Evening star., 1960-10-24

is situated in an area Of
heavy traffic. One hundred
and fourteen patients were
questioned. Half Of the
patients did not complain at
all. The other half said that
hospital noises disturbed
them.
Patients with noisy home
surrounding complained less
than those who came from
quiet homes. Patients under
81 and over IS complained
more than the others. And
it is surprising that those in
single rooms complained
more than patients in large
wards.
About half the disturbing
noises were made by people
who were talking, snoring,
shouting-especially at night
and in early morning.
Twenty-Five per cent Of
the noises were due to bells,
buzzers, elevator gates, scrap
ing Of chairs and tables,
clanking of bed pans, and
dropping of things on floors.
Twenty-Five per cent was
due to traffic noise.
AS many patients say after
a long hospital stay: There's
no place like home.
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Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
in my fortieS. a fairly hard
working businessman, and
am worried about a blood
cholesterol reading of $50
and over. My doctor has me
on a low cholesterol diet. I
am concerned about develop
ing what they call athero-
sclerosis of my coronary or
brain arteries. Is there any
thing new in the choleSterol
problem? Mr.. T, Miami, Fla.
THERE'S NOTHING new.
We are still as confused as
ever regarding the real cause
Cor causes) of atheroscleroSis
(arterioSclerotic changes in
the smaller arteries of the
body.
Heredity, stress, over-or-
under exercise, cigarette
smoking. obesity, emotional
binges, high choleSterol blood
serum levels: These are the
prominent culpritS we sus-
pect. Either Singly, or in
maurauding groups.
AS for your concern about
your high cholesterol levels,
Mr.. T., I wish I could be
specific. I go along with most
of the doctors who believe
that a patient with a high
cholesterol should reduce Cif
overweight and cut down on
his cholesterol high foods
Clike fatty meats. creams,
butter, etc..
But I am also aware that
there's more to cholesterol
excess than that. We know
that large amounts of cho-
lesterol are formed in the
body irrespective of our diets.
I have seen many patients
with cholesterol readings over
300 go along into old age
without having a coronary
attack or cerebral throm-
bosis (shock). A recent study
bears out my personal expe-
rience in practice.
Three Canadian doctors
did a choleSterol study on
800 patients in an Ontario
veterans hospital. They made
this notation: THE results
lend little support to the
contention that the severity
of atherosclerosis is related
to the level of serum choles-
terol. except perhaps, when
it exceeds 300 ing. per cent.
In So cases in the age
group 5000 years, significant
relationships between the
level Of serum cholesterol
and the severity of disease
were found only once in 40
statistical analyses, and the
complications of atheroscle-
rosiS were just as frequent
in cases with low serum cho-
leSterol levels Q50-199 mig.
per cent? as in cases with
moderately high ones (25O-
299 ing. per cent?.
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DR.. Steincrohn'S leufet.
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