_ THE HERALD, Wednesday, October 20, 1974, PAGE B7 - Dental — topics HELP YouR ss! DENTIST HELP YOU ||: tu Dr. Lamb Jogging good for women, too G Dieters can substitute one small frankfurter roll for ona slice of braed. Each hes about 68 calories. wearing this one?" By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. DEAR DR. LAMB — I would like to know if jogging is a good recommended exer- cise for woman as well as men? A friend told me it wasn’ goad for women. DEAR READER — Jogg- - -ing, trotting, walking and such exercises are good for men and women of all ages if they are in good health. I can't im- agine why anyone would tell you jogging would be good for mien but not goad for women. The truth is that because women are less inclined to have heart and vascular dis- eases than men they have less dangers of getting lato trouble jogging than men do. Women are also less inclin- _ ad to-be competitive to the degree men are, That means they are more sensible about how they exercise. You won't find the majorily of women racing. the clock to better. their time every time they run. I think women are more inclined to jog or run for pleasure than they are for lhe score. The biggest danger in jogging is overdoing it before -you are trained to that level and irying to improve your life time. ; It’s the distance you jog ata comfortable rate, not. the speed, . Lhat really benelits your health. For more infor- mation on jogging and its rela- tion to health and dangers send 50 cents for The Health Letter, number 4-2, Jogging, Exertion, Sudden Death, Send a long, stamped, self- - addressed envelope for mail- ing. Address your letter tome in care-of this newspaper, P. O. Box 1551, Radio City Sta- tion, New York, NY 10019 DEAR DR. LAMB — Many members of my family have congenital polycystic kidneys. I cannot find any information on this disease. Can you help me? . : DEAR READER — This is a fairly rare disease. The This One? A heckler accused a well- : know politician of being two- faced: Without hesitation or change of expression, the litician calmly replied, *'! eave this to the audience, If" 1 had two [aces. would I be- * McNgILL the -Repyblican, figures vary but for about every 500 autopsies one case of cystic kidneys is found. Because of an inherited or developmental abnormality the kidney has a number of small rounded cysts in it. These are usually associated with enlarged kidneys. Sometimes these can be felt . on physical examinations, in other instances they are first noted by an X ray of the ab- domen. , When relatives are all carefully studied usually about half the relatives of a. patient with polycystic kidney also have the disease. How much treuble it causes really depends on how much damage there is to the kidneys. If there are a few small cysts and the condition is first observed in adult life. the outlook may be Fairly op- timistic, However, the more | cysts there are and the larger they are the more likely the kidney function will be im- paired early in life. These patients may have sudden painless bleeding in the urine or they may have high blood pressure and other evidence of impaired kidney function. The treatment really is medical in attempting to con- trol high blood pressure and provide general good health particularly protecting against infections. Interestingly enough restric- ting the salt in the diet isn’t particularly helpful in people with this problem. Some individuals with polycystic kidney disease also - have cysts of other organs in the body. But if general good health is present and the kidneys become sufficiently diseased that ‘they are not providing adequate function then such techniques as an ar- tificial kidney or even kidney transplants can be considered. (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. + Invitations Only One Democratic’ con- gressman told his Republi- can colleague. to go straight to hell. :"Thanks,”. replied ... “the Tirst time I've ever *: been invited to Democrat- ~ + jeheadquarters.” KLEMTU “that’s. 2. There have been more advances in dentistry in the last 40 years than during the © previous 400. -. Advancement is coming s0 rapidly and so great in volume that a dentist has difficulty in keeping abreast of the improvements. He must . study continuously. “When the dentist’s receptionist says, ‘‘The doctor is out of town for a week,’ he is often back in university learning the latest techniques and cramming them into his already busy schedule. Whole new concepts in dental practice have developed as a result of research, Emphasis today has shifted to preventive from the corrective or restorative dentistry approach. There is A great deal of concern about “baby”’ teeth and the role they have to play in the development of the per- manent teeth, Teeth are meant to last a lifetime. It’s archaid to think that most people are” supposed to lose their natural teeth by middle age and then wear artificial dentures. - Adding to the life ex- pectancy of teeth and other oral structures are ‘new methods and materials for filling teeth, treating gum diseases, intelligent use of antibiotics and a better understanding of the dental role of nutrition and vitamins. ~ , Use of fluorides, directly applied, in dietary sup- plements or in the com- munity’s drinking water supply, is a good way of fighting cavities. ' Although new advances have helped the dentist to help you, a large gap slill exists in bringing you “Into the picture. 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