European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 29. 1986 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers several Days ago my Sisir in Law called to say she had cancelled her a Poi not Nunt for a Mammogram a be cause she read in Ann Landers column trial with the new equipment the procedure was very painful. I told her to go Back and read thai column again. She did and called today she had t read it properly that while some women had said the Mammogram was excruciating of Lucre claimed in was t the Casl hit t uncomfortable. You concluded by idling threaders that the discomfort level depends on the expertise of the technician also the time of the month. You urged All women to listen to their doctors. Some women should have a Mammogram every year others every second year de Pend no on age and family history now for the rest of the Story this same sister in Law had he Mammogram and reported almost no pain just a Little pressure. Three Days later her doctor called to inform her hat the Mammogram showed a very Small mass that never would have been picked up with the old equipment. Within a week she had a Lump clo my no Mastectomy and the prognosis is excellent i Hope you will print my letter so your renders who were tightened of the pain and cancelled i hair appoint ments will reschedule. U could save their lives dear Boston Here s your letter and an added wont from me gel with ii ladles. Every individual has i or her own threshold of pain. Some people Tell the dentist no novocaine for is minutes of drilling. Others nearly puss out when they have their tech cleaned a noun Mourani with the latest equipment should  Duce Only momentary discomfort in the most sensitive women if done a few Days after the menstrual period by a competent technician. If she goes three Days before her period and the technician is a Clunker 1 can make no promises even under the worst conditions ii is far better to hive the noun Mongram than to risk breast Canter which is the greatest killer of women under age 55. If you Don t believe me talk to i woman who has had Mastectomy. She will set you straight. This year breast cancer will be discovered in 120,000 women and in will claim 40,000 lives More than 50 percent of breast cancers Are discovered Only after they have spread to other parts of the body. The survival rate under such conditions is 10 percent. The Chance of survival when the cancer is detected Early to 85 percent. With these Odds it la sheer lunacy not la be checked periodically. Any woman Over so who has t been screened in two years should gel on the phone and make an appointment now. I know in lakes Lime and you Are Busy bul i can think of nothing that is More important than this. Dear Ann Landers we hear a lot about alzheimer s disease these Days. So Many people Are afraid they have in when they can t find their keys or forget the name of heir favorite High school Leacher who died 20 years ago. I was unable to remember whether 1 had mailed a letter and was truly depressed when in showed up in the fridge. Ten minutes later i read something that made me laugh. Please share it with your readers. Prescription for a Carefree old age if you can t recall in forget it. H.r.g., Durham . Dear . Evcic though 1 invent put any mail in the fridge lately 1 laughed too. Thanks for sharing. Header withing to write to Newi americ Syndicate columns larders oin Eddrest their Toni i in cml the Sun Ami san Oak. Apo 09zi1. . For olb Soldier states Case for chiropractic care chiropractic care is needed by the army. The army would give its soldiers u great Benefit by utilizing chiropractic services. Not Only would it help the individual Soldier but it would increase the army s proficiency and readiness. Less time would be lost on recovering from injury and health problems and Previn Lalic health care cuts Down on general illness. Many studies have proven the  of chiropractic care. A study of chiropractic a in Florida revealed that the average Cost per chiropractic Case was j60 compared with $102 for medical treatment on the same Lypp of cases. More importantly to army Readi Ness the average work time lost was Only three Days by chiropractic compared to nine Days for medically treated cases. In a study done in California by c. Richard Wolf ., of the California workmen s compensation Bureau in took 32 Days for a medical physician to get the average injured worker Back on the Job while the chiropractor s average time was 1 s.6 Days for Compa Rable injuries less than half the time. A study by the Oregon workmen s compensation Board in which or. Holland a. Martin an  And medical director of the Board found that chiropractors on the average got twice As Many injured workers Back on the Job within a week As medical doctors. Apply these findings to a group of 1,000 injured soldiers. Five Hundred of them Lake 30 Days to get Backon the Job and 500 take 15 Days. This adds up to a difference of 20 years of Tost Lime Between the two groups. Can the army afford to pay for this unproductive time ultimately the taxpayer s Money is wasted in paying for that 20 years of lost Lime in our Sample group of 1,000 injured soldiers. The following summarizes the main Points from an october 1979 report from a government commission set up to investigate chiropractic whose members collected and assessed evidence Over a period of 18months from five countries new zealand Australia Canada the United states and England 1. Chiropractic is a Branch of inc Healing arts specializing in the correction by spinal manual therapy of what chiropractors identify As biomechanical disorder of the spinal column. They carry out spinal diagnosis and therapy at a sophisticated and refined level. 2. Chiropractors Are the Only health practitioner who Are specifically equipped by their education and training to carry out spinal manual therapy. 3. General medical practitioners and physiotherapists have no specific training in spinal manual therapy though a few have acquired skill m it after graduation. 4. Spinal manual therapy in the hands of a registered chiropractor is Safe. 5. The education and training of a registered chiropractor enables him her to determine whether spinal manual therapy is needed in a particular Case and whether the patient should have medical care instead of or As Well As chiropractic care. 6. Spinal manual therapy can be effective in relieving Masculo so Clell symptoms such As Back pain Al Well As other symptoms known to respond to such therapy such As migraine. State licensed and regulated the doctor of chiropractic s training requires a minimum of six years of College study and clinic internship prior to entering private practice. The area of science studies Are those pertinent to health care of human beings including Anatomy bacteriology pathology physiology Bioche mistry paediatrics geriatrics spinal manipulation. A Ray nutrition physical therapeutics and Many other App Priale subjects. In 1980, Over 2.1.000 chiropractors treated some 8 million americans for a wide variety of  for i hair services has been authorized by the govern men employees Hospital association Benefit plan medicare medicaid Workman s compensation plans inc mail handlers Benefit plan he postmasters Benefit plan Many Blue shield plans and Many other private insurance companies. A substantial number of major International National and local labor unions provide chiropractic serv ices in i hair health and welfare plans As do Many major Industrial employers. I could cite other references and research proving the value of chiropractic but i think 1 have made my Point. I am a sergeant Currelly serving a four year enlistment i have completed five and a half years of a six year program for a doctor of chiropractic degree. I joined the army so that i can finish my education College fund and to take advantage of the loan forgiveness program. Since joining the service i have seen Many Many injuries that a chiropractor is certainly qualified to handle. Why docs the government pay for its civilian employees to receive chiropractic care while ignoring the service member who is called upon to defend his coun try surely the stresses of army training Are More Rig Orous and cause More injuries than those of most government employees. Why can t we As soldiers have the Choice of going to the chiropractor for a Back problem or anything else instead of going to a medical clinic and getting a pain reliever or muscle relaxer that will relieve the pain bul docs nothing about what caused the problem i m not trying to say that a vertebral misalignment is the Only cause of a bad Back but if the army could use chiropractic care along with the medical to calmest the cause of the problem could be deter mined and the Best course of action taken whether it be an Antibiotic for a kidney infection or an adjust ment Abr a misaligned Vertebra. 1 feel that the United states army should give Iti soldiers the Best health care available. This cannot happen unless chiropractors Are accepted into the serv ice or at Leas reimbursed for their services in a Man Ner Simitar to Many civilian health plans. We deserve the Chance to be All thai we can be fit. John d. S Iford Erlanger Germany German says slogans mislead misinform Here is another one from thai German on the  that s How i feel silting out Here in Belgium first let me reassure the writer thai germans Are not nearly As sensitive to slogans As he May think. Some of us even understand that our country looks pretty much like a bad place to some gis. I do take Issue with the Reader s suggestion that the. Owner of the offending garment save it for Back in the Good old . No doubt he would run Little risk of offending any germans Over  he would contribute to the misinformation or disinformation thai some dubious Media operator work hard to keep alive so they can go on making Money from endless reruns or remakes of Wii bad Guy movies. Not too Many people in the . Have firsthand knowledge of Germany Loday. If you Don t want to Tell them it is a pretty decent place which is my admittedly biased opinion at Casl do not mislead Ihm in this spirit let me wish you All a Happy new year it. 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