- Put your
n me nd ddress on th case th t
holds your gl . I lost my eyegl -
in th grocery store and if I' d had
my name on the case, it may have
been po sible to get them b ck.
JoAnn C., Mi mi, FI .
STOPPE - Recently, e
ent to our etaway cabin, � after
dinner, I started to run the water in
the ink �d found the . nk topper
. ing. I took a pI . c coffee-can
lid and placed it over the drain. It
orked quite well in a pinch. Deanna
J., Tu , Old .
STRETCH A DOLLAR - My
money-saving ip is to generic
baby oil for a variety of things. It'
great in the shower for skin-soften­
in , removing makeup and removing
tho e darned ticky labels from
everything you buy.
Save all the cotton that come
uffed in pill bottles. It's free and
wor just as well the more expen­
sive gs of cotton lis. Lillian H.,
Curti Neb.
LOST WALLET - If ou lose
your wallet or purse, or if it'. len,
of course, you should report this to
your credit card companies. How­
ever, there' another important card
to remember.
Call your phone company and your
long-distance company if you carry
one of their credit cards. Charges
made to stolen telephone credit cards
run into the millions each year. Most
.l'
people don't even remember they
were carrying it until they get the
phone bill.
It's wise to memorize your number
rather than carry the card. Also, be
careful no one hears your account
number when you place a call. This
It ppened to my sister, and the
thieves made over $500 worth of
long-distance calls all over the
world. Luckily, she didn't have to
pay it, but it was a close call. Sammi
P., Westfield Mass.
M MORY JOG - During the
course of n;ly day, I find myself
making m ntal not s of things I
hould do when I g t h me. As so
often happens, wh n I get home, I
forget all a ut my littl list. To
avoid this, I cam up with a great
solution. I call my an wering
machine at h m and leave my If a
m ge.Thi way,whenI thorn,
I know exactly wh t ne d to be done
that v ning. Louise C., Grand
Prairie, Tex s
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of limit�
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een by m ny in vit I re
ing hap without tb ir input the
Individuals who make their livin in
the . eld, they are up t.
Dr. Thorn Payn, a Lansing ra­
diologi t and presid nt of the Michi­
gan State Medical Society, di agr
with Mrs. Clinton' rationale in r
fusing to allow physicians participa­
tion in the reform proces .
lions.
T MS nd ot r health care
providers ay liability reform i d -
perately needed in order to bring
h lth care ts down to earth.
MSMS figures pl e li ill ty i ur­
ance premiums Michigan doctors
m t pay th hi t in the nation.
They claim they b venootherchoice
but to p th e co on to patien .
ACCOrding to one American Ho -
pital Association survey, hospital
medical liability i urance premi­
ums in Michigan averaged $5,700
per bed 1 t year. That figure dwarfs
tbe U.S. average of Sl,300.
T CLIN administration
has sought to exclude all special in­
terest groups in preliminary di cus­
sions, in order to minimize their
pby i-
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Life ty� change can" duc
. kidney damage among Black
HOU TON - Practical life- tyle
changes could reduce the risks of kid­
ney damage among thousand of Af­
rican Americans with diabet and
. hypertension says.a kidney pecial­
ist at Baylor Colleg of M dicine in
Houston.
"D' be and hypertension are
the leading caus of kidney failure,
particularly in Blacks," aid Dr. Don­
ald Wesson, an ociate professor of
medicine at Baylor. "Simple chang
in daily habit can make a difference
in the ntrol of both hypertension
and diabetes.
. Although genetics may play a
role, W on ay other factors can
influence the ri k of kidney damage.
He recommends following th Na­
tional Institute of Health' Joint
Commission for Hypertension Con­
trollifc-style changes:
n t.
- miting amounts of alcohol
- BUm nating tobacco use
- Practicing weight control
- Increasing exercise
- Knowing your family medical
hi tory
"In particular, African Americans
eem to have a high r proportion of
salt-sensitive hypertension," Wesson
aid. "As they eat more salt, the hy­
pertension gets worse, more so than
whites."
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that diabetic and hypertensive Afri­
can American are four to five times
more susceptible to developing kid­
ney disease than are whites with the
di orders.
Dietary studies have a1 0 sh wn
that Blacks in general eat foods low
in potas ium which may increase the
ri k for kidney failure. We on rec­
otnmend eating more potas ium­
rich foods like red meats fresh fruits
and vegetable, and avoiding carmi d
food lacking potas ium and pre-
erved with alt.
Blac sh uld al 0 recognize a "
family history of diab t and b
aware of symptom in luding fre­
quent - urinati n, constant thirst
weight 10 , muscle weakn and
vi ion problems.
Hypertension usually caus no
obVIOUS symptoms and m� e ily go
undetected.
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BECOMING A FATHER
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MotMrs-to-�: Sha� this column
with tne expectant father.
Becomina a father' exciting, yet
\IDIII=ttJiI]' a. for . Although
y �
about th Ufe th t you
helped create. don· asham it
yo\1 also fed apprehensive about the
dr ic life ch that a baby will
bring. You may worry about your
bility to care for 81) infant. Or you
miaht wonder ho you will find
time in your hecti scheduJ to
pend time with your new son or
daughter. Many new parents
beeom alarmed bout their new
financial responsibiliti .
All of these concern lie quite
natural. But because there' no w y
to predict exactly what the new ex-
perience will be like, your t bet i
to put worries aside and focus on
leamin aU you can about pregnan­
cy and b by care.
Although men certainly have the
visible role in pregnancy, their
participation i important. Res ch
h hown that women who have
upportin partner seem to have
fewer problem during pregnancy.
You can help your partner by
under tanding the p ychological
and physical chan th t he' 0-
ins through and bein patient with
her need and mood .
Durin the first trim ter, nau
and vomitin (morning ickn are
common. Your partner may seem
more tired and moodier than u ual.
By the second trim er, the
oman' body h u uaUy adju ted
to the chang of pregnan y and the
begins to mooth out.
hape chan ,ho ever, your
sS
�lt't!1ltmlvle utth· .... ,.._
pdC)11IiJ'1I'8. mi8ht help put? oh
your partner at by listening to
her concern and by eli u in ho
you can h lp during the birth pro-
and after delivery.
Mo t fathers th days join th ir
partner in the delivery room. You
can prepare for the birth e perien e
by takin a childbirth cour f r
parents-to-be. You will learn what
to e pect during labor and d livery
well how you can help your
partner do rel tion and bre thin
exerci .
You can gain much
from bein involved wi h y ur
hildren right from the beginning.
h new e perience, from f lin
the baby' fir t kick throu h the
mother' abd men to puttin on the
fir t eli per, will put you cI r t
your child and m ke
comfortable in your n
role.
KIDNEY DISEASE GET THE FACTS
UNCONTROLLED HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE IS A LEADING
CAUSE OF KIDNEY
DISEASE
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