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Show Feature SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 8, 1998 16 An Bookshelf American Patriots cancer breast Finding early saves lives By Howard L. Roberts, Jr; M.D. Taken from The Making of America pg 5 by W. Cleon Skousen. The American Founding Fathers were students and phi-- , losophers as well as soldiers and politicians. They carefully scrutinized every system of government in existence to see which one was the most likely to make it possible for humanity to attain the three great goals of freedom, prosperity, and peace. But among all the political systems of the day, there was no such government. Around the globe, every government was structured to exploit its people, reduce them to poverty, and marshal their intimidated youth into predatory wars against nearby nations. Noexistinggovernment was designed to provide its people with freedom, prosperity, and peace. Therefore, the Founders sat down to invent one. One of those who verbalized the feelings of the Founders at that time was Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, who asked: Is there, at this moment, a nation upon earth that enjoys this right, where the true principles of representation are understood and practiced, and where all 3-- By Barbara Pyles The Salt Lake Regional Medical Services Mobile Mammography Unit will be in Kanab on April 27, 28 & 29 at the Kanab-LD- S 7th Ward, 604 South 100 East. For more information or to make an ap- doctor know. The professionals can teach you the proper tech- niques of examining your breasts. It is also recommended that women have a clinical breast exam by a doctor or trained nurse every year. Over 80 percent of breast pointment, please call (801) lumps are benign. Neverthe5 or less, all lumps should be evaluCall today. Breast cancer is the ated by a physician. Always most common form ofcancer in ask questions about anything women in the United States, you dont understand. While we wait for research to and early detection saves lives. is uncover better treatments and Mammography screening an important tool used for early prevention of this disease, lets detection of breast cancer. A fight back. Breast self examiof the nation, clinical examination, mammogram is an breast on a specially designed and mammography are the 350-466- x-r- ay x-r- ay machine. It can detect a most reliable methods we can breast lump up to two years use in our fight. Information is before it is discovered by you or also a powerful tool. a trained health care profesAlthough the medical profes-- 1 sional. sion has a lot to learn about Having a mammogram is a breast cancer, their undersimple procedure and shouldnt standing of breast cancer and frighten anyone. A trained tech- the quality of treatments has nologist gently squeezes the improved steadily over the breast between two plastic years. More than 1.6 million plates so breast tissue can be breast cancer survivors are alive seen on the mammogram. Each in America today. The five-ye. ar Remember, all women are at risk of get-tin- g breast cancer, and that: risk with, age. v -- " ' ,- from the sides breast d and from the top. The proce- dure only takes seconds and is not harmful to the breast. Ac- to experts, the amount of radiation exposure during mammography is; about the same received in a dental x- ray. Some women say having a mammogram; is somewhat painful, other say there is only discomfort. Contact the American Cancer Society or in-creas- es . -0 survival rate after early-stag- e diagnosis and treatment is over isx-raye- 90 percent. Source: National Alliance of Breast Cancer ganizations,. ; Remember, all women are at risk of getting breast cancer, and. that risk increases with age. Over 70. percent of breast cancer occur in women who have no identifiable risk tors. Today, the odds of getting breast cancer are onein nine, for In XS60 the risk was one out of on guidance your physician Or-cordi- ng fac-bri- ef . how often you should be fourteen. The earlier breast cancer is detected, the better your chances are for successful treatment. Delaying the diag-ur- e nosis ofbreast cancer only wors-Yens the outcome. So spread the word, finding breast cancer early saves lives. For more information on breast health, and breast cancan Cancer Society recom- - cer and mammography, that besides getting tact the National Cancer mammograms, all women over Institutes Cancer Informa-th- e do a tion Service at age of 20 should Self-Exacer; the American Cancer Breast. the will woman a This way ciety at HOTLINE at know how her breasts normally All calls are confi-sh- e occurs, a Then if change " can identify it and let her dential. screened and at what age. A mammogram is not a per- feet detection tool, it has a fail- rate of about 10 percent, it is still one of the best tools we have to find breast cancer in its earliest stages. Because all women are at risk for breast cancer, the Ameri- - et con-men- ds So-(BS- m Y-M- E 221-214- authority flows from the returns at stated periods to the people? I answer, there is not. Then he asked what existing 1. . Women are encouraged to get a mammogram at least once a year! governments were based upon, and said: To fraud, to force, or accident, all the governments we know h&ve owed their births. Finally, he marveled over the monumental undertaking the Founders were striving to achieve. He said: To the philo sophical mind, how new and awful an instance do the United States at present exhibit in the political world! They exhibit, sir, the first instance of a people, who, being dissatisfied with their government-unattacke- d by foreign force, and undisturbed by domestic uneasiness-cool- y and to deliberately resort the virtue and good sense of their country, for a correction of their public errors. As it turned out, the American formula was more like a restoration of what Jefferson called the ancient principles than an invention of something entirely new. Nevertheless, even after the Founders had discovered these principles, it still required the utmost ingenuity at the Constitutional Convention to fit them into the requirements of a modern society. life-savin- self-governme- self-governme- nt The Miracle of America It is truly astonishing that af- ter several thousand human experimentations with various forms of government and economics, the American chapter of The Founders View of Hu- liberty turned out to be the first successful attempt to build a man Nature The Founders were optimistic whole civilization on the prinas well as realistic about human ciples offreedom. Americans, as nature. They realized that all a result, became the first free human beings are a mixture of people in modern times. Several of those who had the sunshine and shadow. The sunshine consists of the perfectibil- honor of being called American ity of human reason. This makes Founders, and who spent their government and civilization pos- lives and fortunes hammering sible. The darker side of human out the practical aspects of a nature is the imperfectibility of system of freedom under law, human passion and mans faulty called the final version of the sense of judgment that make United States Constitution a government necessary. As miracle. In a letter to the James Madison stated, As there Marquis do Lafayette on Februis a degree of depravity in man- ary 7, 1788, George Washington kind which requires a certain wrote, It appears to me, then, degree of circumspection and little short of a miracle, that the distrust, so there are other quali- delegates from so many differties in human nature which jus- ent states (which states you tify a certain portion of esteem know are also different from each and confidence. other, in the manners, circum- Eating more fruits and vegetables can lower risk of cancer Next time youre at the grocery store, remember to stock up. . .eating fruits and vegetables . protects against cancers, particularly those of the gastrointes-tina- l and respiratory tracts. To help prevent cancer, eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day as well as other foods from plant sources, such as breads, cereals, grain products, rice, pasta or beans several times each day, according to the American Cancer Society. fruits, vegOpt for high-fibe- r etables and grains is the third choice of the American Cancer Societys new 7 Simple Choices campaign which targets Utahs g of all ages by offering information. This cancer-fightin- g campaign focuses on preventing cancer deaths through The Founders goal was to revive the ancient principles which would allow the sunshine side of human nature to enjoy virtually unlimited freedom, while setting up appropriate safeguards to prevent the doleful shadow of human passion, greed, and lust for power from spreading a permanent dark ages across the face of the globe. As Clinton Rossiter wrote, there is no happiness without liberty, no libno erty without without constitutionalism, no constitutionalnone ism without morality-an- d of these great goods without stability and order. healthy lifestyle choices. It features seven choices that are easy to starts with a remember-eac- h different letter of the word choices. . . and each delivers real benefits which result in better health and well-bein- g. stances, and prejudices) should unite in forming a system of national government. James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson in France on December 9, 1787, saying it was impossible to consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle. The F ounders themselves said that it could not have been achieved without a number of highly favorable circumstances. These circumstances combined to provide the cultural environment which virtually compelled them to take this dangerous and exciting new leap into the Unknown. The miracle required a certain amount of isolation, a more or less homogeneous population, a common language, a common set of basic beliefs, a universal sense of urgency because of a common threat, and a generous sprinkling of remarkable leaders, in each of the regions, who were willing to meet together and strive for a common goal. The presence of all of these ingredients is part of the Educated cancer prevention choices can help people live healthier lives. said Dr. Charles Smart, a long time American Cancer Society volunteer. Grains are one such choice. As an important source of many vitamins and minerals grains have been associated with a lower risk of colon cancer. To receive free 7 simple Choices materia Is that will help get you started on your way to a healthier life, call your local American Cancer Society office miracle or America. which became |