European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday october 1, 1977 modern Medicine Here Are some tips on avoiding heart attacks by Michael j. Halberstam . Americans have been told Over and Over again How to reduce the risk of heart attack. Yet it remains the cause of Over half the deaths in the . Each year. Maybe if this advice is repeated often enough people will Start listening. If you re overweight and under exercised you have already scored two Points on a scale of eight risks of heart attack. Add two More Points if you Are male and Over 35. You Are even closer to joining one million americans who suffer a heart attack each year if you smoke cigarettes have High blood pressure a High blood lipid fat and cholesterol level and Are under great stress. Age and sex you cannot change but you can take six other Steps to reduce the Odds of heart attack stay slim exercise regularly Stop smoking control your blood pressure avoid foods with saturated fats and cholesterol and learn to Cope with stress. As a Bonus you will look feel and function better and probably live longer. Stay slim people who Are overweight invite heart attack because their hearts must pump harder to carry the blood Supply to All that extra flesh. Crash or fad diets Are an ineffective Way of staying thin however. A physician can recommend a diet that will pare off the pounds effectively and safely. Exercise daily begin slowly with exercises suited to your age and physical condition. You will strengthen your Muscles and make them supple enable your heart to tolerate exertion better and thereby probably reduce the risk of heart attack and Many other diseases. While it has not been conclusively proven that exercising decreases your Chance of a hear attack the evidence is encouraging. Over weight people of All Ages should Check with their physicians before undertaking vigorous exercise. Stop smoking compared to nonsmokers cigarette smokers run twice the risk of Coro nary Hert disease sudden and unexpected death High blood pressure and hardening or narrowing of the arteries coronary arteriosclerosis. In addition smokers run innumerable other health risks lung and other cancers emphysema peptic ulcer and Stillbirth. Smokers also pollute the air afflict nonsmokers with their habit and have bad breath. Control blood pressure High blood pres sure forces the heart to work harder and greatly increases the risk of heart disease stroke and kidney damage. Everyone Over 18 years old should have his or her blood pres sure checked annually. And members of High risk groups Blacks postmenopausal or teen with rare brain disease aided by experimental drug Chicago up a 17-year-old Colorado girl who suffers from a rare and usually fatal brain disease was listed in Good condition after treatment with an experimental drug. Linda Madden of Colorado Springs has been suffering from a disease called subacute Scle Rosing a encephalitis since she was 10. The Dis ease attacks the brain and nervous system causing loss of muscular and intellectual functions. Or. Peter p. Huttenlocher. Chief of the Pedi Atric neurology department at Vyler Chil Dren s Hospital said the effectiveness of the drug in Linda s treatment will not be known for about six months. The experimental  was Given to Linda. Wyler is one of the few hospitals in the nation licensed to Experiment with the drug in treating the disease. Huttenlocher said 10 per sons have received the drug since 1974, but it worked with Only three of  will return to Colorado in about 10 Days. Blood samples will be taken from Linda in about three weeks and will be shipped to Chicago for study a Hospital spokesman said. Huttenlocher said the disease is contracted Between Ages 1 and 2 through a very rare complication of a measles  when the measles disappear the virus lies dormant in the brain of the child for 7 to 10 years he said. The disease afflicts about one in every 1 million persons Huttenlocher  Reading newspaper accounts of Linda s illness and her family s inability to pay for the plane fare to Chicago for the experimental drug financed the trip for Linda and her Mother. Pregnant women women taking contraceptive pills and offspring of hypertensive parents should be checked at least yearly and perhaps More often depending upon their physician s advice and their blood pressure level. Avoid foods Rich in Salt fats and cholesterol the worst offenders Are fatty and Organ meats butter whole milk eggs cheese and other Dairy products. Eat More fish poultry fruits nuts and vegetables. A High blood fat level greatly increases the risk of heart Dis ease because it blocks the arteries and makes them less Able to deliver blood throughout the body and Back to the heart muscle. Even what we in America consider to be Normal cholesterol Levels May be merely what is average in this country and probably too High. Learn to handle stress this Means relax because stress in this society is hard to avoid. Coping with stress is especially important and difficult for so called Type a personalities High Strung compulsive people who Are always in a hurry competitive and impatient. They allow themselves few outlets for letting off steam which builds like a pressure cooker and taxes the heart As Well As other parts of the body. Of these six risk factors any one of the Fol lowing three cigarette smoking High blood pressure and High blood lipids nearly Dou Bles the Chance of coronary heart disease particularly among men Over age 35. Anyone male or female with two or More of these risk factors May run from 3 to 10 times the Chance of coronary heart disease. Four million americans have recognizable coronary heart disease and it kills about two thirds of a million people each year. Most suffer death by heart attacks that strike so suddenly they never make it to the Hospital. These deaths Are needless tragedies be cause so Many of them Are premature. Yet they will continue to occur until the american people particularly those who Are known candidates for a heart attack Start taking better care of themselves in the six ways just discussed. A physician can confirm that a person is at risk and can advise on How to control weight blood pressure and diet. But most of the real work in preventing a heart attack is up to the individual. 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Solution time 22 min. 10-1 answer to yesterday s Puzzle. 23 underworld god 24 before 25 Man in a racing Shell Colloq 26 family member 27 before a Holiday 28 Cap 29 curved Plank 31 the end of elephant 34 Umpire s Call 35 Orient 37 sociable person 38 the is Green 39 Plant surf Ace 40 rave 41 girl name 42 stretch across 43 otherwise 44 moisten 46 weep convulsively 47 sky sighting today a crossword 15 23 30 33 4ft 51 24 25 21 36 31 26 41 22 37 20 14 n 35 Iso 153 42 10 26 43 44 10-1 Learann Landers dear Ann Landers i am an 18 year old Normal healthy Guy who has had Only three dates in my life. It s now because i am shy. It s acne. There Are times when my face is so horrible i would t inflict myself on a girl. I never know when the acne is going to be better or worse so i m afraid to set up anything for the future. When my complexion is bad i just stay Home. This can be very lonely. I be tried several ointments soaps and so called cures advertised in magazines. Nothing works. I have spent at least $200 on this useless junk and would gladly spend $500 More on some thing that could Clear up my face and shoulders. . Some Guys have told me what certain girls think of me and that should give me Confidence but it does t. I Don t need compliments. What i need is a cure. Thanks Henry the Hermit dear Herm if you Don t know of a Good dermatologist skin specialist Call the county medi Cal society and they will suggest a couple. Then go and quit horsing around with the junk you see advertised. It s worse than useless. Dear Ann will you print one More letter about Telephone solicitors i m still boiling. My phone was installed for my convenience. I pay the Bill. When you Call i must Stop what i m doing to listen to you. You Are in truding on me and i see no reason to be polite. If you want to sell something advertise in a newspaper or mag Azine or on to but leave my phone alone. Suzie q dear a you be had your say and it will be the last though angry letters Are still coming in. That Issue was almost As hot As the meatloaf. Let s Bury it. Dear Ann you wrote recently that your biggest beef with the medical profession is that when doctors can find no organic prob Lem they often Tell the patient Stop worrying about yourself. There is nothing wrong with  you say patients who have no organic problems but feel Rotten should be advised to get psychiatric counselling. Well Here s my Story in 1965 i was in my Early 30 s i had severe stomach pains. They were so bad i considered suicide. Five different doctors All said it was impossible to have such agony on both sides. Three suggested psychiatric. As a last resort i went to a Pri vate mental Hospital. The doctors had convinced me i was crazy. After two weeks they decided i did t need hospitalization but suggested i stay in therapy. Two years later still in Terri ble pain i went to a sixth doctor who found a tumor on my left ovary. I had immediate surgery and they discovered my Appen Dix on the right Side was about to burst. That explained the Terri ble pain on both  god i am alive and Well but i lost a lot of Faith in doctors. Been there dear been your letter is unusual. Most people complain that the doctors today Are knife Happy too Many unnecessary operations. I m glad you Are now Well and free of pain. Too bad i took so Long. Thanks for sharing. C 1977 Field enterprises inc