Evening star., 1963-04-24
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
By Peter J. Steincrohn

In the following letCer you
will learn that it is not al
ways the young who are con-
cerned about the old; often
1t is vice versa:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
writing you because I am
worried about my daughter.
I am 81 and she is AZ, a
widow with no children. She
is a stenographer and a Sec
retary. She drives down every
two or three weeks, brings
me some favorite delicacy
and we have dinner together.
I am a widow, lost my hus-
band in 1852 and I live alone
in the country with my cat
and dog-never get lonely,
love to read and watch TV.
About four or five weeks
ago as my daughter got out
Of her car, I noticed the blood
rushed to her face, neck and
arms when she bent over to
pat the dog. She was very
red. When she Strengthened
UP she was all right. This
has happened a few times
since. Her hands and feet
are always cold las are
mine). To touch her hands
gives one a shock they are
so cold.
Please, DR.. Steincrohn, does
this indicate anything SER
iously wrong? I worry about
her. Although she is my own
daughter, I am not Dragging
when say she is one OF the
finest, most generous women
have ever known. She has al
ways been we'll and says she
feels so now, too. IN I worry
ing for nothing?-Mrs. H.
WISH all mother-daugh-
ter relationships were as ideal
as yours. You can be thank
full for such a fine daughter
and she can likewise give
blessings for having such a
mother. My guess is that you
have nothing to worry about;
but to make sure, your daugh-
ter should have a routine
physical, at least. Her cold
hands and abnormal blush
ing seem to fit in with an url-
stable sympathetic nervous
system (which is not a serious
condition. 1t is common.
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Dear DR.. Steincrohn: 1t has
been my experience that we
should begin to suspect any
theory when everybody Is
writing and talking about It.
I refer to the choleSterol
problem. First you hear that
cholesterol is definitely the
cause of atheroScleroSiS;
later I have been hearing
that doctors are not quite
so sure. Will you explain?
Mr.. S.
THE PENDULUM always
wings back to normal after
a while. 1t is true that even
now, many doctors are overly
cholesterol conscious. They
order strict diets for people
who are apparently healthy
to prevent" atheroSclerosiS
in the future. I think this
is going overheard in en-
thusiasm and zeal. There are
some of us who want more
definite proof before we go
about restricting healthy
peoples diets too rigidly.
For example, you may have
read some months ago that
one doctor advised that we
keep milk away from chill
dren; to prevent them from
getting coronary disease so
years later. I don't go along
with such theories. Rather,
I agree with DR.. William Os-
Ter, who said years ago land
I think he would repeat 1t
today: Man should 60 out
of this world as he came in
chiefly on milk"
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Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
son, in his middle 40s, is a
graduate of a fine university,
brilliant and successful as a
professional man. 1t is about
his personal habits that I
am concerned. He very sell
dom shaves or takes a bath.
He lives in absolute squalor
in a furnished room. He is
divorced. We raised him in
an immaculate home. What
is wrong?-Mr. x.
BRILLIANT OR NOT, I
think your boy is emotionally
Ill. You will be doing him
a favor by engaging a fami-
ly physician and a PSYCHE
artist. / think he needs help
as soon as you can get it
for him.
tBell-McClure Syndicate)
DR.. Steincrohn'S ledtlet,
"HoD to Overcome Obesity"
tDiH be mailed on receipt OF a
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for handling. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care OF The
Euening Star.