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~ PRESS Grand Fiapids, Micbigan November 29, 1961 `Mode ra tion Is Ke. ~ ' ~ Expert Says Stress Bars Sacrifice in Heart Attack Recovery If giving up smokinC' causes i,gan Welfare League. ing on "The Cholestlerol Aspect,"' discomfort and emllxftRTd'f distress ~ The forum was sponsored by the ~ said that the Ffc'3t't Association of a rehabilitating heart' attack • lcague and the hent County Uiiit! has recommended that the total patient, it isn't worth it; Dr. N'il-' of the Michigan Heart Assoeia- lfat calories in the average per- liam Cayce said Tuesday evening. ; llion. lson's diet should not exceed 30 Hou•c, cr herecommerrdeeUthaNt In, summing up: "What', Is theiper cent. ' in ca5es whei e it is possible tb I?roblem,"' Dt•. Arthur h:: Hamp, j However, he said, it, has not give up tobacco without stress it saidl that half the mortality rate j been proved that a low cholesterol, - should be done.. --- - -.lin, the United States today is ! diet will help a persoa who has "Modcration'•' is the watchw•ordl caused' by heart disease: already suffered a heart attack. for heart patients, he added. I He said that it is the "No. 1~ It might have a tendency to re- Dr. Cayce was one of'four local killer", with, 900;000 Americans ~ duce heart disease. physicians who presented a public i dead last year, and 10 million' The first person at the scene __ forum on "Heart Attacks," in the;persons in America suffering from of a heart attack should' try to Pantlind Hotel as part of the 471h l heart trouble in some form. reassure the patient and calm annual conference of the b'Iichi-1 Dr. Warren B! Mason. speak• his fears, because of the eKtrnor- / D J~ 2 f"~ ~ L~ ~ Q dni ry appix honsimlt m suah al.: tac6s: 1Dr. tl„rrrn l. T'iiinn << itt. The t-l:-ickcn hcrson S!inuld !i,~ do•.vn: lie adviscd. and not r.wrt himsclf: lie shuuld be kept warnm and if shortness • of breath oc- curs: his head nnay bc raised and' c!olhint lro4ned. A doctor or ambulance shoiild mcdi:~tcl~'. SPRINGFIELD NEWS Springfield, Massachusetts December 6, 1961 Lean Individuals Smoke N1ore WA'CHITGTON (NANA)^L,ean b,y the studies was not the rwault. mFni are the heaviest smokers, hf different.diets, since smoking They seem to develop a consid- total caloric intake as well as ina erably stronger tobacco, craving ~ake of component foods;, were in- than fat men. The same goes for dependent of, each other. ' women. I' "We found a slightly higher This has been rrpn~ted to thel~erum cholesterol content amonR. National Association, for Advance-ismokers. Smokers were no less •menCof Science by Dr. Albert,Da- mon of the Harvar& School of Public Health. Withi a group of 167 factory workers of Italian parentage-it was essential that all have a sim- ilhr cultural background-Dr. Da- mon carried' out a, complicated series of statistical tests: tnasculine in physique, were no more active and consumed no more alcohol than nonsmokers."' I The basic reasons for the differ- ences disclosed are now being sought. "Detection of determinants o!' tobacco smoking," says Dr. Da- mon;, "would help in understand• "The results," he reports, "showiing andl possibly preventing dis- a consistent and statistically sig-,eases associated with smoking- 7ificant tendency, although notlnotably lung cancer, chronic bron- •lose enough to serve as a basislchiti's, emphysema and cardiovas- -4 prediction for individuals, for,cu4ar disease."' ^am men to smoke more thanl The work was supported' by the "tout or fat (hu[ not musculaNil ' hacRo Industries Research nnn. TNis rPlaitionshin diisrlrnsrd nt ~• fe)63,53 75 ~ yB tie called iin- MOFtNING SUN Baltimore, Maryland December 17, 1961 Smokers' , Breat ~ ~lrig Tested Undon.T . '~1•HE breat.hing capacity of toa ~ har.co smokers has been linknd to heredity ac well as en- n rirnnment; In a study of':tr1E'srnokers and, nnnsmokers In the out-patient department of the Sydney (Australia) Hnspital, research- ers reported that the effect of' tobacco smoke alone does nott aecountfor decreased breathing capacity. The mild' climate and t•ela- tively unpolluted atmosphere of Sydney was believed more fav.or- able for the study. Persons interviewed and--- tlested for maximum breathing capacity and expiratory flow rate were representative of the -neral population and included /i•iends accompanying the out« patients, as well as medical at- lendantk. - Allhnugh smukers generally had Pight to Irn times more bronchitic symptoms than nnn- -- smnkers„ heavier smoking tor a` longer period of time showed no ., increase in symptoms. There was also no tendency for heavyy smnkers to have poorer breath- inq capacity than light smokers: The researchers said that the genetic make-up among smok s ers would d6termi>te whether a' person couhhed' and developed broncilitic symptoms with .Qri- ous lo,%s of brzathinl; capacity, or showed no sympt,Wms and Inst a smalU amount of ventit4; tory flmction.