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T^E BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1977 Page 3 igh blood pressure surveyed United Press International KANSAS CITY — A number of nericans of all ages suffer from jfh blood pressure but don’t know jlf unfound and untreated, high pressure, also called hyper- sion, can lead to strokes, heart acks and other serious problems. |A recent public screening pro- m, conducted by University of jisas Medical Center’s Depart- ^nt of Community Health, under- ed the extent of the problem. 8Doctors set up a booth at the frown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., and checked the blood pres- d l pire of people walking by. Of the 440 ere:Arsons who volunteered, 98 — al- ist one in four — had abnormally h blood pressure. Only two of ngtoBery 10 who had high blood pres- etlkjure knew it. Ilhe exhibition also showed that ngtoBgh blood pressure is not limited to attafte middle-aged and the elderly. bittern ty . b real I isons nbeJ Four of the high blood pressure group were teenagers, 20 were in their 20s, and 17 in their 30s. The American Heart Association estimates that nationally, 23 million adults suffer from some degree of hypertension and 10 million of those are unaware of it. Dr. Larry Baker, assistant profes sor of community health at Kansas University, said those who had high blood pressure in the public screen ing were urged to go to their private physicians and have it checked again. “One abnormal reading doesn’t mean they have hypertension,’’ Baker said, “it needs to be documented by their own doctors. A lot is known about the disease: who has a good chance of developing it and how it can be treated before it becomes a serious heart problem. But the cause of most hypertension. Baker said, is “idiopathic, meaning we don’t know the cause.’’ exas industrial arts \roup to meet at Ai?M isfra id COE anbtl ort [ inal)lfl^ ore t * lan industrial arts poiyjpichers and members of the Texas ling. Idustrial Arts Association will con- re i«# r S e on Texas A&M University rlyJfeb. 24-26 for their annual state an jjjleeti n g and teacher conference. Featured speaker at the assembly be Dr. Walter C. Brown, as- iciate director of Arizona State iversity’s division of technology Id past president of the American Industrial Arts Association. His public presentation is at 7 Feb. 25. A consulting editor for Good- art-Willcox Technical Publishers, own just served two years as pres-: :nt of the American Council on lustrial Arts Teacher Education d was the 1976 winner of the location Exhibitors Association Rstinguished Service Award. iBrown’s topic will be “Pursuit of Excellence in Industrial Arts: Teaching Technology for the Fu ture.” Other conference highlights in clude a Feb. 26 awards luncheon at which outstanding teaching and dis tinguished service are recognized. Small group meetings will allow members to attend four of six con current sessions dealing with the industrial members to attend four of six concurrent sessions dealing with industrial arts curriculum. Forty commercial exhibitors will also set up displays in Rudder To wer. The conference will also include business meetings of the TIAA, TIA Student Association, Texas Col legiate IAA, Texas Council of Indus trial Arts Supervisors and Texas Council on Industrial Arts Teacher Education. Itudents to apply after mid-term $200 in loans available to seniors at 5% interest Loans for up to $200 will be avail- !e to graduating seniors a week fore graduation, said Alvin Bor- mn of the Student Financial Aid fice. The loans are for students who have financial problems after aduation. Applicants must com- ;te forms, give the name and ad- ess of their employer after gradu- onand give an estimated income. The applicants are also inter- wed by Bormann, director of the locating loan program, and,b “Of those applying, 99.9 per cent be granted a loan,” Bormann orgottei was) The short-term loans must be paid within 12 months at five per cent interest. However, there is no fixed payment date each month or determined amount for each pay ment. Other loan companies in Bryan- College Station charge at least ten per cent interest or require the ap plicant to be employed at the time they request a loan. ‘We will grant a loan to anyone unless they have a bad credit rating and as long as we have sufficient funds,” Bormann said. Applications will be ready in the YMCA 303 after mid-term or as soon as the registrar has completed a graduation roster. —Cindy Jacobson year 5 game' 1 : first® There headhunter/ L i D 601 sulphur springs road 822-2225 “A Hairstyle For Your Lifestyle” Gallery Datsun Your New Good Times Van Dealer .... Gallery Datsun, Inc. The risk of hypertension is related to family history: if an uncle or a parent, especially both parents, have high blood pressure, the chance of developing it is much higher. But Baker emphasized that does not mean the disease is inher ited through the genes; medical re searchers simply don’t know. Risk rises steadily with age and also rises if you put on weight, even if you are thin as a rail while in your teens and only put on 20 pounds in middle age. “Both those who are lean in youth and those obese in youth, the greater the weight gain in middle age, the more the tendency to high blood pressure,” Baker said. Correspondingly, one of the most effective cures is to lose weight. Sex and race also make a differ- jmmmmmsm , n ence, especially race. Males have a slightly higher risk than females, and blacks have about twice the risk as whites. Baker said hypertension in blacks also tends to be more severe. A recent national health survey provided an illustration. For the 25-34 age group, 3.7 per cent of the white males tested had high blood pressure and 2.3 per cent of the white females had it. Dedication ceremonies held for new Center LUBBOCK (UPI) — Newsman Hughes Rudd will keynote the ded ication ceremonies for the city’s new $14 million Memorial Civic Center March 3. 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