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Show Soptenil4r 11, 1951 TIIK JOURNAL SCIENCE JTf and vour ,r Key to Cancer 7 A SAFE MEDICINE CHEST Science Features One household safety hazard By is too often found in the very spot where help is most needed the family medicine cabinet. If it is cluttered, dirty and lacking in the UPSTAIR- S- proper medications, it often results in unnecessary pain and worry rather than comfort for the ailing. To be on the safe side make sure that the medicine chest is clean and filled only with necessary articles, properly arranged for simple, quick use. Start the clean-u- p by throwing away old, half-useprescription medicine, unless the doctor is consulted about its future effecd Also tiveness. get rid of that collection bottles DOWNSTAIRS- - ' w " of contain-n- g last years cough syrup, burn lotion and Your Bedroom Closet- - Those Spare Things Will Get You Spare Dollars . . . Fast money to spare good n quick by disposing of needless things through Classified ads! Youve Reflex and Leader readers search the For Sale columns every day for items like those youve standing around idle, gathering dust. Get your useless articles together, then, and make ready cash out of em! Its so easy and economical, its a crime NOT to do it! For helpful, efficient service . . . PHONE KAYS. 10 ad-writi- ng drugs, and many others, outlive usefulness by evaporating or crystallizing and can cause severe injury when taken. See that all items are clearly labeled so the contents do not have to be tested on some unfortunate patient already in pain. Before using, read the label on the package twice, and afterwards make sure to put the top back tightly. Children should be kept away from the medicine cabinet for they remmay try some pleasant-tastin- g not meant Poisonous for them. edy preparations should be put in a separate container, out of reach, and a safe disposal unit for razor blades and other waste matter should be available. These simple measures, along with the advice of your druggist, can produce a medicine cabinet that the whole family DANCER SIGNALS AM STOP SIGNS TO SEND YOU TO DOCTOR IN TIME The secret to successful cancer treatment is early diagnosis. IIow can this be done? Mostly it depends on the individual. Doctors can find early cancer if a patient is examined at frequent intervals (at least once a year). But an added important safeguard is to watch for early cancer symptoms. The American Cancer Society has publicized these symptoms in a nationwide educational campaign. They are called Cancers Seven Danger Signals, and are illustrated on this page. These danger signals, if one appears, should mean to you: consult a doctor. Any of them might indicate cancer. To continue to disregard any of cancers symptoms is foolhardy. Yet many persons, for example, ignore a lip sore for weeks Any sore Learn the 7 or even months, although it is an easily detected warning of possible cancer. Hospital case histories record all too many women who have neglected lumps in their breasts and finally have forfeited their lives for the delay. Other cancer symptoms frequently ignored are blood in the urine, or stool, or a bloody discharge in women, at other than the menstrual period. Obviously these conditions require medical treatment even if not caused by cancer. Warts or moles that appear and sometimes disappear, should send you to a doctor. If a skin growth of this kind changes in color or size, it could mean the start of malignancy. One that has grown even slightly over a period of time might suddenly become cancerous and cause death. s I iodine. These In Page that A stomach soothers to get temporary relief from constant or recurring indigestion is looking for trouble. In finding temporary relief, he may be masking symptoms that could be serious gastric trouble, ulcers, gastritis, or even cancer. Hoarseness has many harmless causes, but if persistent it may be a sign of throat cancer. A cough may be from bronchitis, but if it persists it may be a danger signal of lung cancer. Danger signal number seven a change in normal bowel habits isnt an occasional attack of constipation or diarrhea. And one or the other conditions might be normal for some people. The important thing to watch is a persistent change in bowel habits. i lump or thickening, in the breast or elsewhere does not heal Dont Mask Symptoms The person who takes patented Unusuol bleeding or discharge J I I ) I I I t i Any change in o wort or mole V )' danger signals that may mean cancer Go straight to your doctor at the first sign of any of these in yourself will appreciate. Farm Census to Be Discussed on Radio Program The 1 U7A SALT LAKE CITY farm census will be explained Monday (Sept. 13) during the regular KSL Radio broadcast, This Business of Farming. The program, heard each weekday at 12:15 p.m. is sponsored by Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Corp. Reed Reeve, assistant KSL farm director, will interview Milton E. Allred, regional field assistant for the Census Bureau, during the broadcast. On the Thursday (Sept, lb) hantwo tomorrow has Every broadcast James A. Hooper, secredles. We can take hold of it with tary of the Utah Wool Growers the handle of anxiety or the han- Assn., will be interviewed at the dle of faith. Salt Lake Ram Sale at North Salt NEW JET ENGINES CUT PLANE'S TAKEOFF IN HALF ' )C :.l' I t h ? f' t vv engines is demonstrated in this first takeoff of the U.S. Air Forces half the usual distance required at Burbank, Calif. The fast, powerful, short takeoff turbo-prop engines. It is the first Air Force by big transports is made possible by the high acceleration of (International Soundphoto) power. transport designed from the outset for turbo-pro- p POWER of new THE YC-1- run--abo- 30 ut VOTE FOR H. W. Beecher. Lake. M. P. LEONARD r (Incumbent) Democratic Candidate lor 2 YEAR "Thanks" to those who helped the lead-zin- c industry's effort to secure tariff protection against excessive imports. The President rejected the tariff increases, but his stepped-ustockpile program may prove a real "shot in the arm" for lead-zin- c mining. He has shown he is aware of the industry's plight and the vital place of domestic metal production in national defense and domestic economy. DAVIS COUNTY EXPERIENCED QUALIFIED DEPENDABLE p dm mamm omts&mm i COMMISSIONER Anxious to Continue Faithful and Loyal Service to the People of Davis County J PRIMARY, SEPTEMBER 14TH Paid Political Advertisement |