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Show By the time the clabi.es are finished in June students know more about the heart than most laymen and then some. They play a drying game called "Coronary Quest," which they invented to test their knowledge. "I am collateral circulation, what am I?" chirps one questioner. "I am a blood platelet, what's my job?" asks another. Collateral circulation, a student patiently tells a batfled adult, is the network of vessels the heart sets up to bypass sections damaged by a coronary. And a blood platelet helps form a clot at the site of a wound. s' Sometimes even the experts are stopped by the questions. One student asked a heart specialist why a particular valve closed a certain way w.th each heartbeat. "The specialist was stumped," recalls Mrs. Newman. "He said he'd have to look it up." are a little bit too Some people may feel from the benefit heart to young training, but Mrs. Newman disagrees. She's been teaching the heart unit ever since attending two Heart Association teacher workshops in Cali"are fornia in 1965 and is convinced the 11- - and just the right age." sixth-grader- sixth-grade- rs At home, student Bill Hugo gives his family a thorough rundown on heart information, is a doctor The family took Bill's advice on diet and exercise even though his dad Beating the bad habits "They haven't had time to develop damaging habits yet," she says. "They really get the message, then make sure their parents get it, too." School Principal John Snow was one of the first adults the kids bugged. "After listening to those kids can't look an I he laments. "They kept telling me about the cholesterol count." Snow estimates that at least 50 percent of the have prompted a change for the better in the way their parents live. In student Diane Bergstrom's home, for example, Mrs. Bergstrom has put the family on a diet, her husband Don has lost 25 pounds and the entire family exercises strenu- egg in the face," sixth-grade- rs More security with dentures at any time. ously on bicycles. Norman Hugo eats less saturated fats and exercises more since his son Bill warned him of the risks of heart attack. "Bill didn't tell me anything I didn't already know," says the elder Hugo, who is a doctor. "I learned all that in medical school. But Bill made me put it to good use." Sometimes the nagging pays off dramatically One student's father had complained of chest pains but had put off seeing a doctor until his daughter got tough. r. "I knew it wasn't right,"says the 'Finally mom and I convinced him to go to the doctor. He had a minor heart disease. The doctor said daddy would have had a bad heart attack if he hadn't gotten a checkup." sixth-grade- You can prove it and save 155 Were giving you 15$ toward your next purchase of FASTEETH Powder so you can see how the leading denture adhesive holds dentures longer; firmer; and steadier: So you can eat, drink, talk, and laugh with more security at any time. STORECOUPON Limited offer! Act now! mmi School nurse Ramona Schofield helps Mary Kay Ross and Alvin Santiago prepare a blood sample to determine its type. n NOTICE TO DEALER. You authorized to redeem this coupon for 15 plus 3 hatxflaw provided it n takoi m payment on my size FASTEETH FWder Mail to: Vrk Chemical Company. Burl 33b, Onion, Iowa 52732. Coupon will not be honored and will be void when presented by outside agencies, broken, or others who me not letad distributors of our merchandise or specifically authorized by us to present coupons lor redemption or when abused, prohibited, used, or otherwise restricted. Good only on Pern specified above Invoices covering purchase of sufficient stock to cover coupons presented for redemption must shown on request Customer must pay any sales tax. Cash value 120 of I cent Offer expires June 30. 1974 34010573 It works! ItfeNumber One. |