The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

personal attention 35 Union St. E., Waterloo N2J 1B8 Mutual Life of Canada D.A. Kurt Insurance Brokers ktd. 20 Ottawa St. North, Kitchener 744â€"8125 e Head Office: Marsland Centre, Watetloo, Ontario Telephone: 886â€"4610 Lutheran Life Insurance Society of Canada C ONTARIO BREWERIES Taste the difference quality makes Kitchener, Ontario Labatts ‘Maximum business 579â€"5440 e 30 30 @1 3o4 The Canadian Heart Foundation is a national fund raising cam paign conducted annually dunng the month of February which is Heart Month across Canada It s designed to raise urgently need ed funds to fight heart and blood vesse! disease which :s our number one health enemy and because the results to date justify further investment in this fight The Canadian Heart Fund campaign‘ is conducted in all ten provinces in Canada by thousands of volunteer canvassers going houseâ€"toâ€"house. contacting businesses and individuais. by mail and by special events conducted by supporting groups. during February Heart Month, but especially on Heart Sunday. February 13th When you are approached by a volunteer on Heart Sunday February 1 3th please give to the heart tund Your helpful dollars are very much appreciated Here is how your heart fund dollar is used What do you reaily know about Heart Attacks? What is Heart Sunday and the Canadian Heart Foundation? Usually when we speak of a hearl attack we mean a sudden mockmx of one of the arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood Although the heart attack is sudden it is the result of slow ly develaping atheroscierosis of the coronary artenes becomes roughened and narrowed by fatty deposits When this happens a blood clot (thrombus} may form in the narrowed artery and block the flow of blood to the part of the heart muscle suppled by the artery The result is heart attack which physicians may call coron ary thrombosis coronary occlusion or myorardial infarction FEBRUARY 13TH IS facts about Heart Disease Symptoms of Heart Attacks What do you really know about Strokes? deprived of blood and cannot heart disease is an ‘epidemic in Canada Of every two people who die every year from any cause known to man one dies of heart disease * 85 000 Canadians die yearly of heart and blood vessel diseases and strokes About fourth of them are under the age ‘of 65 there are an estimated 2 600 000 Canadians with some form of heart and blood vesse! disease many Canadians are crippled by strokes every year nearly 2 000 000 Canadians have high blood pressure and don 1 even know i1 because it has no symptoms Yet high blood pres sure is the major factor in causing heart attack and stroke heart disease causes premature death and disability babres are born yearly with heart defects most of these can be corrected by surgery y e es controlled by these cells cannot function either The results may be difficulty in speaking inabihity to welk or loss of memory The effect may be slight or severe permanent or temporary depending on which brain cells have been damaged how widespresd the damage is how effectively the body can repa« system of blood supply of how rapidiy other areas of brain tssue can (se over the work of the demaged cells it costs the Canadian economy 2 tillion dollars annually in lost wages and medical care reduce heart disease risk by keeping your weight down con trolling high blood pressure exercise regularly watch your diet and stop smoking! You !I fee! better and reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke a child‘s sore throat may be nothing to worry about or at might be a strep infection Without proper treatment it could lead to rheu matic fever and heart disease PLEASE GIVE TO THE CANADIAN HEART FUND TO HELP SAVE LIVES Prolonged heavy pressure ofr sqeezing pain in the cen chest behind the breastbone Pain may spread to the shoulder arm neck of jaw Pain or discomfort is often accompanied by sweating womiting. or shortness of breath may also occur Symptoms may subsde and then return HEART SUNDAY ACROSS CANADA 85,000 CANADIANS DIE YEARLY . OF HEART DISEASE The Wateriee Chronicle wishes to acknowledge and thamk the Canadian Neart foundation for information on Heart Dissase in the centre of the Nausea P 3P 1. Sudden temporary weakness or numbness of face arm or leg 2 Temporary loss of speech or trouble in speaking or understand ing speech 3. Temporary dimness or loss of vision particularly in one eye 4 Episodes of double vision § Unexplained dizziness headaches. etc in conjunction with other symptoms Act immediately when Heart attack or stroke symptoms OCcur Everyone needs blood pressure to move blood through the circulatory system Blood pressure is created by contractions of the heart muscle: which pumps the blood through the vessels and by the resistance of the artemal walls With each beat of the heart blood pressure goes up and down within a Iimited range When it goes up and stays up it is called high blood pressure also known as hypertension High blood pressure is a silent. mysterious tiller silent be cause it has no charactenstic symptoms. mysterious because in more than 90% of the cases the cause is unknown and there is no cure If hypertension is not controlled serious cardiovascular complications may result Hypertension affects nearly 2 000 000 Canadians arid in these persons the pressure puts an extra work load upon the heart which is responsible for the development of hypertension heart disease Symptoms of Strokes Ens Eooo ons Thare are several types of hypertension Some people suffer from occasional periods of elevated pressure some have sus tained but modest elevations of blood pressure sometimes (e ferred to as malignant hypertension Leading causes of death in Canada, 1976 Deaths due to major types of Heart Discsase Get to a hospital emergency room at once. if your doctor is not available Delay can be deadly Keep a list of emergency phone numbers near the telephone Decision to call for help is too important to leave to the patient alone !t is also the responsibility of the patients family: friends and associates to take action P Half of all heart attack deaths occur before the victim gets to the hospital & What do you really know about Hypertension? « Sunday, February 13th to heip us fight against heart diseases. Your contributions help to save many lives that are affected with some form of heart disease. A healthy heart is a family affair! «tamt & m0OD vesset Dese se Meart problems that remain uniess Heart Research 1 The prevention of | in younger people 2 The prevention of 3. The discovery of a 4 A cure for high bi Cenadians § The prevention of 6 Further reduction knowledge and its 7 EMective methods a 196 | 14 934 1501 [ won mooo rressuat 71 [ aneumanc neaet orsease 1509 BR a us ovien veanr oiseases Please contribute whatever you can to the The prevention of strokes The discovery of a vaccine to prevent rheumatic fever A cure for high blood pressure which affects nearly 2 milhon Cenadians The prevention of congem:al heart defects in newbon babies S Nome en o d on dn en ce hA Al ols dnc id ic c 20. s omana s Further reduction of the time lag between the discovery of new knowledge and its application to patients EfMective methods of mo(lvalvy Canadians to change thew liv ing habits to reduce the «sk heart attack The prevention of premature heart attacks which are 14% 23% ENE menn it NEDOIEE Romoaut Cancen accapents aesmaromy aul OTiR w uin w prsasts causes WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 increasing Dominion Life Pxif DOMINION Lift ASSURANCE COMPANY 168 King St. S. Waterioo 579â€"1860 1334 Weber St. E. Kitchener 1434363 1315 Bishop St. Cambridge 653â€"2031 14 Staniey St. Ayr 632â€"7901 THE EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA " Bringing Great Ideas To Life" Head Office Waterloo INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 194 King St. S. Waterioo Waterioo Credit Union *‘ westmount place ~_ pharmacy 886â€"7670 Open Daily 9 a m. â€" 10 p.m. Sundays & Holidays 11 a.m. â€" 9 p.m. C. W. Tweed & Son Ltd. Insurance (Since 1925) 744â€"7381 13 KING ST. N WATERLOO 886â€"2710 THE PROTECTORS â€" PAGE 17 0 a})0*‘~ 0 3( 307 AnptEs