• ALARMED BY Dr. Robbins
forecast we crank-up our DeLorean
�me machine to hurry Back To The
Future to the year 1991 only to have
arrived too late.
:... Nearly 10 years of continuous-as
:sault on public health policy by
: Presidents Reagan and Bush, we
• now find the wide spread epidemics
: of childhood diseases such and
: mumps, influenza and measles-dts
: eases once thought to be conquered.
Just recently, the National Vac
: cine Advisory Committee of the
: Department of Health and Human
:. Service reporting on the current
4 me le epidemic in the Journal of tbe
• American Medical Association
: Slated: The principle cause has been
: failure to administer vaccines to vul
: nerable, preschool children on
• schedule an(1' cited missed oppor-
· ....,.
• tunities for adrrurustenng vaccine as
: one of everal causes for these
, failure."
: As few 63% of � year-old
- children have never been inoculated
: in some Inner city populations.
•
YOU'RE
WITHIN
THE
NORMS
Rape, assaul ts on children and
other related violent crimes have
hown a dramatic increase over the
last 10 years, no longer confined to
the inner cities, with one very recent
FBI study showing predominately
Caucasian communities such as
Grand Rapids and Livonia,
Michigan leading the nation in
epidemic proportions of rape crime
on women.
CA CERS AND Cardiovas
cular Diseases such as Stroke,
Coronary Artery, Kidney, Diabetes
exact an enormous toll on the Black
male population, wi th the overall life
expectancy of Black males having
declined by six years during the
Reagan/Bush era.
While AIDS has not been all that
kind to the African American
females, a recently released CDC
study showed overall female deaths
from mv were ome 12,000. in the
year 1990 "and nearly hair' or 6,000
were African American females, and
acce s to q uali ty healthcare for
Blacks in America remains unequal
Inspire of higher education, im
proved employment or economic
status.
Over the next few months I will
attempt to address solutions in turn
ing around this pitiful crisis in
Healthcare for our community.
For Now, you're within the
norms.
REFUGEES
continued from P g. 1
refugees to leave.
"We are going to use the
psychological pressure and the need
for food to encourage Uberians to
move," tbe official said, on condi-,
lion of anonymity.
Collier said food rations already
h8d been cut, including a reduction
by balf in the daily rice ration of
• about one pound. Similar cuts are
: expected for tho�an�s of other
• Uberian refugee 10 Sierra Leone,
'; Guinea and Ivory Coast.
.� Food hipment are being
. diverted to Liberia's Nimb and
Bomi counties. behind th rebel
lines, for di tribution by private
:: aFnd operating there, the, food
,official id.
'If people know there is more
food at home, theY'll want to go
home," he ide
The policy appears to be work
ing. Karen Konig Abiizayd, a U.N.
refugee official, said nearly half tbe
125,000 refugees in Sierra Leone
bad gone to tbeir homes behind tbe
rebel lines of Charl Taylor. Hi
fighters overran most of liberia and
invaded Sierra Leone in March.
Another 4,000 have returned to
Monrovia, the capital.
Abuzayd cknowledged it i too
soon for many to return, because of
lingering tribal animositi from a
civil war that killed 10,000 people .
S said members of the Krahn tribe,
to which President Samuel Doe
belonged, may be the last 0 go
bome. End Adv for Sunday July Z1
die AI
NEW YORK - Re ponding to in
creasing concern about the high, ri �
facing older people caught in the
nation' emergency medical care
crisi , Medic Alert Foundation
la�d a national health-education
campaign urging older Americans to
"think again" about the of emer
gency medical identification.
"111e hospital emergency depart
ment is a 'primary point of entry' to
the health care y tern for millions of
older people, the large t users of
emergency ervices n tionwide,"
said Stcphan O. Lynn, M.D., director
of the department of emergency
medicine at' St. L ' -Roosevelt
llospital Center in New York.
"And the elderly are the most at
risk in today's crowded emergency
departments because they frequently
have very complex medical histories
and are the least able to communi
cate," Dr. Lynn added. "They often
don't know - or can't recall be
cause of stress - the names of therr
medications, much le s give a
thorough medical history."
"Older people usually don't real-
, ize that their chronic medical condi
tions and the medications they take
present a very real risk in medical
emergencies," Lynn noted. "They
should think again and prepare them
selves for emergency situations."
LYNN, SAID THAT increased
use of emergency medical identifica
tion among older people i an effec-
ely to
stroke, dt , and
some fonns of cancer.
But we can improve
the cx:Jds, even if those
{XObIems run in our
tam 185, by eating less
fat and exerrisilJ{J
more. "
on African-Ameri
"Tod y, the he lth
African-Ameri i incri . ,"
Donna Rice, pre ident 0
"But e n't j t land till.
must mobilize to e ure improved
health for future generatio . "
According to Mrs. Rice, "The
first tep i to empower oursel
with inform tion - on healthy
eating, exercise, cigaret mokin
and alcohol and dru . 1ben e
m t continually hare this informa-
to
ccordin to poster,' 0 void
frying which at least doubl � fat
in foods. Fried chic en with french
fri , for example, five time tbc
t of b d chicken with baked
potato and JDaIgarine. "Eating n "
poin out that b d, broiled, and
grilled foods are just tasty.
The Sh ri Belafonte po ter
demonstrate th t be lthy .. eau
d n't have to mean tnm foods.
ithin our tradition, grandmother
ha pointed the direction to
numerous holesome foods Ii e
cie
ri k
o el� rly In
tive tool to protect the elderly by
providing fast and accurate medical
information that em rgency person
nel need.
Medical Alert, a nonprofit or
ganization that provides fast and c
curate medical inform tion to emer
gency personnel through 24-hour
communicatio ervice and com
puterized patients files, will focus
attention on the need for older
Americans to wear emergency medi
cal 10 through a campaign of public
ervice advertisements and outreach
to senior citizens' organizations,
ho pital ,and caregivers.
Each targeted medical condition
- hypertension, heart disease,
diabetes, and the use of multiple
medications - is treated in a special
brochure that gives older people and
their families ideas for coping with
emergency medical ituation.
Copies may be obtained free-of
charge from Medic Alert, Turlock,
Calif., 95380, or by calling l-BOO-
432-5378 (1-800- ID-ALER1).
"The elderl y often have several
simullaneou illnesses, take
numerous medications, visit multi
ple phy lcians and, in general, are at
a disadvantage in hectic emergency
rooms," according to Dr. Leslie S.
Libow, professor of ieriatrics and .
adult development at Mount Sinai
Medical Center.
Physicians warn that people with
chronic conditions frequently take
medications that make .... them appear
RACE
continued from Pag 1
"I DON'T THINK anyone
hould not support him because he i
a conservative Black, " . said
Reginald Barner, 28, of Greenville,
S.C. "If we go the liberal route all the
time, put all of our eggs in one basket
and don't ever get anything out of it,
we're still lost."
"Knowing what hi
PRISON
continued from Page 1
Viator said there was no violence
associated with the protest. "It hap
pened very quickly, nd they (the
inmates) were brought back inside.
The guards returned the striking
prisoners to the dormitorie , and
one-by-one they were removed to
the punishment cells," he said.
ALL THE ROTESTING in
mat were to appear before prison
dildplinary committee on Wednes
day. If found guilty, they could be
placed in the prison's crew that
refused to ork, allegedly in ym-
patny .... " _
Viator suggested that the 95 de
gree heat may have been responsible
for the decision by the field workers.
The Angola prison i a huge ptan
tation-like facility located on the
Missi ippi River, about 30 miles
north of Baton Rouge.
New Bu ine es
Orientation sessions for people
interested in ning a new busin
are offered from 10 a.m. to 12 noon
. every Thursday at Lake Michigan
College's Small B i� Develop
ment Center, 2755 E. Napier Avenue,
Benton Harbor.
community. "
Co' 0
all po te '1 bJe for 3. 5
(p r) or 9.95 (laminated) from:
CSPI-Eatin n po r, 1 Con-
necticut Ave. 300,
bington, D.C. 2
me AUXIUARY TO the
tional eclical . tion i non
profit volunteer organization bieb
promo d better health fo the
African-American community and
all America for over 50 years.
Through i networ of 64 chapte
cro the country; MA h
developed and implemented nation
al health projec d igned 0 edu
cate the public regarding m [or
health
. The Center for Science in the
Public Interest is non-profit health
advocacy group nd longtime
crusader for healthier die . CSPI
2SO,OOO membeR nationwide
and' celebrating its 20th anniver
sary in 1991.
ack to the tutur. : When
ketchup was a vegetable?
(part II)
. Dr. Anthony Robbins reported in
1983 tbat the Reagan Administration
�tedly made a determi�d effort
to reverse the progress of t� '60 and
. '90 pollcl of Republican pres ...
den in areas such toxic agent
QOnuol, occupational safety, health,
.:eident prevention and injury con-
I trot.
Dr. Robbi warned in 1983 of
the unnece lary cost Americans
would have to pay in their live be
cause of Reagans' half-hearted
rapo 10 "a r fFr pl!)\)1e
than Legionnai.Jes. Disc , does not
bode well for infectious disease con
trol."
Robbins reported that, "Hospital
Infection Control, which could save
pver 1 billion dollars aMually was
targeted for elimination in President
Reagan's Budget and the national
epidemiC of Genital Herpes received
more attention from the media than
tmy publiC bealth problem last year."
According to the Center of Dis
ease Control, the Re gan Ad
ministration ha not commited
adequate resource to the problems
of this sexuall y transmitted disease."
. .
rg ncie
,
gency physician to know preciSCJ
what, medications the patient i
taking." ,
Medic Alert Foundation Intema
tional, a non-profit organization wi
22 affiliates worldwide, provide
emergency medical information to
medical profes ionals via a custord
,.
engraved emblem and a 24-hour
telephone hotline.
Medic Alert maintain com
puterized information on members'
primary medical conditions, medica.
lions, physician and family contacts:
Members wear 8 universally recog
nized emblem on a bracelet or nee
chain that lists their primary medic:,)
conditions, personal i<!entification
ber and the Medic Alert erner
g cy center's toll-free number for
ealth care professionals to acee
the data. This comprehensive ser
vice speeds emergency treatment
and ave lives.
perfectly normal, yet mask the un
derlying problems.
"MANY BLOOD pressure m
edicines have dangerous interac
tions with drugs used routinely in
emergencies, and tho e interactions
could unnecessartly complicate the
treatment or even result in di ter, "
said Dr. Earl Schwartz, chairman of
the department or emergency
medicine at Wake Forest
University's Bowman Gray School
of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Dr. Stephen J. Groth, director of
emergency services at Anaheim
Memorial Hospital in Anaheim,
Calif., noted, "Batancing heart
medications for patients can
tricky under the best of circums n
ces. Since a number of potentially
dangerous side effects and drug in
teractions can occur with this group
of medications, in an emergency, it
is e peclally important for the emer-
background are, he probably will
justify himself," East said. "Judge
Thomas' being conservative probab-
ly will help the system, will help
cement of Colored people and the African-Americans."
Southern Christian Leadership Con- Jacob called for increased
ference have postponed taking a cooperation between those who
, position. work for the right of Blacks,
Some league members say theY�iS anics and Asians, saying they
feel Thomas, the grandson of a sh ld "guard against divide-and
sharecropper who was reared in rura conquer tactics" in order for all of
Pinpoint, Ga., would be fair on issues them to progress. .
of concern to minorities, basedonhis Yet he aJ 0 urged Blacks to work
upbringing alone. toward ensuring their place among
those minorities.
"If history is arty guide, white
America will pick and choo e among
its minorities. Some will be accepted
grudgingly and allowed in the
door," Jacob said. "Others -and
especially Africah-Americans
will be confined to the cellar. We
can't allow that to happen."
roots and his
Seborrhea: AfFects 12 Million American
. commonly coofusecl with dandrll/f.
CllrclniC' " most of which occur
body. Seborrhea is associ-
10' h and bum.
,
When sebonbea OCCUI'I in ne·.mtwn.
often is refem4 to "ade. Ie 10 • • durin
periodI of wOmen Ire affected more often than men, and the
condition is lIy on ' middle-aged and 0 .suIts.
condition, they are
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