking in the Woods in a $300 suit tears his pants offences ruins his $70 shoes walk ing in the mud and stuffs a $15tie in his Back pocket. Don t blame me. I did t raise him.-pottersv1lle, . Dear Ann show me a Man who looks like a refugee from a rummage Sale and i la show you Aman who does t care about himself or his wife s  married one so eat your words Annabelle. Kentucky Broil dear k and All who wrote gulp. Gulp. Gulp