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B-7 Town Talk, Alexandria-PineviDe, Friday. February 13. 19R1 Ignorance About Heart Attacks Could, Prove to rr. A procedure called cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR car. help sufferers before the ambulance arrives.

CPR is used when the heart has stopped and the patient has stopped breathing. It involves a combination of moutii-to -moulii resuscitation and chest heart massage. In the past, only and nurses practiced CPR, but medical authorities now training the general public in its use. By Louise Cook Associated Press Writer What you dont know about your heart could ki3 you. That's the message from the National Institutes of Health, which is trying to teach people more about heart disease and how to avoid it The federal agency says that prevention is just as important as treatment after trouble strikes.

"It we wait for the first sign of heart attack, we may have waited too long," say the experts. The National Institutes of Health cites some statistics to show the magnitude of the problem. Among them: Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer in the United States, responsible for more than half of all deaths every year. Almost three times as many people die of heart disease than of cancer. Cardiovascular disease costs the nation $50 billion in lost wages and productivity and in medical bills.

More than one-fourth of the people who die are under 65. The agency has prepared a guide explaining the causes and symptoms of heart disease and what can be done about them. Copies of the guide, "Heart Attacks," are available, at no charge, from the Consumer Information Center, Dept. 586J, Pueblo, Colo, 81009. and Now Open Daily 7 A.M.

to 1 P.frl. Hwy. 165-1 Vz Miles South Of Forest Hill The major cause of most heart attacks is arteriosclerosis a general term for diseases of the arteries. It is responsible for more than 850,000 deaths a year, according to the National Institutes of Health. It is often hard to tell whether someone is having a heart attack.

Symptoms vary, but the most common one is chest pain, usually in the middle of the chest, but sometimes extending to the neck, the left shoulder and down the left arm. Some sufferers describe the pain as constricting, as though a rope were being pulled tightly around the chest Others say the pain is like a weight, pressing down on the chest Heart attack victims also tend to feel weak and be short of breath. They appear pale and may feel cold while sweating heavily. In some cases, however, there is no warning. "Sudden death is the first sip (of trouble) in about one-quarter of the patients who suffer heart attacks," say the experts at the National Institutes of Health.

In addition, about 60 percent of the deaths among people who have a history of heart disease occur outside of a hospital "These deaths occur within two hours of the heart attack, long before most patients can reach or receive effective medical therapy," according to the National Institutes of Health. The best thing to do in case of a heart attack or a suspected heart attack is to seek immediate medical treatment in a hospital About Medicine Heel Spurs Never Left 3 OPENING SOON! Coleman's Catfish Cabin 61 MacArthur Drive Specializing In NEW ORLEANS SEAFOOD PO-BOYS Oysters. Shrimp or Soft-Shell Crab SEAFOOD LUNCHES TOO Catfifeh Shrimp Oysters Clanu Frop Legs Seafood Platters Sened with Cajun Fries Hunhpuppies Cole Slaw Fried Pickles t9 Restaurant i UflFCT i WATCH FOR OUR OPENING! Mr NOW FEATURING LOBSTER-MATES (BREADED LOBSTER MEAT) At Part Of Our Seafood Buffet Try Them They're Delicious! Children 5 to 12 $4.25 per, P.O. Box 1551, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10019. Of course, one way to relieve the strain on a foot that causes heel pain is to stay off your feet entirely but that leads to other problems resulting from inactivity.

Operating on heel spurs seldom involves the basic problem and may cause new ones. DEAR DR. LAMB One of my 14-year-old son's nipples is much different from the other nipple. It appears swollen or distended. There Is no difference In color from the other one.

I first noticed it when he was 12 years old. The doctor said it was "adolescence." There is no pain but it makes him self-conscious. Could anything be done? DEAR READER Nature is probably going to take care of the matter for him if you both can be patient. This occurs in about a third of boys going through the changes of puberty. Sometimes there is a knot or lump behind the nipple as well.

In some instances one breast is involved and in other boys it affects both breasts. In the normal change I am talking about it usually disappears as sexual maturity progresses. If it does not, then it is advisable to talk to your doctor about it. There are rare instances when enlargement of both breasts (usually accompanied with other changes) is related to a hormone imbalance. $1.95 pj 4 and under i I -A 5tostalnaker'Sxs: I I rRESTAURANT Xs.

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The relief of symptoms in a person who has a heel spur in spite of the fact the heel spur is still there is one proof that the paui is really not from the spur itself. Often the pain and the spur are caused by the same underlying problem abnormal stress across the arch of the foot The tendons and tissues that attach to the heel across the arch pull on the bony attachment and the spur develops. The tissues are injured and show some evidence of inflammation from mechanical irritation and that is what causes the pain. Other people have similar problems and have no spur at alL The trick is to relieve the strain on the muscles, tendons and other tissues that stretch across the foot If you stretch these tissues when yu are playing handball there is a strong likelihood that you will have a recurrence of your pain. You need some help with the type of shoes you wear.

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