European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday october 21, 1977 doctor s talk averages 15 minutes Washington up the average patient visiting a doctor s office spends 15 minutes with the doctor almost 50 per cent of patients get a drug prescription and half of the problems Are judged not serious a new Survey indicates. The National Center for health Statis tics a unit of the department of health education and welfare said wednesday the length of the doctor s visit varies with the specially from 11.9 minutes with a dermatologist to 46.9 minutes with a pay  and family physicians account ing for two of every five visits to a doctor s office spend 12.6 minutes with a patient the Survey said. But for the 13 most visited specialists the average face to face encounter Between doctor and patient was a relatively Brief 15 minutes. This does not include waiting time or time spent with a nurse or other health worker. The annual Survey of health services provided in doctors offices said to be the Only National study of its kind is being used increasingly by the medical proves Charles would relish less of it i spotlight can get too Bright Chicago a Prince Charles said he would like to be out of the world s spotlight a Little More and wondered Light heatedly Why he was Here anyway. The heir to the British throne on a tour of the United states told several Hundred persons at a Black tie dinner wednesday night that he has gotten used to constant attention but added my Only difficulty is that what is said is sometimes taken Down and used against  he said that after touring the City i wondered Why i was Here. You perhaps wondered Why i was Here. And i have a feeling other people won dered what in the hell they were going to do with  he also quipped once that his in eligibility to vote gave him something in common with convicts lunatics and Peers big business is Beautiful Nancy Austin herself a designer of clothes for the Large woman models one of her wedding outfits at the first National exhibit of fashions for fat women in los Angeles. The theme is big is Beautiful and Austin who tips the Scales at 273 pounds says Over 30 per cent of the women in this country Are in Large sizes and that s 22 million of the  earlier Charles 28, a Jet Pilot sports car Driver outdoors Man and one of the world s most sought after bachelors told a group of students that the monarchy s greatest advantage is what it can do As a humane institution what it can do for people. It is what one makes of  he told them he does not View the monarchy As anachronistic because in a Way the monarchy fulfils a certain need or desire that people have. This year is the Silver Jubilee. People Are amazed at the reaction of the British people. I m not amazed. I thought it was latent All the time he said. The British Don t express their feelings. They need a specific occasion to do so and this was one of those  people need pomp and circumstance ceremony and color excitement and grandeur the Prince said. Everybody enjoys a military band. But if you Don t do it Well forget it. You have to do it  he added people Are fascinated by monarchy by Royalty. But if they had it tomorrow they d want to get rid of  Sion according to one of the authors. Medical schools including Harvard use it to shape their curriculum he said. Young doctors just starting practices use the information to gauge the time they de vote to various medical conditions. The latest Survey in 1975 found that prevention of illness rather than illness itself most often sends people to doctors offices the setting where most americans seek health care. Emergency rooms and clinics Are far less frequently used. Nearly half the visits to doctors offices 44 per cent result in a drug being pre scribed. Drug therapy was the most frequent form of therapy provided in an of fic based practice the study said. The study said 49 per cent of the patient visits were for problems their doctors judged not  of the estimated 567.6 million visits to doctors offices no services were provided in 15.2 million cases some of which May have included preventive health care or health care maintenance which Are not itemized As services. About 55 per cent of All illness or injury presented to a doctor were sudden or re cent problems and 45 per cent chronic. No great hypertension concern despite a spate of publicity about the dangers of unsuspected hypertension the study found that blood pressure checks were made in Only 33 per cent of the cases and in Only seven per cent of patients under 15. For every two visits to a doctors office by a male there Are three for by a female the study said. White patients outnumber patients of other races both in absolute numbers and in annual rate of office visits. About 60 per cent of the patients were told to return at a specified time and 2 per cent of the visits ended in hospitalization. Stateside f lunch meat firms Given sodium nitrite notice Washington a the agriculture department has told manufacturers of Bacon Ham and other lunch meats that it will ban the sodium nitrite in their pro ducts unless they can prove the chemical does not cause cancer. Sodium nitrite is used for preserving meats and preventing botulism a deadly Poison found in improperly canned or pre served foods. It also gives products a Rosy color. The department has published a notice in tuesday s official Federal Register giving the Bacon Industry until Jan. 18 to present test results on sodium nitrite. Sub sequent deadlines will be set for other meat and poultry products using the chem ical. Assistant Secretary Carol Tucker fore Man said if the Industry cannot present satisfactory results the department would publish new regulations leading to a ban. Sodium nitrites can Combine with other substances to form nitrosamine. Tests on animals have shown some nitrosamine Tobe a potent cancer causing agent. Lasky it did t Stop with watergate either Omaha neb. A the main prob Lem with the Carter administration says Victor Lasky who s not known for being charitable toward democrats is half the administration does t know anything about Washington and the other half Are washingtonians who know nothing about the rest of the  the author of it did t Start with watergate says his Book proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the dirty tricks and bugging were worse under administrations that preceded Richard Nixon s. Not Only did t it Start with watergate but it did t Stop with watergate either he told a business convention. He predicted Carter would be a one term president. Iowa students see saw 168 hours for Charity in our Market a photo Iowa City Iowa a dismounting is its own Reward after a Marathon see saw ride for Charity. Sometimes you d hobble Back into the House like you just got off a horse or some thing said Brian Walters an organizer of a week Long Teeter in by University of Iowa fraternity and sorority members who raised $6,000 for the March of dimes. For 168 hours about 90 students took turns a half hour to an hour at a time Rainor Shine night and Day. Everybody has their own style said Walters. Some like to go faster than others. Sometimes we had to Wear two or three shirts and a Winter jacket and we were still cold but it was Worth it he said. It rained one Day but nobody got  at some Points fraternity members employed weights from Barbell sets to bal Ance unevenly matched couples. If you have a Guy who weighs 220 pounds and a girl who Only weighs 100 pounds you have to have something to counterbalance it said Walters