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Myths on pet
health untrue
United Press International
ATLANTA — If a dog’s nose
is cold, it doesn’t necessarily
mean it’s healthy. Animals do
not heal themselves by licking
their wounds, and a dog’s ton
gue is not sterile.
These are among myths
many pet owners cherish about
their animals, says Dr. Paul C.
Glouton, a veterinarian in near
by Lilburn, Ga., and a spokes
man for the American Animal
Hospital Association.
The myth that a dog’s tongue
is sterile is an untrue variation
on the wound-licking idea,
Glouton said.
The tale about cats always
landing on their feet “is a vicious
rumor that undoubtedly has
brought misery to many cats.”
Another myth involves bones
being good for dogs.
Some are amusing, said
Glouton, but others can lead to
incorrect decisions about pet
care or delays in making the
right decision.
“Wrong,” Glouton said.
“Bones can cause a lot of prob
lems for dogs, such as constipa
tion, impaction of the intestine
and laceration of the intestinal
walls.”
Glouton said the myth that a
cold nose means a healthy dog is
a persistent prognosis of
amateurs. Some dogs with a cold
nose may have pneumonia and a
temperature of 105 degrees, he
said.
Glouton said the notion is
wrong that declawing a cat is
cruel and inhumane.
“Dogs and cats also get much
more credit for healing them
selves than they deserve,” the vet
said. “Licking can actually slow
down the healing process and
cause further damage to the
wound unless the licking is
stopped.”
Declawing a cat usually in
volves only the nails on the front
feet, he said. Surgery is per
formed under general anesthe
tic “and there is no real discom
fort to the cat.
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“The cat can lead a normal
life, even outside, and defend
itself with its major weapons —
back feet and teeth.”
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Diet not linked to hyperactivity
United Press International
CHICAGO — The additive-
free diet — once hailed as a
breakthrough in curing hyper
active children — has no effect
on the behavioral disorder, says
a team of university medical re
searchers.
In an article in the August
issue of the Journal of The
American Dietetic Association,
Drs. Morris A. Lipton and James
P. Mayo refute the theory that
proponents once said could cure
up to 75 percent of the children
afflicted with hyperactivity.
Their conclusions are based
on tests conducted with 190
hyperactive children. The
physicians said only three be
came more unruly while on a
diet of food containing addi
tives.
In a reverse test of 40 chil
dren on an additive-free diet,
they found “clinically insignifi
cant” improvements in the
hyperactivity.
The regime recommended in
1973 by the late Dr. Ben Feing-
old triggered drastic changes in
the dietary habits of families
with hyperactive children by di
rectly linking the behavior prob
lems to the ingestion of food
additives, particularly food
dyes.
It’s a futile attempt for a cure,
said the physicians from the
Biological Science Research
Center at the University of
North Carolina’s School of
Medicine.
They said the success rate was
1.5 percent, at most.
“The behavioral changes we
note have nothing to do with the
additives,” Lipton said. “If there
was any improvement at all, it
may be attributed to the shift of
the family focus on the child
who caused changes in the way
the entire family ate. It’s purely
psychological.”
The tests used foods with and
without additives under double
blind conditions. Neither the
children, the parents nor the re
searchers knew at what point the
subjects were eating additive-
free food until after their be
havior was recorded.
Feingold’s theory was based
on his observations of patients
following the additive-free diet,
Lipton said, adding that Feing-
old did not conduct clinical stu
dies.
“The dramatic improvement
described by Feingold was never
found,” Lipton and Mayo write.
Prevent car
stereo theft
by taking time
United Press International
NEW YORK — One way to
protect a car stereo from theft is
to increase the time a rip-off
artist needs to remove the equip
ment.
That may lead a thief to move
on to an easier target, says Nan
cy Golonka, director of consum
er affairs for the Insurance In
formation Institute.
As sales of expensive car
stereo systems have increased,
along with their prices, so has
the incidence of theft.
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thefts for the period rose 2 per
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of State Farm Insurance, of
Bloomington, Ill., said partial
thefts involve stealing of such
items as wheel covers and car
stereos. He said random surveys
show about half the reported
partial thefts involved radio
tape player and stereo systems.
The situation has created a
market for anti-theft devices
such as a special decoy to make a
stereo system look like an inex
pensive AM-FM radio.
Car stereo prices ranging
from $350 to $ 1,000 are only the
tip of the iceberg. A thief can do
$2,000 worth of damage to the
dashboard in removing the
equipment, Golonka says.
Precautions to protect the
costly equipment may also pre
vent car theft, she adds.
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MOLINE, Ill. — Without
leaving her sewing machine,
Effie Hutchins has taught sex
education and personal hygiene
to youths across the United
States and now is beginning to
help young rape victims.
The 85-year-old Tulsa,
Okla., woman is the creator of
Effie Dolls — stuffed male and
female rag dolls made of soft
cloth that are realistic right
down to their private parts and
personal hygiene accoutre
ments.
“They’re using them in rape
cases and to show how to take
care of themselves and change a
sanitary belt —just about any
thing you can think of,” Hutch
ins said.
She began her dollmaking
business when her niece, Orieda
Anderson, was teaching sex
education to mentally retarded
children.
“I needed sex education dolls
and asked her to make a set with
genitals,” Anderson said.
The dolls are used by instruc
tors in family planning centers,
by teachers in regular clas
srooms and in classes for the
handicapped.
The niece said sex education
is much simpler and more easily
understood with the dolls.
“If this happens,” she tells
students, holding the male and
female dolls together intimately,
“this will happen” she says, pull
ing the baby out from the pre
gnant temale doll.
Most recently, the dolls have
been used in court cases involv
ing battered spouses, rape vic
tims and abused children.
Anderson said the dolls also
are a great help to people who
lack language skills or are too
traumatized to talk about their
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