The Sachse Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 14, 1990 Page: 15 of 16
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You can travel, even
with heart problems
Codes, mazes and
word games
Should heart problems or other
health concerns deny you the joy
of travel?
No way, says Dr. Edwin Olson,
associate professor of medicine at
the University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center in Oklaho-
ma City.
"Mature adults with heart prob-
lems can enjoy vacations as much
as those who are not sick, provid-
;_ed they take certain precautions,
v "If you have a problem while
traveling, health personnel need
information, and you can plan to
have it all available if such is
needed."
Olson lists the following recom-
mendations, valid both for heart
patients and any mature adult
with an illness:
•Compile an accurate list of all
prescription and over-the-counter
medications you are taking.
• Research prior to travel where
to get access to emergency care in
the planned vacation area.
• List the names and home and
office phone numbers of your phy-
sicians. If you have been in a hos-
pital, list that information, also.
• Obtain a summary letter from
your physician outlining past
treatments and any present diag-
nosis.
•Take along an adequate supply
of medication; refills may be diffi-
cult to get away from home. To be
even safer, also have prescriptions
with you.
• Make up a packet of common
medications you might need, such
as antacids, aspirin or an aspirin
substitute, anti-fever medicine
and something for nausea. Ask
your physician for recommenda-
tions.
• Plan your trip considering the
elevation of places to be visited.
By Leonard J. Hansen
Copley News Service
Oxygen concentration is less at
higher elevations, so if this may
cause problems adjust your trip
planning or slow down the pace of
activities in such areas.
Travel is a grand adventure for
most mature adults. This opportu-
nity may still be open to you if you
have a health condition — when
you plan and provide well in ad-
vance for any possible eventuali-
ty
Mainly
for Seniors
ABOUT SEA OR
MOTION SICKNESS
Most mature travelers can now
say farewell to sea or motion sick-
ness by using a dime-size medicat-
ed adhesive patch - the Transderm
Scop — to introduce medication
into the bloodstream easily, con-
tinuously and effectively.
The patch is worn behind the
ear, according to Dr. Kenneth
Dardick of Storrs, Conn., an expert
on travel medicine, and can be ef-
fective from one to three days.
An advance visit to a physician
is necessary for counsel and possi-
ble prescription.
HILTON EXPANDS
SENIORS PROGRAMS
Hilton Hotels Corp. has expand-
ed benefits in its Senior HHonors
travel program, now offering
room discounts of up to 50 percent
at 310 of its hotels worldwide. Sen-
lor HHonors is a membership dto-
Chapman's
Restaurant
HIGHWAY 78 - WYLIE
"Serving You is Our Pleasure"
Carry Out Orders
Welcome
-ft FRIDAY SPECIAL
All the Catfish
You Can Eaf $7.25
gram open to adults age 60 and
over for an annual domestic mem-
bership fee of $25 or $50 for world-
wide coverage.
Two-hundred-forty Hilton res-
taurants also offer 20 percent dis-
counts on dinners for two to pro-
gram members.
Information on the Senior HHo-
nors program is available at (213)
205-4017
UNDERSTANDING
THE NATIVES
Most travelers make mistakes
when visiting foreign shores be-
cause they have not studied in ad-
vance about cultures, history, ta-
boos and graces integral to the
particular country.
The library, of course, will have
a selection of books on the subject
and the traveler will enhance his
or her own travel adventure by
advance study on each area or
country to be visited.
One shortcut to learning is the
"Culturgram" series produced by
the David M. Kennedy Center For
International Studies at Brigham
Young University.
Price for each Culturgram is
only 50 cents, postpaid. Buy all 90
reports for $30.
Send your request with the
name of the countries for which
you want Culturgrams, with your
payment to: Publication Services,
David M. Kennedy Center for In-
ternational Studies, Brigham
Young University, 280 HRCB,
Provo, UT 84602.
Copley News Service
Games Magazine
CODES, CIPHERS
AND SECRET LANGUAGES
By Fred B. Wrixon, Bonan-
za/Crown, $7.99.
This absorbing volume traces
the history of cryptography from
ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to
the American encryption devices
stolen by the Russian spy John
Walker in 1984.
Along the way are discussions
of Morse Code, semaphore,
Braille, sign language and artifi-
cial languages (like Esperanto).
Numerous anecdotes describe how
and why spies developed various
codes, and a "Cryptanalyst's
Chamber" at the end of each sec-
tion lets the reader try to solve
assorted ciphers on his or her own.
Book / Game
Reviews
DIMENSIONAL MAZES
By David Pelham, Viking, $14.95.
"Dimensional Mazes" includes
only five puzzles, but what chal-
lenging, brain-bending puzzles
they are!
Each two-page spread in this
book pops up to form a three-di-
mensional, color maze. The mazes
involve tantalizing tricks, devious
dead-ends and, in some cases,
movable flaps that let you change
the structure of the maze.
BRAINSTORMS
(Real Puzzles for the Real Genius)
By Don Rubin, Harper & Row,
$5.95.
"Brainstorms" is the latest col-
lection of visual teasers from Don
Rubin's weekly syndicated col-
umn, "The Real Puzzle." Like
Rubin's previous volumes, it's
lively mix of trivia, mazes, eye-
teasers, time-sequence puzzles
and more
Some of the problems can be
solved in minutes, while others
will have you scratching your
head for days. Drawing from
every aspect of popular culture
(TV shows, sports, architecture,
corporate logos and more) Rubin's
puzzles are some of the most di-
verse and imaginative around.
DUR-ACROSTICS SERIES NO. 4
By Charles A. Duerr, Simon &
Schuster, $7.95
Double-crostic fans in search of
real brain-benders need look no
further than 1989's three volumes
of Dur-Acrostics, a series
launched in 1988.
Duerr's puzzles are some of the
most demanding we've ever seen,
filled with esoteric yet interesting
trivia. Finishing even one without
diving into the encyclopedia is an
accomplishment in it itself, but
the payoff — intriguing, amusing
quotations from a rich variety of
sources — makes the effort
worthwhile.
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