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THE DOCTOR SAYS
Acceptance Eases
Menopause Woes
By W. G. BRANDSTADT. M.D,
Written for
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
All life is change, but the
change of life that occurs in most:
women in their middle 40s is a
special kind of change. It is char
acterized by a gradual cessation
of the function of the ovaries.
As a result, there is a lengthen
ing of the time between men
strual periods and a shorten
ing of duration of periods.
Aside from that, many wom
en have no symptoms. Others
may have intermittent hot flush
es involving the head, neck, and
chest, with or without profuse
sweating.
I am frequently asked how
long these spells continue, and
can only say that every woman
is a law unto herself. In some,
they disappear In two or three
years, while in others they per
sist into the Jate 60s.
Such other symptoms as head'
ache,- dizziness, fatigue, joint1
pains, Irritability, and nervous!
tension are not due to the meno
pause. In some they may be a
natural part of aging, but the,
cause should be sought. When
found, it should be treated. Many
a woman who has shrugged off
one or more of these symptoms!
as due to the menopause has
cheated herself of relief.
I am often asked, "When, In
the menopausal period, does the
possibility of childboaring actual
ly end?" Tills is very hard to
determine. There arc occasional
freakish exceptions to the usual
rule that, when menstruation
ceases completely, chtldbearingl
Is no longer possible.
In most women in whom meno
pausal symptoms are fairly mild,
a sedative and sympathetic reas
surance by her doctor after a
thorough examination is all the
treatment required. A few worn'
cr. whose symptoms are extreme'
ly unpleasant may require some
replacement of the female hor-
mones for a while.
This form of treatment should
he given only if symptoms com
plained of are definitely due to
ovarian deficiency, and should
not be given until menstruation
has stopiwd completely. Further
mure, it should not be given to
any woman who has uterine fl
broids or endometriosis, al
though in such a woman male hor
mone may be beneficial.
Treatment with female hor
mones should nut lie continued
indefinitely. This only postpones
the inevitable adjustment the
body must make, and prolongs
duration of unpleasant symptoms
Although course of the meno
pause is fairly smooth in most
women, the symptoms are likely
to be more troublesome when the
ovarian function is interrupted
suddenly, as in those women who
have both ovaries removed usual
ly at the time the uterus is taken
out. Such women definitely need a
period of treatment with female
hormones.
tt is most Important to accept
calmly change of life. Most worn
en can achieve a greater serenity
after the menopause than they
have ever known. Just because
the body is aging is no reason
not to stay young in heart.
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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore.
Monday, April 13, 1963
Bodies Found
In Club Office
SALEM (UPD - The body of
a 30-year-old Salem divorcee and
her ex-husband's brother were
found in the business office of the
Salem Dodgers Baseball Club at
Waters Field Thursday. '
Police said it appeared t h c
deaths were a murder and
suicide.
The dead were Peggy Ann
Hammer and Harry Alfred Ham
mer, 37, of Salem.
Officers said the woman had
been shot at least twice with a
military automatic carbine. Ham
mer's body, with a bullet wound
in the head, was nearby.
Hammer was employed occas
ionally as a maintenance worker
at the park. Mrs. Hammer was
the secretary of the baseball club.
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SUBMARINE DEBRIS . A Nevy, court of investigation in Portsmouth, N.H., Friday
examined the first smell bits of debris, shown above, from the sunken submarine
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LONDON 'L'PI i Police using
baying hounds Saturday broke up
an attempt by hundreds ol Dan-
the-bomb demonstrators to force
their way into a top secret nucle-i
ar shelter for government ollices
The demonstrators broke oil
from an Easter ban-the-bomb pro'
cession by 10,000 persons trom
Aldermaston to London and turn
ed down a country lane into the
grounds of the alleged secret
iieadquarters.
The location of the underground
Iieadquarters was disclosed in a
crudely-printed pamphlet dis
tributed during the Aldermaston
march by a group calling itself
Spies for Peace.
The pamphlets said the location
was one of 12 top secret bomb
proof centers which would house
government of 1 ices in event ol a
nuclear attack.
The government has admitted
that the pamphlet contained con
siderable accurate secret informa
tion and ordered anyone possess
ing a copy to send it to Scotland
Yard. Newspapers were forbidden
under tlie Official Secrets Act
from publishing the contents.
In Duesseldorf. Germany, mean
while a group of British ban-the-
bomb demonstrators carrying out
a sitdown strike aboard a char
tered airliner grounded the plane
for the second day by refusing to
fasten their seatbelts. Under inter
national air regulations, planes
cannot take off until passengers
fasten the safety belts.
In the demonstration in Eng
land, police buses and black ma
rias waited in a nearby clearing
The 272-foot dome of the capitol
in Harrisburg, Pa., was patterned
after St. Peter's in Rome, ac
cording to Encyclopedia Britan-nica.
las lines of police halted the demon
stralors when they tried to climb
onto a boilerhouse.
One demonstrator dashed for
what appeared fo be an entrance
but was stopped by a police in
spector. Three policemen carried
the man away after a scuffle.
As demonstrators chanted "no
bases, no bombs," police brought
dogs to guard some of the build
ings. Others guarded a section of
the building that looked as if it
was near a tunnel.
After further scuffles and the
arrival of a new contingent of 30
police reinforcements, the demon
strators rejoined the Aldermaston
march.
Jeering demonstrators lined the
road shouting abuse at the police,
as they marched through. !
A girl from the ban-the-bomb
committee of 100, wearing blue
jeans and a duffle coat and with'
her eyes smeared with blue eyei
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