YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD SEPTEMBER is the month when the third common cold season opens. Colds come in waves, scientists have observed, with the crests of the waves occurring in...
...Medical authorities find that they do not even lessen the complications of colds except when given repeatedly over long periods of time...
...Commercial meat extracts are rich in both riboflavin and niacin...
...Colds come in waves, scientists have observed, with the crests of the waves occurring in the United States in January-February, April-May, and September-October...
...Keep away from the person who coughs or sneezes without holding a handkerchief in front of his face, and be sure you are not guilty of this germ-spreading practice...
...Whether they drink beer or not, the English get some riboflavin from their daily tea and Americans get some niacin from their daily coffee...
...It is largely a psycho-therapeutic method," he said, "in that the patient is educated to begin the use of his own muscles in the region of a fracture and is taught how to do it without pain or injury to himself...
...Certain personal hygiene measures should help you to avoid colds...
...Wilson continued...
...If you keep in good health, you should be able to get over a cold without trouble...
...The malt that goes into the beer contains large amounts of both vitamins which means, it is pointed out, that malt products may be of importance as ingredients of bread and breakfast foods...
...Both vitamins and vaccines have been widely heralded as preventives...
...Rehabilitating' Broken Bones CLEVELAND—The great contribution of this war to the treatment of broken bones will be functional rehabilitation, Dr...
...A cup would provide on the average about one-tenth of the daily recommended ration of riboflavin and seven of the 10 milligrams generally set as the minimum daily requirement of niacin...
...Beer, studies made in England showed, supplies riboflavin and niacin, the latter the pellagra-preventing vitamin...
...It may be pneumonia instead of a cold...
...A good diet is essential to health...
...When the present war began, methods of efficient treatment of shock and infection as well as of the broken bone were ready for use, Dr...
...Coffee, American scientists have reported, contains some niacin...
...Science Service Reports Vitamins In Tea, Coffee, Beer NEW YORK—Coffee, tea, beer, and beverages made from meat extracts can all contribute vitamins to the diet, it appears from studies summarized in the forthcoming issue of Nutrition Reviews...
...The amount in the average cup of coffee as dispensed in various restaurants is about one milligram, which is one-hundredth of the minimum daily requirement...
...A little over half a pint of one of the beers tested would furnish almost half the daily requirement of niacin and 15 to 30 per cent of the riboflavin...
...The last war, he pointed out, established the principle of skeletal traction as a permanent treatment for fractures of the shafts of the long bones...
...These include washing your hands before meals, using only your own towels and handkerchiefs, and being careful to use clean eating and drinking utensils, including the bathroom glass or cup...
...So far as the vitamins are concerned, a person who is not getting enough of them may have less resistance to colds and to other germ diseases...
...Cold vaccines have proved disappointing...
...As a result, lives have been saved and wounds healed quickly...
...Both are members of the vitamin B group...
...If you are eating enough of the right foods, however, extra vitamins probably will not help any in warding off colds...
...Edward Harlan Wilson, of Ohio State University Medical School, predicted at the meeting here of the American Congress of Physical Therapy...
...The consequence has been the fixation of interest on rehabilitation...
...W. H. Sebrell, of the U. S. Public Health Service, found that tea contains appreciable amounts .of riboflavin...
...The traction splints developed for this-purpose became familiar to many who took first aid courses at the beginning of the present war...
...Your doctor is also the best person to tell you about nose drops, cough medicines, and other measures for making you feel more comfortable while you have the cold...
...At present, no effective methods of preventing or curing colds are known...
...If you have a bad cold with fever, stay in bed and call a physician...
...Even if it is only a cold, your doctor will tell you that if it is severe enough to have raised your temperature, you should be in bed...
Vol. 8 • September 1944 • No. 38
