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KNOW YOUR HEART
By: John B. Armstrong, M.D.
Canadian Heart Foundation
Gambling Your Life Away
Canada may not be 0 :nation of
inveterate ganiblers when ono
looks at the enthusiastic bettors
of Australia and Oreat
but without exveption Canadians
aro. gambling; on signet...mug much
more important than horse races
or football pools every day of
their lives:. So say the Onnitaian
i I ea rt :Foundation.
Tho Foundation bases this
;hi-, statement. on .'statistical evi-
dence derived from research find-
;nt:s and a number of well-
documented surveys, such as the
loraminghion survey. In 1949, in
this y1 assi.ichusetis community,
.iporoximaiely 'nen and
tyieqj between the ages of 30
u nd *311 were selected at. random
given thorough physical examin-
ations and then were closely
followed over the next 20 years
having, frequent re-e.xam inations
during that period. -Expert analy-
sis of the information collected
has identified many of the factors
related to heart attacks among
the :i.uou participinits, and has
made possible the statistical eval-
uation or the risk of having
heart attack,
What has this to do with you
-betting your life"' every day?
Judge for yourself!
First, there are three factors:
which affect your risk of heart
attack and about which you can
do nothing:
Make a move that could make There's also a dual master cylinder,
you a winner two ways. warning light and corrosion-
For a start, drive the '71 resistant brake lines.
Impala and see how the changes we We made 15 meaningful
made give you more of what you . improvements to the '71 impala.
want in a car. Mostof them, just for you.
Always a smooth ride, Impala But one of them is for every-
is even better this year. Thanks one's benefit. A new control
to its longer 121.5" wheelbase, ' system helps cut down fuel
improved suspension, wider stance evaporation into the
and wider wheels. atmosphere. And to
And a car that moves as well further fight air
as the Impala also needs to be able pollution, all 1971
to stop very surely. So power front Chevrolet engines
disc brakes are standard equipment, have been designed
Some of the equipment illustrated is optional at extra cost,
to operate efficiently, and with
lower exhaust emissions, on low-
lead, no-lead or regular fuels.
Inside and outside, Impala has
the look of leadership. Gives you
a very good feeling when you're
behind the wheel,
What about the $30,000
Sweepstakes? Look for this
Moneymiles Sweepstakes
sign at participating
Chevy dealers. You
could win up to $30,000.
The dealer has all the
details. Hurry on down!
Sex At 50. a
atta.cli
innit is Jive times as
to suf fer a heart
as a woman of the
same age. Women develop
symptoms of ceruuairy art-
ery disease some 10 to 21i
years later in life than men,
and they tend to develop
les s dangerous forms.
Age Your risk of heart attack
increases with age . . 50-
year-old men have four
times the risk of 30-year
old men .
biat but about 311,000 of those
Canadians who die of cor-
onary disease each year do
not reach the classical three
scoreyears and ten,
heredity A. family history of
heart attacks does raise
one's risk of heart diseaSe.
There ore then, factors affecting
your risk of heart attack which
you cannot alter. They certainly
don't make you a gambler. But,
there are. factors over which you
do have control and you will be,
an unusual Canadian if you are
not ignoring some of them and
thereby Increasing the odds in
favor of having a heart attack.
Note:. too. that a combinatiOn of
Iwo, three or more factors inttlti•
plies the risk effect.
tiver.veight in middle-Aged men
who are 211e,4 overweight,
the risk is twice as great
as among Middle-aged Men
of normal weight,
oking Moderate smokers run
twice the risk of their non.
stnekin g neighbours„ al-
though the risk can be
Inorettsed up to ten tittle%
GM
WAR. 0, E.XC111.04CE
depending on consOmption
and age.
'high 1,."ireit :Pressure High blood
pressure Means the risk is
tour tittles greater than
in the person with normal
blood pressure. In revere
the ri=ll can be eight
time as high,
Lack hi' Fitter* While fitness
vatior4 itio considerably from
one person' to another. it
is generally accepted that
the Inactive person: In a Bed- ,
trtalty ocvnitittlon jt1 C1'P7401,5
i'!•4 -irk of heart attack two
titles.•. •f
Cholesti-Tol The presence of fats
and cholesterol in the blood
increases the risk of heart
attack four to six times, de-
pending on severity. Sum-
ming up, if -you are unfit.
overweight and a cigarette-.
snicker .with moderate high
lancya pr,:msnu. and a model:.
a tr..ly bigh reoncen tral ion of
blood fats,t your risk of
heart attaok is many times
that of Mir neighbour •of
figo who flow PO
fall into these catagorics.
Why not increase, the odds in
favour of life, rather than it heart
attack? See your doctor and estab-
lish how many risk factors rate,
gories you fall into and get HIS
advice on what to do about, them,
Smokers who quit reduce their
a,itack almost to the level of these
Who have never smoked: life in-
surance premiums for the tomer
fat malt are lowered when lie -re-,
turns to normal weight. It is never
:too late to Start a tisk rOdttetiotl (
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