The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-02
YOUR
HEALTH
BY
Medical Advisory Beard
Health and Hygiene

II GHAAh AMI NJ OAENE Will %
the name of the Medical Advisory
Boards magazine. The name was
suggested by M. W. of New York
City and Mrs. I, @. of Cincinnati,
Ohio. The name Health and Hygiene
was chosen from the more than a
hundred suggestions because it best
represented, in the minds Of the
judges Of the name choosing con~
test, the purposes of the magazine.
When the Medical Advisory Board
first began to conduct this column
in August 1884, the board was COM
posed Of tWenty-one doctors and
dentists, all experts in their field of
medicine, who were ready to give
medical information through the
column and through letters to work.
ers. Since that day in August, the
work Of the board has increased
many times over. Instead of twenty
one doctors, we are now ffty-two,
the number Of questions coming in
averages more than a hundred a
week, the number of topics covered
by the answers includes almost
every branch of medicine.
At the same time, the work of the
board can be even greater. We have
been hampered by lack of space, but
we have been especially held back
from giving fuller and more COM
plete health information because
the questions and answers almost
invariably deal with individual
cases.
The need for health education,
for information on the prevention
and cure of disease, the need for
exposure Of fake medical practices
and harmful patent medicines, these
needs can hardly be filled in the
column. Many letters which we re-
ceived, asking for more information,
telling us of the help our column
was and suggesting that we broaden
this service to the workers, all led
us to the conclusion that this need
for adequate health information
and education could only be filed
through the publication of maga-
zine.
IN January 18th, we announced
" our intention to publish this
magazine, asked for subscribers and
for suggestions for the name. In
less than Is days, we received more
than a hundred suggestions for
names and the subscriptions have
been coming in at an ever greater
rate so that the number of subscrip-
lions received each day has in
creased from four on the second
day after the first announcement
to moer than a 20 day. This re-
Spouse has confirmed our opinion
that the magazine was needed and
wanted, 1t has encouraged us in
planning the first issue which will
appear on or around March 18th.
As an Indication of the policy Of
the magazine, four of the articles
in the first issue will be: "Presi-
dent Roosevelt Speaks on Health"
an analysis of the Roosevelt policy
towards health and the need for
workers health insurance: what
Diet is Best for Relief Workers."
an article in which the specialist
on nutrition and vitamins will list
the best diets for a worker who
earns less than S12 a week and
must support family of three;
rs the Safe Period Safer" an
article which deals with the birth
control advice given by the Cath
Ole Church, which examines that
advice from a medical point Of
view; How to Care for the Skin"
an article which gives information
on facial beauty. In addition, there
will be articles on pyOrrhea, on
the digestive system, and an
article telling what happens to a
worker who gets sick In the Soviet
Union, describing the actual opera
ton of the public health system
In the Soviet Union.
The magazine has a great Job to
do. It will give information neces-
sary for workers, it will help in
dividual workers with their health
problems, and 1t will, we hope, be an
organizer in the fight for workers
health insurance, for better clinics
for workers, for better health for
workers. The job Is a two-fold one.
We will get out the magazine, write
the articles, you who read this cole
umn will have to support us.
You can help by subscribing and
by getting others to subscribe.
Until March 18th, there Is a spec
cial advance subscription rate Of
SLIGO year. After March 18th, the
regular rates will be in effect. The
regular rates will be S1.5O a year,
80 cents a half year, 40 cents for
months. Single copies will be Is
cents. Take advantage of the spe-
cial advance subscription offer.
Help us in our job of bringing real
health information to the workers.