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Show ENOUGH IS .ENOUGH Howto exercise S- e BRAIN BUCKET ART Helmet contest 5. =. can improveyour resistance to : pointofexhaustion can impair t the immunesystem andactually raise your risk of infection, according to Consumer Reports on disease. But exercising to the 0 d Health. Generally speaking, you it should exercise vigorously at least three times a week. If you ola are sponsoringa “create a colorful helmet” contest through the end ofthis year. Helmetkits, which contain a helmet,sten- cils and dry-erase markers,are available University of Texas Medical Centerat Dallas. Her suggestions: Neverallow children to swim unsupervised;start swim for $19.99 from national retailers such as Sears and Kmart. Kids create a design on the helmet, takea picture ofit and send minglessons at age3; designate diving areas; enclose pools with a lockable the phototo Bell. The winningdesign will be part of a future Bell productline. She Salt LakeTribune HEALTH HB ANNLANDERS, B-3 gramis six one-hour sessions conducted planning events, rememberto think about the safetyof youngsters, especially if the event is near a lake or swimming pool. “Vigilant adult supervisionis absolutely irreplaceable,” says DonnaPersaud, assistantprofessorofpediatrics at facturerof children’s helmets, and Cray- sity of your workout until your symptomsdisappear. @ Wantto quit smokin he Ameri. can CancerSociety's Freshstart pro- The seasonfor picnics andfamily reunionsis just aroundthe corner. When “brain bucket.” Bell Sports, leading manu- do catch a cold or have a more seriousillness, reduce the inten- REGULA BURKI, B-2_ Supervisionis the key If your children are reluctant to wear a bike helmet, perhaps they would be more eagerif they could decorate their own Regular, moderate exercise 0 FYI DROWNING SEASON fence; and don’t swim in a thunderstorm. over a two-week period. Cost is $30. The sessions focus on individual needs of smokers; understanding smokingas a chemical addiction; habit and psycho logical dependence: weightcontrol. stress management; andstrategy. ‘To register , call Lois Stogdill at (801) 483. 1500, ext. 12 @ TheSalt Lake County Fire Depart ment is conducting CPRclasses on the first and third Thursdayof the month Costis $15 perperson. Toregister, or for moreinformation, call 250-4407, ext. 27 & SCIENC MiCOMICS, B-4 MTELEVISION,B-S5 KOTO, THURSDAY WEATHER, B-6 MAY13, 1999 Sometips to give your memory more muscle BY ELSA C. ARNETT KNIGHT-RIDDER RVICE With mostofus struggling to remember where we When you should get help parked thecar or the nameof a restaurant where we have eaten dozensoftimes, itmight seem inconceiv able that anyonecould commit to memorysomething like the entire Bible. Butfor muchofthe past 2,000 years memorization BY JAQUES PICARD PEN! LA NE JOURNAL, wasthe main way peoplelearned and communicated. Al Troy had hadtwo heart attacks when hewokeup in March “Before printed books, andcertainlythe Internet, people were dependent uponwell-furnished andac curate memory,” said Mary Carruthers, an English professor at New York Universityanddirectorofthe feeling like he had a heavy weight on his chest. The pressure and the tingling in his fingers and toes were classic symptomsofa heart attack. Yet he waitedto see if the pain would go away, and then to call a friend to take him to the hospital. If he had delayed a few more school's Centerfor Research in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The keyto memorizing vast quantities of informa minutes,hesaid,“I'd be dead.” Luckily, he arrived at the emergency roomat Sacred Heart tion is to use a series of mental compartments like a building with manyrooms.A longtext, for example, Hospitalin Pensacola, Fia., in time. Chestpainsareat the topofthelist of reasons people head for might be broken up into shorter segments, memo: rized a few pieces at a time and filed in their appro: priate rooms. For those besieged with hazy memories, research ers offer these other memorytips: @ First, prioritize. You don’t have to rememberall of your friends’ andfamilies’ homeand office tele- the emergency room. Also onthelist are broken bones, cuts and gastrointestinal problemssuchasdiarrhea. With many ailments, heart attacks included, the symptoms of life-threatening conditions are not always obvious early on. If you're not sure whatto think, call your personal doctor regardless of the hour. Most doctors can be paged, ora doctor on-call § phone numbers, e-mail addresses or ZIP codes, For vital information, like important phone numbers, will be paged If you decide you need to call 911, an operatorwill often tell you whatto do while waiting for an ambulance. Bring the phone don't use | | @ Leaveyourself reminder notes, update your “to do” list every day and circle important dates on calendars. @Turnoff thetelevision. Instead, read, do cross: word puzz haveconversations with people. To jump-start your brain and keepit active and alert, Lawrence Katz, a neurobiologist at Duke Uni. versity and authorof Keep Your BrainAlive, suggests: Chest Pains: jolt of electricity from twodefibrillator pad. dies helped restore Al Troy’s regularheartbeat, but the 69-yearold almost waited toolong before seeking treatment, ER workers @Taketurns brushing your teeth with your non. dominant hand, including opening the tube and 80 minutes. Nurses hadbarely five minutes to hook him to an new rangeof connections in another part ofthe brain. @ Similarly, vary your routine. Get dressed before insteadofafter breakfast. Walk the dog on a new route or take a different roadto work. Changethe setting on squeezing the toothpaste. This exercise activates a said The elapsed time fromthefirst chest pain until treatment was | EKG monitor beforehis heart wentinto anerratic, potentially fatal dance. “Then he sat up and started laughing and joking with peo| | the radio alarm or watch a new morning TV program @ Put your watchon your other wrist. Randomly ple,” patient-care manager Jan Becksaid. “He said, ‘Thank God move your trash can, stapler, penholder and other items on your desk. Scrambling thelocations offa. miliar objects reactivates your visual and sensory brain areas, forcing them to work morethanif these tasks are done byhabit. you all saved me. I’m glad you all knew whatyouwere doing.’ ” There are nodefinitive signs of a heart attack, and there are | many causes ofchest pain other than a heartattack. Some patients may not even experience pain The most common symptomsofa heartattack are: @ Chest pain, usuallypressurethat feels like someone is sit ting on your chest. @ Aching in the upper abdomen, muchlike indigestion. t | speed dial, do it from memory. The more times you punch the number, the morethe informa. tion becomes embedded in your mind. to the victim. The operator can even walk you through basic CPR. But, said Joseph P. Monastero, an emergency-room doctor at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., “if there is any question in your mind, weprobably should see you.” Remember: No guidelines can coverall possible situations. But you should have an idea of what symptoms maytrigger a visit to the emergency room See EMERGENCY, age B-2 Gannett Ne Service AlTroy, 69, survived a heart attack even though he waited before going to emergency room. @ At dinnertime, have everyone switch see Switching seats changes the position you occupy, whom you relate to, your viewof the room and even how you reach for the salt and pepper. All these changes stimulate your brain. Flavored medicines have not beentested, critics charge BY PAULA STORY ‘THEASSOCIATED PRESS: PITTSBURGH Pharmacists are mak: ing cough syruptastelike pina coladas, an- tibiotics like coconut and liquid antacid likelicorice sticks. They are using flavorings to sweeten a bitter taste or mask strong medicine, mak inglife easier for parents tired of battling with cranky, sick children with finicky palates. Flavoring medicine is a growing busi : ness. Onepopular brand, called FLAVORx, was invented by a Washington, D.C., drug gist for his own children. It is now available in 1,000 of the nation's 76,000 pharmacies and that numberis growing. Another drug company, Ascent Pediatrics of Wilmington, 2 ee somes Mass., is developing ways to chemically neutralize badtastes before adding favors. However, as the practice becomes more widespread, it's opening up a debate over safety Pharmacists consider the droplets they The Food and Drug Administration years ago when his newborn daughter hasn't received any reports that flavored drugs have injured anyone, said FDA developed a seizure disorder, but kept spitting out her medication. So Kramm and his pharmacist father, Harold, began pharmacist Tom McGinnis. But some medical experts are con cerned about a lack of federal oversight “Patients are not being told that these products have never been tested,” said John Perrin, professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Florida, whoworries that flavorings candilute a drug or dangerouslyalter its chemical structure. “They just assume that the pharmacist knows what he's doing and has scientific equipment. “It’s potentially harmful any timethat untested products are being routinely used in patients,” said Larry Sasich, with the Public Citizen Health Research group, a Ralph Naderorganization. Adding flavors is part of a little-known pharmacy practice called compounding Instead of just dispensing pills, the phar- macist customizes a drug, for instance creating a liquid form for patients who putin a bottle harmless, and say they can can't swallow pills, One decades-old actually help because children are more likely to take the full dose. dren's medicines “All we're doing is adding flavoring We're not changing the dosage or the makeup,” said Randy Dillon, a pharmacist practice ding cherryflavor to chil A 1997law is encouraging more com pounding by restrictingits regulation by at Petey Childers Prescriptions in Indepen the FDA shington, dence, Mo. neth Kramminvented FLAVOR seven yR COPY D.C., pharmacist Ken Behe Earee eo was necess!! “T!at's the way I g things are invented S. ," Kramm said. ess someof the best Wordspread, and in October 1995 the Kramms started marketing the additive to independent pharmacists. FLAVORx comes in 42 flavors and costs $3 to $5 bottle. In the past year, the regional drug store chains Giant Eagleof Pittsburgh, Giant Food of Washington, D.C,, Marsh Supermarkets of Indiana, and Ukrop’s in Richmond, Va., have be. gun selling it. At least one national chain, Rite Aid, is considering it. “The most popular things right now are children’s antibiotics,” said Randy Heiser, vice president of pharmacy for GiantEagle. thyPeterson has been having drugs flavored at Kramm’s Center Pharmacy for five years. Her children, Ross, 6, and Anne, 10, used to grimace and act as if they were gagging whenever they took an antibiotic. Flavored medicine doesn't taste like candy, shenoted, but at least the children ho longerfight heroff. “It makes my life easier and I don't feel like I'mforcing anything on them.” Pharmacist Bill Rumcik flavors some cough medicine at the Giant ville, Pa. Nearly 1,000 pharmacies across the country are offering store in Monro FLAVOR«. |
