Show J EDITOR'S The following Is ono of a series of articles furnished by the Utah State Medical Association and published in cooperation with your local These articles are scheduled to appear every other week throughout the year In an effort to better acquaint you with problems of and designed to improve the well-being of the people of CORONARY HEART DISEASE Every newspaper reader must realize the widespread of heart All too often news columns tell of the sudden illness of a friend or the unexpected death of a prominent These reports are borne out by statistics tell us that heart diseases are the number one causes of death in the United There are several kinds of heart but the type which usually occurs in the middle years of life is what physicians call heart and newspapers call a The term coronary refers to the two arteries which supply the heart with know that coronary heart disease is caused by hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries so that the flow of blood them is partly or completely The effect is similar to what occurs when water pipes are clogged with sediment or rust We still do not know all the reasons why the arteries harden or become This is a problem that has been under investigation for many and while the complete answer is still we do know a lot of important Scientists have for that hardening of the arteries tends to run in that it is more common in men than women and that often occurs in physicians that high blood pressure hastens arteriosclerosis and many think that regular physical exercise tends to retard The degree to tobacco and nervous strain affect of the has not yet been clearly but it is agreed that these when a harmful Diet also plays a part as a Medical investigation indicates that there may be connection between the amount and kind of fat one eats and the occurrence of Further study is going on in this Usually the first sign of a coronary is pain or discomfort felt over the front of the beneath the breast the of chest pains are not due to heart But this particular one usually occurs when a per- son is exerting for in running upstairs i or to catch a Sometimes it will occur when one is ang-I upset or The pain j generally disappears after the i individual Anyone has such a pain should ask his physician about Further using such tools as the can determine whether heart trouble is the proper There is no medicine that can prevent coronary heart there are some practical measures which all of us can follow to reduce our chances of having a heart the obese person should lose weight statistics show overweight men are twice as likely to have heart attacks as men normal weigh L if a person has high blood pressure he should obtain medical treatment to reduce at to near normal plain common sense measures such as appropriate physical moderation in the use of tobacco and and the maintenance of an even-tempered emotional will make valuable contributions to a better level of general |