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Show . 2 ' The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday. February . !?' ... V sTSil: y . V . , 3 J Dr .Neil Solomon Dear Apparently so. The Health Insurance Institute Vi: reports that the number of deaths from obesity and hypertension in the United States is dropping dramatically. However, this decrease in the cardiovascular death rate is not matched in other countries. Dear Dr. Solomon: A friend of mine has been using something Jjnae Clark N J. Dr. and Mrs. G. Harlan Clark, Summit, formerly of Salt Lake City, announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Janae Clark, to Kay Ellis Anderson, a son of Mrs Winnifred Anderson, Ely, Ne ., and the late Francis Lyman The couple is planning a Feb. 21 wedding in the Salt Lake LDS Temple The bride is a student at Brigham Young Uni- versity where she is studying music The bridegroom is a business student at BYU and filled an LDS mission to California she calls take a diagnostic test with the Mandibular Kinesiograph, which is an oscilloscope, giving graph readings of mandibular (jaw) movements and muscle spasm As a rule, a mandibular orthopedic appliance is made. This appliance is fitted over the lower teeth to orientate the mandible to the skull. After this treatment most of my patients have stopped taking many of the drugs you mentioned in your article Bernard S Margolis, D D.S., El Paso, Texas If you have a medical problem, tee your doctor. If you 1 Vi health-wise- ? SUMMIT. M 11. I!n() Dear Dr. Solomon: It seems to me that everyone 1 know is on a diet Is all this emphasis on keeping weight down doing any good Belrolhal k U.S. obesity deaths on decrease By Miss Clark y a fever strip to take her childs temperature. What is a fever stnp and how is it used? Mrs. S W. Dear Mrs. W.: Some people can detect fever by touching the patients forehead with their lips or the back of the hand. Thermometers, of course, are more accurate. Fever strips substitute for thermometers. they are easy to read and simple to use. Fever strips consist of blackened plastic in which e liquid crystals are embedded To check temperature, one of these strips is pressed against the patients forehead and left there for from 15 seconds to one minute. The crystals then cause a letter or number to glow, indicating surface skin temperature. Some manufacturers use "N" for normal and F for fever. The fever indicators also change color if the patients temperature is up. For example, tan may indicate warm; green, warmer; and blue, warmest. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that anyone contemplating using one of these heat-sensiti- fever detectors read the directions for use ery carefully Moreover, where a high reading is or even if the reading is normal but a indicated fever is suspei ted the FDA urges use of a regular mercury thermometer to confirm it This recommendation is supported by many manufacturers of the fever strips, one of which even sells a glass thermometer with its product One problem with the device is that surface skin temperature, which it measures, is not as accurate an indicator of body temperature as that shown by the mercury thermometer. Forehead surface temperature in different people can vary by two to eight degrees, whereas body temperature generally remains fairly constant except in case of disease. In addition, a persons forehead temperature can lie affected by conditions that have nothing to do with disease air temperature, sunlight or artificial light on the forehead, physical exertion, or even flushing of the face as a result of emotional factors. While fever strips may at times be useful indicators of elevated temperature, in cases where fever is indicated or even suspected, confirmation should be sought with the use of a clinical mercury thermometer. Dear Doctor Solomon: I have low back pain, and my doctor told me that I was probably not sleeping correctly. But, he never told me how to sleep Mrs. T.W. correctly. Any suggestions? Dear Mrs. T.W. : I have found that in several of my patients, wrong sleep positions will cause low back pam. I recommend that those who have low back pain sleep lying on their side w ith both knees bent. Try it ; it may help you sleep better and it may take the strain off your lower back Call your physician first and ask if this position is agreeable to him. Dear Doctor Solomon: Your recent column on treating migraines was of specific interest to me because I have seen temporomandibular joint dysfunction as a cause of migraine. Patients with migraine have come to me after numerous visits to physicians offices and hospital stays for brain scanc and other diagnostic tests, only to continue having the pain of migraine have a medical question, write to Neil Solomon, M D., 724 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, Md. 2)20. Dr. Solomon cannot give personal replies, but will answer at many question at pottible in hit column. 1 Without advertising, a terrible thing happens ... m Nothing. NOTICE you are considering a membership in a health dub or spa, visit the Towne House Athletic Club and sep why were NUMBER ONE we invite comparison. 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