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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-09-05, Page 14THu..SDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1974 ZURICI CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 15 TODAY'S I-IEALTH Lifestyles can increase risk of heart attack by David Woods Thirty or 40 years ago there wasn't much we could do about killer diseases — either avoiding them or curing them. If you con- tracted polio, say, or tuberculosis, your best hope was hope itself. But since those days drugs have brought many once fatal diseases under control. Heart attack, once comparatively rare, is now the major cause of death in adults. In fact, the statistics are disturbing: the incidence of heart attack has increased by 60 per cent over the past 15 years. And it's still rising. Unlike the diseases that killed our grandparents, though, heart attack is largely preventable. Not entirely, of course: sex, age and heredity must all be considered. Men are more liable to heart attack than women; older people more than younger; those with a family history of heart disease more than those without. Nevertheless, life- style is the important factor affect- ing risk; heart attack is strongly influenced by things that people do — or don't do. The individual has a great deal of control over his risk of suffering an attack. For example, gaining weight places strain on the heart, so reduc- ing weight reduces risk. Since most people add pounds because they eat too much or exercise too little — or both — the solution is readily THE apparent: sensible diet (including reduced amounts of cholesterol) and regular exercise. Similarly, since cigarettes have also been clearly implicated as a factor in heart disease, cutting down on — or cut- ting out — smoking will further help your heart. What causes heart attack is a build-up of fat in the coronary arteries: this gradually makes them narrower until, eventually, blood can't flow through. Sometimes a heart attack comes without warning. Often the warning signs include shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, discomfort in the arms, dizziness, or fatigue, Patients who may be risking attack are advised not to respond to these signs by engaging in stren- uous activity. It's a natural reaction, in these circumstances, to want to test the heart. But that could trigger an attack; the proper course is to rest — and call the doctor. If the pain is severe, call hint immediately. Although 40 to 50 per cent of first attacks are fatal, tremendous strides are being made in rehabili- tating patients who survive coro- naries. Moreover, techniques are being perfected in coronary artery bypass surgery. Nonetheless, heart attack is one area of health where an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure. INI HOTEL ZURICH PROUDLY PRESENTS "The Country Versatiles For your listening and dancing pleasure ! SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 7 .t%1.4V%\%%l%%%V %%% V%V%%,.%'...1%%%%%!♦%%%%%% go. %% %,. .,:ii, i el- ii„STARLITE .0.., e ! iy Open Nightly i, .� E z e Grand Bend / e • First Show at Duak Children Undor 12 in Cera Fro' 40 NOW OPEN WEEKENDS ONLY .♦\s\.e.\'.\♦\\�.\n=\�r\V vv\\ wVv\\w\.\ ^� •\V\V\\.V\'N\:v\. ! I. r, e FRIDAY — SATURDAY September 8 - 7 it .117„.• a' ✓ ,1,, j �' s. `r, ! 5 '. I, 'RI 0 17. 10 PANOO COMRWy In maul. wlh RAMRI PNBOUCIIONS ,'neap j PETER FON DA. DENNIS HOPPER. JACK NICHOLSON P 7. , aliI"=,,cNN...R PEERr-.ra WMNwMmVAR, BERy cMNECER y , TERRYS IrM[RN ,,....Wb, COLUMB.. INCiult3 f Pis FIVE EASY PIECES Jack Niciccolsen & Karen Black j I, , t d NNS, %\\VI\\V \:\-\ fit\'.'-r+\\.\\•VY .\\%••••N j Milk subsidy helps consumer The industrial milk subsidy of 91 cents per hundredweight recently announced by Agric- ulture Minister Eugene Whelan helps the consumer more than the dairy fanner, Chairman of the Huron County Milk Committee, Bill Hough, said during an interview. The subsidy brings the gate price of industrial milk, used to manufacture butter, cheese, skim milk powder, and other dairy products, to $9.41 per hundredweight from $8.50. Farm groups have been ask- ing for $10. The reason consumers are actually subsidized instead of farmers is because it keeps dairy product prices in stores artificially low, Mr. Hough said. Consumers are not paying what the products are actually worth. Mr. Hough, who primarily produces fluid milk, the milk sold in cartons and bottles, sells about 17 per cent of his milk at industrial prices. Fluid price is $10.45 per hundred- weight. He said the subsidy may help production of industrial milk from dropping but cautioned that producers would probably still go out of business, and sell their quotas. In the last seven years the number of dairy producers in the county has dropped to about 850 from 1500, he said. About 500 of these dairymen are industrial producers. Many fluid producers,. like Mr. Hough, have to sell a portion of their milk at industrial prices. The experts in farm organiz- ations maintain that a minintuu. of $10 per hundred weight is needed for industrial producers to .make a profit because costs have risen so high, Mr Hough said. The raise to $9.41 will make conditions "a lot better than they were, " he said. The industrial milk industry probably cannot afford a furth- er decrease in production as there is already a shortage of the product, Mr. Hough said. Many young farmers consider more attractive types of agric- ulture such as cash cropping because the return on milk is so low in comparison to invest- ments made. A dairy farmer works seven days a week all year. His in- vestment in machinery, land, buildings and stock averages OPEN RECEPTION FOR Anne Hayter AND Gord Lavis (Bridal Couple) ZURICH ARENA ON Saturday, Sept. 14 9:30 to 1 LUNCH EVERYONE PROVIDED WELCOME about $200, 000. The return he gets for hours worked is less than what a factory worker would earn, Mr. Hough said. He felt that the projected price increases to consumers of eight cents apound for butter and four cents a pound for skim milk powder were justified. OPEN DAILY DINNERS Mon. to Fri, and Sun. .54:10 to 7:00 Son MD to 8:00 11166FAXFAST Weekdays 7:30 a.m. - Noon Sot. 8 Son. 8:00 o.m. to Noon LUNCH Every Dray 2:©0!Noon to 1:00 p.m. You Are Always Welcome! Dining Room Licensed Under LLBO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 "The Maurice De Laer Duo" for your listening and dancing pleasure Green Forest Motor Hotel YOUR HOSTS: "PETE" and "CAROLE" DEI 1Z HIGHWAY 21 GRAND BEND OPENS AT 8:00 SHOWS START AT DUSK f DRIVE-INS • GODERICH HWY. 8 AT CONCESSION RD.4'. • PHONE 524;9981 FRI.-SAT.-SUN. lit as the Fall of '54 a time when laughing was easy... SEPT. 6-7-8 And laugh they did, — until they crossed the g1ACON COUNTY 1#11" Samuel Z. 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