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Show B Wednesday, October 23, 19f Daily Hcraid fie Hypertension increases risk of heart failure Free info on problem of osteoporosis From the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute According to the Arthritis Foundation, osteoporosis is a serious heakh problem that causes bones to lose mass. This loss of bone can cause bones to fracture easily. More than 24 million people in the United States are affected by this serious problem." Until the age of 30, new bone replaces old bone at a faster rate than it is lost. People reach their peak bone mass at age 30. After the age of 40, bone mass slowly declines. The first warning sign that a person has osteoporosis could be a broken bone. Researchers cannot predict exactly who will develop osteoporosis. Females, people with Caucasian or Asian descent and people who are thin or small framed are all at high risk of developing osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can be prevented by increasing calcium intake, avoiding smoking, avoiding heavy alcohol use, doing weight bearing exercises, and maintaining a healthy weight. The Arthritis Foundation offers a free brochure on osteoporosis with tips for prevention and treatment. For a free copy of this brochure call toll free outside of Salt Lake at or write to 448 East 400 South. Suite 103, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. The Arthritis Foundation is the source of help and hope for nearly 40 million Americans with arthritis. The foundation supports research to find the cure for and prevention of arthritis, and seeks to improve the quality of life for those affected by arthritis. aVrfUi High Blood Pressure deu-lopiiicn- i The foSowiftg four iestyte steps can reduce your risk of developing high Wood pressure: a S Avoid excess Reduce salt and sodium healthy weight S& alcohol intake consumption Become physically active f For more information on preventing high blood pressure, call Source Natonai Heart. Lung, arte Blood Instill. Nations! Hgri Btooo Pressure toucalfjn Program risk factors of heart disease. Male and female participants, who ranged in age from 40 to 89, underwent periodic examinations for approximately two decades beginning in January 1970. The researchers, led by Dr. Daniel Levy, director of the Framingham Heart Study, found 91 percent of the 392 participants who developed heart failure had high blood pressure, making it the most common risk factor for heart failure. High blood pressure accounted for 39 percent of heart failure cases in men and 59 percent in women. "This type of analysis provides important information about the factors involved in the progression Students of all ages need more sleep Students of all ages may be missing a key ingredient to good adequate sleep. grades "Sleep is probably the most important period of the day for processing new information." said Dr. Bruce D. Perry, a child psychiatrist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Missing sleep, Perry says, causes most of the day's experiences to be stored inefficiently in the brain. Lectures heard, chapters, read, interactions with teachers are harder to remember if the brain is sleep deprived. "Rather than cramming information for a lest, students are better off studying in smaller chunks and getting enough rest to process the information properly." he said. "Otherwise, you end up storing the information in short-termemory and forgetting it in a few weeks." Sleep is critical for young students as well. "Children have many new concepts lo learn in schixil." he said. "A good night's sleep not only lets m $JJf2fjJ4 ARIKS (March Giving in a si mni; desire solves a problem. D not ei guilty about doing what is best for your ireer. New professional gains come when i hi show initiative. TAl'RIS (April 20): A good day r lending to business. Handle the big deci- juiis while delegating less important choices olhcrs. Take a chance on a fresh idea: it Miuld prove highly profitable. ill): A conlliet (.r.MIM (May th a friend could involve money. You will work by sticking lo a jHcomplish more at pace. LXi not he sciumi wnn yout Acd ones. They deserve the best! CANCER (June 2 July 22): Someone emotions. Keep your irs up inner in check. Kecognie the impraclicali-o- f becoming involved with an irresponsi-- e i lover. 22): When someone work challenges you. you arc ready. The iswers you give may surprise nigner-up.hi are on a creative roll: keep it going. Gel me earl v. 22 y. A friend's l. VIKGO (Aug. kite has more merit than vou are willing to EJipii. A conflict over funds can be avoided. (Kik for a new job if unhappy in your current l,EO (July usiiion. LIBRA (Scpi. 22): Concentrate n maintaining harmonious relations with our loved ones. Special treats and outings ie lavorcd. I nis evening you win ne in me kkkJ to make merry. 21): family SCORPIO (Oct. leinbers and clo friends are demanding of know that you also have our lime. Lcl olh wilh- eeds and desires. Listen lo a 'een-agc- r I'Ul jumping to conclusions. J 1: A SAGIT TAKILa (Nov. hone call comes as a surprise. Be leery if a lend asks for a siable loan, baying no ill prevent a lot of heartache later on. Lon- nlraie on work projects mat win neip your them process what they learned but also helps them be alert in class." Students who are sleep deprived tend to be more irritable and have difficulty concentrating. Perry feels that parents often underestimate sleep's importance. Perry recommends ai least eight hours of sleep for adults and 10 or more hours of sleep for children. "Sleep helps the brain organize new information, so literally, in the morning you wake up smarter than you were when you went to bed," he said. jjear Ann an(ers: A jew months ago, you reprinted "The Elephant in the Room" by Terry Kettering. The poem encouraged people to talk about someone who had died. My father faxed that column to me, and so did a friend. They thought I could use it to let people know it was OK to talk about my recent loss. On May 11, my lovely daughter, Patti, was killed in a car accident. On the Monday after her death, I went to her office to clean out her desk. While I was there, several of her came by to express their sympathy. All conversations ended with. "If there is anything I can do. ... " Well, a thought came to me, and I would like to share it with your readers. told each of those sympathetic that there WAS something they could do. I asked them I r J- - ".s H hi Landers Advice Columnist to write dow n their thoughts about my daughter and mail them to me. I said I didn't care whether those thoughts were about things Patti did. or how they felt about her. or some event they had shared. I told them that receiving their notes would give a piece of Patti back to it would provide a glimpse me of her life that I didn't know about. The response was heartwarming. To date, I have received 30 letand friends. ters from When 1 begin to feel blue, I read those letters over and over and am comforted. Please suggest it to your readers who are grieving. There are no words to express how much those Daw n letters have meant to me. in Alexandria, Va. Dear Dawn: What a splendid idea! I'm sure thousands of readers will remember what you have written, and when a friend, suffers neighbor or such a loss, they will write a let er pr.'-wtu- b.d hrt'fA vour prewji mm Hg or aho-.eiU" v.i'h vftur doelor whe - mdua'eJ. In ?; IreaiiiK-ncases, appr- av.hes a diet and exercise uu it's . i - rior.-dru- needed I) lwer posv!-,ji- riufs-dru- treutment la g blixtd pressure, exploti of drug trealnienis The investigators iju'i-.:!- . the in the studv were dorriinantiv white and thus results max not apply m racial groups. For more information on blood pressure and other hear eases, please write to: NHLBI Ir.hirmjlion Centepe-sp'- e - IHW Atten'i.-.HFAI.T P.O. B )X 30105 Bethesda. MD 20:24 01 05 for recorded mformatior high hi' Md pressure preventior I treatment call- I KOO 575-Vv - Arthritis Foundation needs peopl The Arthritis f oundation is the only national voluntary health agency seeking to find the cause, cure and prevention of arthritis. Arthritis affects more than 383.WX) people in Utah and Ida ho. dation is seeking volunteei help with different project. Current projects where vi unteers are needed include fur raisers, newsletter mailing office duties and patient servi programs including siippi. '.nurses. groups and Anvorse interested in being volunteer should luI! or write to 44 S PL. 4 South. Suite 103. Salt La! Citv. Utah. 84111. self-hel- The Arthritis Foundation provides many programs and serv ices for people w ith arthritis, but all programs are run b volunteers. The Arthritis Foun 444-499- p 3 V Til vrcDiroi VWS UUTM RETURA) THie. TD healths; lwino, WE A KU&ULA-TOMEZUCCHINI-TONE- BRIM& Of UE6ETABLE TONES f SOU WARDROBE SQUASH-TONE- D EG&PtANT-TOME- D D SKIRTS... TlfrHTS... SWEATERS... BOOTS... FW it all to&etker WOU EXUDE and" fAACKff RED CHEEKS? A OlOU)' n HUflW) SALAD ft Ac rr EXCELLENT FINISHIN& TOUCH '. that will make that loved one come alive to the bereaved. Thank you on behalf of all those whose heavy hearts vou have lifted today. Dear Ann Landers: My husband has a friend who has been divorced for many years. "Herb" has adopted our family as his own. He has no relatives living in this state and apparently no friends, so he drops in whenever he likes, which is almost every other night. k of He always brings a beer, and he and my husband. "Andy." sit and drink. I am ignored, so I go to another room and turn on the TV w hile thev guzzle. I have told Andy I do not like these frequent drop-i- n visits, but he insists Herb is lonely and he six-pac- feels sorry tor him. Keceiiil temaie mend we haun t sect over .a vear was visiting us v.. Herb showed up. He immedia her to go to dinner die not include us) and then s; "Alter we eat. I'd like vou to c to mv apartment and see mv cai I thought this was totally mapp priale. I have told And the next U' Herb shows up. I am going to I him to call first. And;, savs 1' unreasonable. Am 17 - Disphu Wife Out West Dear W ile: Not at all. Il t should be told he cannot clover lo vour home uninvited unannounced. It's V()l K hot too. and vou have a riulit to in that Herb call first. 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HiL'h h ml eaiK identified aiid treated." An estimated 50 nullum Ascitis have high hi J is puis ihem a! ilk'-- , i n4. v heart att.i.h- - iric l.idnrv w.scjsc. fler the The researcher liiwirg advice for individ. inierev;ed in controijiiig ' Hood pressure Or Levy. "Prior to this siuJv the magnitude of the contribution of blood pressure to the of heart failure had not been icioj-nied.- " Other risk factors r heart failure include previous heart attacks, diabetes and heart diiease. The participants with high blood pressure were categoried as having either Stage I hyperten.i n (blood pressure of mm Hg millimeters of mercury 4 and not on medication), or Stage 2 (160 100 mm Hg or greater, or currently on blood pressure medication). Among those with high MikkI pressure who developed .heart failure, 76 percent of the men and 2 percent of the women had Stage 2 or greater high blood pressure The average age for developing heart failure in this study was 73 vears in men and 78 in women. "This studv." savs Levy, "reinforces the concept that blood pressures in the higher range (and of long duration) increase the risk of heart failure." However, concludes Levy, "the good news is that a prevention strategy based on earlier detection and more aggressive treatment of high blood pressure may reduce the incidence of heart failure in the general Sharing stories can help those who are left behind By JEANE DIXON For Oct. 24 1 Hypertension (high blood pressure) significantly increases the risk of heart failure, according to a recent study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The risk was found to be two times higher in men and three times higher in women than in those with normal blood pressure. Heart failure, in which the heart loses its ability to pump enough blood throughout the body, typically develops gradually over the years. The severity of the disease depends on how much pumping capacity is lost. Normally, pumping capacity decreases with age, but the loss is significantly more in heart failure and often results from a heart attack or other disease that injures the .heart. To evaluate the contribution of high blood pressure to the development of heart failure, data were obtained on more than 5.000 people recruited for the NHLBI-fund-e- d Framingham (MA) Heart Study, one of the largest and most comprehensive ongoing investigations of the prevalence, incidence, and of heart failure." explains LOSE 2-- 5 20-ye- LBS. PER WEEK 11 YOUR PRICE WITH AD S368 The combination of two FDA'approved drugs Fenfluramine and Pnentermine acts on the brains' neurotransmitters to regulate appetite control! M.U. Prescribed. " .3 -- Without ad $599. Brand new in factory-seale- d cartons. Checks, cash, Visa, MasterCard, and AMEX Welcome 90 Days Same as Cash MADE IN SWEDEN out i w y . 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