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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday September 23, 1982 .' i .) f Baloney! Sagebrush, Lady. - Page 2 God allows us to If have illness after our indiscretion, He certainly allows us the freedom to do differently and do everything we can to find health again and be able to do the things that make us happy and give us Every newspaper and' newscast give accounts of the billions spent on drugs, drink, tobacco and cosmetics that really do nothing to uplift us generally or to supply food to a world growing more hungry and in need. The wanton and profligate spending of our government, added to our own careless spending, paints a gloomy picture. The sad thing is that no one is willing to give up one little bit of the pleasures to which they have become accustomed. Even more sad is the fact that so many of us spend our food money for tickle tongue things that do not build health any more than drugs build the economy. Today's newspaper stated that money spent for health care takes at least one dime out of every dollar. Imagine the staggering implications with a little sober thinking, it is not hard to connect the health problems with the avalanche of drugs, the rivers of drink and the suffocating clouds of tobacco smoke, not to mention the mountains of nonfood we tamp into our hungry, unsuspecting bellies. We suffer from ulcers, high blood nervous breakdown, pressure, arthritis and a dozen other common ailments shared to some extent by most of us. Mostly we do not have the wisdom to know the cure. In many cases, we know very well what not to do. A man said in my hearing, I just love chocolate cake but it makes me sick every time I eat it." He then proceeded to eat not one but two huge pieces. According to his wife he was up all night. Trudging through the hard times, rough places and illnesses and cherishing the glad and de- lightful places time brings to us, it is possible to garner to ourselves, from our own experiences, a few nuggets of wisdom to give some guidance in our actions. Sometimes it takes courage and willpower. Frontier people have always had to learn to be self sufficient. For the most part there was no doctor to run to every time one had a pimple or a nose bleed. This very inability fostered something in pioneers that was truly their salvation. They learned to take care of themselves, to remember past experiences and take advantage of had at hand. They what they learned that much of the time agintrusions on their gravating health and comfort were temporary and would respond to simple treatments. With thought, care and practice, some frontier people became pretty good doc- tors in their own Tips brings us back to the billions so uselessly spent hunting The largest human biological study ever undertaken of life and death began September 1 with the Cancer American Society's Cancer Prevention Study n. Many residents of San Juan County are taking part in this study. Following are the most asked questions and answers concerning CPS n. 1. Q: When was the first Cancer Prevention Study conducted, and what were some of its findings? A: The first study was 2. Over conducted from 68,000 American Cancer Society volunteers enrolled one million participants and kept tabs on 98 percent of them over a twelve-ye- ar period. The study's findings led to an indictment of cigarette smoking as a leading cause of 6-y- cancer and heart disease. 2. Q: What is the purpose of Cancer Prevention Study n? A. Cancer PreventionStudy n will try to identify those factors in our lifestyle and environment that can influence our chances of getting cancer and other diseases. It is also hoped that the study will point to those factors that work to prevent the onset of Since the first study, major changes have occurred in cancer. American lifestyles. We use consumer products and medications that werent suspected as being linked to cancer in 1959, our diets are different now too. To discover the health effects of such usage, the study will examine artificial sweeteners, magic. Illness came to them and they settled down to having it, accepting it, planning on keeping it and dealing with it. Folding their hands in resignation, they claimed sadly, "It is God's will." INMDgRS"... UUNCH? study ogens in the workplace, long-ter- m el radiation exposure to will be analyzed too. With information gained from the study, the American Cancer Society intends to develop new compreon cancer hensive programs prevention. 3. Q: Wont it be expensive to conduct such a study? A: Ordinarily a study that for following a million calls people for six years would be exorbitantly expensive in manpower, alone. But the American Cancer Society has the resources of more than 89,000 "volunteer researchers" to carry out the Each volunteer will project. distribute the study questionnaire to about ten families (each having at least one member over the age of 45). Then every other year for the next six years, the contact the will volunteers to ACS and back families report low-lev- on their where- headquarters If it abouts. werent for vol- unteers performing initial contact and essential follow-u- p work, the study would cost more than $100 million. Even so, Cancer Prevention Study n will cost about $13 million in data processing and computer expenses. 4. Q: accordance with study guidelines. They tried to select a cross-sectiof the American public: a total of more than a million men and women from varying geographic areas, races, economic groups, religions, and occupations. Nationwide, groups containing at least one member over relatives, and neighbors. 5. on were recruited. The volunteer researchers enlisted family groups ftom among their friends, 45 it be any study results are How soon will Since Cancer Prevention expected to be at the very least a six-ye- ar study, no full-sca- le findings will be availA: Study n is able until 1988. In about two years, however, preliminary reports should be ready that may reveal certain health trends. Video disappearance under investigation Monticello police are investigating the apparent theft of a $1000 Panasonic video tape machine missing from the high school. The apparent theft occurred during the weekend of September 12 and was discovered by teacher Bill Manzanares inwhoseroomit was located. Police speculate that an open window was used for entry but fed it would have been too awkward to remove the machine through the window as shrubs cover the ground below the window. Investigation continues. Could anyone par ticipate in the study? A: Unfortunately not. Over 80,000 volunteers of the American Cancer Society were responsible for recruiting participants in 23 and 24 STARTS TOMORROW IPG 24 - 25 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - F0M& (form fiiTMuamtTRngf mtiftaron kTHESUMMERJSlBESTiMOWE: Sept. Q: before available? MMERiSIBES EWSWi STEVE Oct. 1 L Early Show Two Shows Nightly 5 p.m. Sept. 24 5 OUO p.m. TBm.BRREST.RrA 8 p.m. m San Juan Theater Blanding Published every Thursday at Monticello, Utah, 84535. Second class postage paid at Monticello, Address Utah (USPS : Box 879, Monticello, changes Utah. The San Juan Record is a member of the Utah Press Assoc. 480-40- they would be well again, nothing On the other hand, there were some who never found this bit of II Sept. tors, is a sustaining belief that comfort. Y0U6MW hair dyes, various types of coffee, birth control pills, low tar and nicotine cigarettes. Other current health concerns carcin- p.m. right. They looked joyfully to the end of their disforward ear 1959-197- 8 WHflfDlD Do have a cup of sagebrush tea! Answers to Cancer One thing many of them discovered and which is mighty helpful today, even with the best of doc- doubting. we give our body to work with? The man with his chocolate cake can never be as efficient as the one who has the guts to leave it NoifliN'snm-iw- m "AsigROios ANDA"Sf)Ce alone. pleasure. Casse Monson for health. If we are truly interested in our health, wouldn't we think just a little bit about the fuel 6?' First a9c. Group 1 C0MMUMTY PAGE 0.) PUBLISHERS J. Martin I. Adams :o UO rttBfSLmuBUU&XMUra! 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