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(NU) You have a headache?
Would you feel better knowing
you're not alone? According to the
Anacin Headache Pain Survey —
conducted recently among a cross-
section of 1,005 adults — at any
time, day or night, millions of Amer
icans are reaching for a headache
remedy.
Indeed, the Anacin Headache
Pain Survey revealed that headaches
are the most common cause of pain
among adults More than 70 percent
of adults — an estimated 140 mil
lion Americans — suffer from
headaches. That's more than any
other pain, including backaches, sore
muscles or joint pain
What do people think is the
most frequent cause of headaches?
Stress caused by problems at work
or at home, worries about money,
and poor health, according to the
survey.
While headaches can be debili
tating for anyone, the Anacin Sur
vey shows that women suffer
headaches more often than men.
They 're also more likely to say it's
difficult to accomplish daily activi
ties or concentrate on work w hen
they have a headache In fact, pro
jections based on the Anacin
Headache Pain Survey indicate that
in a single month, nearly seven mil
lion Americans missed at leas, one
day of work because of severe
headache pain, costing companies
over $500 million in lost productiv
ity in one month
I nproductive Days,
Sleepless Nights
According to the Anacin Survey,
some headache sufferers at times are
unable to sleep, work, enjoy favorite
pastimes, watch television or even
enjoy a meal because of severe
headaches. When people have
headaches, they're usually irritable,
have minimal patience and general
ly avoid dealing with other people.
Things may be made worse as a re
sult of the trouble they have sleep
ing w ith a headache.
Anacin is a registered trademark
o f American Home Products.
31, 1994 •
T he P ortland O bserver
New Book Looks Inside Instant Hot Water Dispenser
The Lawyer’s Bag of Tricks
News USA
(NU) - Do you feel like you need
a good lawyer to help you deal with
your lawyer? She could be waiting
at a supermarket nearby.
Joan Wenner, J.D., a freelance
w riter, has spent more than 10 years
as a legal-profession insider. Some
times, it's been a shocking experi
ence. In her new book, "Outwitting
Your Attorney: How to Detect and
Avoid Legal Sharks' |$7.97,
Analemina House), she reveals the
tricks unethical attorneys use to
overcharge clients.
W enner says
there are lots of
h a r d -w o rk in g ,
ethical lawyers who
w ouldn't dream of
padding their cli
en ts' bills. It's the
other ones you have
to watch out for, and
in her book, she tells
you how.
Here are some of her tips:
• Know Thy Lawyer: Keep in
touch. If you put your case in your
lawyer's hands and leave it there un
attended, it could be shuffled to the
bottom o f the pile.
But don’t be a pest, either. The
best route is to travel the middle
ground.
• Put It In Writing: If your
lawyer isn’t returning your tele
phone calls, write a letter requesting
an update on your case within 10
days of receipt of the letter. Keep it
brief, and send it certified mail. And
make a copy for your own records.
• Keep Records: Start a “home
file" o f docum ents pertaining to
your case.
• Don’t Be Shy: If your case is
progressing slowly, don't hesitate to
ask why. And ask to see your records.
Look for copies of correspondence,
long distance phone
records and the "ac
tivity record,” which
shows work on your
case in chronological
order. While you're
at it, make copies for
your home file.
• C o n tin g e n c y
Fees. Watch for bo
gus expenses or overcharging on le
gitimate ones. The key is tracking all
expenses to be deducted from your
final recovery.
• W ho’s The Lawyer: If you're
being billed for a senior law yer’s
time, make sure a law clerk or para
legal isn’t doing most of the work.
W enner’s book is available
through Analemm a House Dept.
NU, Box 12382, Lake Park. FL
33403.
cocoa or soup. It also speeds the
preparation of foods such as pastas,
rice and potatoes. The Instant-Hot
Water Dispenser provides up to 60
cups of hot water per hour, and fea
tures an anti-liming system that al
lows it to be used in areas with hard,
soft, city or well water.
For further information, see your
KitchenAid dealer or call toll-free
1 800 422 1230.
The Instant-Hot® Water Dispenser
from KitchenAid is a practical luxury
appropriate for any kitchen. And now,
this handy helper lends an additional
touch of class to the kitchen when
consumers select new renditions in
white and almond.
In any color, the KitchenAid hot
water dispenser provides instant 190-
degree F. water at a turn of the cap,
for a quick steaming cup of coffee,
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A t I ssue
Gun Control From
Police Point of View
By James J. Fotis
M edical A lert
Speaking Up
For Seniors
By Calvin
(NU) - More than one-third of all
prescriptions are purchased by se
nior citizens. Nearly half of the el
derly, however, do not have pre
scription drug coverage.
If you are a senior citizen, or
know someone who is, you may want
to learn more about the prescription
drug benefit included in President
Clinton's Health Security Act.
Com munity retail pharmacists
across the United States have been
working with President Clinton to
ensure that the final bill covers pre
scription drugs
and pharmacy Guest
services. The Commentary
proposed legis
lation would guarantee that senior
citizens would never again have to
choose between buying food or pay
ing for life-sustaining medications.
T ig h t B u d g e ts
Most senior citizens live on a
tight budget. Yet. those who cur
rently have Medigap health insur
ance coverage must meet a d e
ductible of $250, make copayments
equal to 50 percent of the cost of the
medication, plus pay a yearly fee of
$360.
Under President Clinton's pro
posed drug benefit, the copayment
is reduced to just 20 percent of cost
and the yearly fee is only $ 132. This
means that if a senior citizen spends
just $500 per year on medication,
Clinton's Health Security Act will
save him or her more than $300 per
year. The president's plan also in
cludes home-based, long-term care
for the elderly.
Beyond monetary concerns,
however, many seniors are unhappy
Anthony
that their insurance companies are
limiting the pharmacies and physi
cian offices they may visit. Senior
citizens deserve to choose who dis
penses their medications, checks for
possible drug or food interactions,
and monitors their care.
Many insurance programs now
limit consumer choice. Some even
require that m edications be pur
chased through unregulated m ail
order companies. It is critical that
senior citizens keep their right to
decide how and from whom they
will receive health services.
W h a t Y ou C a n D o
Senior citizens and their friends
and family have the power to help
ensure that health care reform leg
islation covers every American.
They can fight for prescription drug
coverage, and they can rally for
long-term care benefits.
National and local newspapers are
interested in real life stories. Let them
know you want permanent health
care coverage, including a prescrip
tion drug and pharmacy services ben
efit that won't bankrupt you.
Contact your local radio talk show
as well. And don't forget to write or
fax your congressional representa
tives. Hand address your letter to The
Honorable (name of representative),
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC 20515. For U.S.
senators, the address is: The Honor
able (name of senator). Washington.
DC 20510.
Calvin Anthony is president o f
NARf). the national association rep
resenting independent retail phar
macy.
(NU) - Rank and file law en
forcement’s view of gun control is
quite different from that of certain
high-profile politicians and big city
chiefs. We do not want the people
we deal with day in and day out —
crim inals — carrying guns. But
these people are not your neighbors
or mine. They are thugs who take,
often by violent force, what belongs
to other people. They are predators
who prey on innocent victims be
cause they place no value on human
life.
Politicians who favor more re
strictive firearm _____________ _
laws think they Guest
are doing law Commentary
enforcem ent a
favor. They're
not. Their vision is focused on the
gun. Ours is on the criminal hold
ing the gun.
Num erous experim ents in the
United States and elsewhere have
conclusively proven that no gun con
trol legislation has ever reduced the
incidence of violent crime when
compared to sim ilar communities
without such legislation.
Since 1968, it has been a viola
tion of federal law for a felon, a fugi
tive, a person adjudicated to be men
tally incompetent, an illegal alien, a
person dishonorably discharged
from the military, a person who has
renounced his citizenship or an in
dicted person to have possession of
a firearm.
It has also been a violation of fed
eral law to sell a firearm to any per
son unlawfully using drugs, any per
son under the age of 18 years, any
person living in a state other than the
residence of the seller, or to sell any
handgun or ammunition to a person
under 21 years of age. Twenty-two
thousand additional gun control laws,
on national, state and local levels,
cover a multitude of other situations.
W h o A re L a w s fo r ?
If we start with the general pop
ulation and subtract all those who
may not legally possess or purchase
a firearm, only law-abiding citizens
are left. Any additional gun control
legislation must, therefore, be either
redundant or directed at the law-
abiding citizen.
If newly proposed laws are re
dundant, then our legislators are
shamefully wasting our tax money.
If they are directed at law-abiding
citizens, we must surely ask what
m otivates a legislator to support
laws intended to disarm potential
victims.
We must bring the full burden
of our existing laws to bear on armed
criminals. We must lock up violent,
gun-wielding criminals for long pe
riods of time, and make life in prison
tougher than life outside.
Until we put real punishm ent
back into the criminal justice sys
tem, crim inals will still sneer at
whatever gun control laws are
passed, and will continue to murder,
rape, rob and assault ever-increas
ing numbers of innocent victims.
That is one point all cops agree
on.
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