I MN @ De D9 J. A »& DP ® oO The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 11, 1998 5 POST PHOTOS/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Reading made easy . . and inexpensive The "Slightly Read Bookshop" at the Back Mountain Memorial Library is officially open, thanks to financial and elbow grease support from the community. Located in the basement of the new wing, the store is filled with hard cover and paperback books culled from the library's collection or donated by members of the public. In photo below, volunteers who helped sort and shelve books took a break for a photo. From left, Valerie Williams, Christina Royer, Mike Milunic, Nick Long and Matt McMahon. Adult volunteers Edwin Johnson and Jo Besecker took a well- deserved rest also, lower left photo. At left, Paul Rodda and Ruth Tetschner posed beneath the sign that Rodda designed and had built with funds donated by the Dallas Rotary Club. The store is open Wednesdays from 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Poll finds women are more savvy than men about health By DR. JOANNA CAIN Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology Penn State College of Medicine 1 Socrates said, “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” When it comes to information about human health, women know plenty, according to a na- tionwide New York Times/CBS poll. Men, however, often can’t tell one end of a thermometer from the other. They are dolts. Sorry, guys. Why are women so savvy on matters of health? Probably because (1) they are the chief medical practitioners in their families, and (2) they are more likely to report their own medical problems to physicians. When the typical American woman has a medical problem, she does not attempt to remedy it until she has spoken with her physician and conducted her own research into the problem, the poll found. Most American women, too, get regular check-ups and try to avoid bad lifestyle habits such as smoking and inactivity. In addition, American women have pointed opinions about how doctors should treat patients. In particular, they say, physicians should: ’_ Listen attentively. That means sitting down with the patient one on one and allowing her or him to report all symptoms and com- plaints. - Communicate in an honest, straightforward manner. That means informing the patient about all diagnostic and treatment op- tions, all side effects, all risks. - Use understandable language (without condescending). That means talking in a friendly way across the backyard fence, in plain English. - Pay just as much attention to women’s problems as to men’s. (Many women polled believe that physicians don’t take women’s problems as seriously as men’s problems.) Although the poll found that women focus on their health more often than men, women cope bet- ter with pain and other symptoms of a medical problem. What does all of that informa- tion mean? What should be the response to it? Probably it would be a good idea toresearch this issue further Dr. James Kliamovich ¢ Therapy Modalities 4 All Treatment Rooms With Complete Privacy ¢ Musculo-Skeletal Rehabilitation Sweet Valley Chiropractic introduces New Doctor OPEN HOUSE November 21st & 28th 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. of all ages » Meet the Doctor * Free Consultation FREE Massage * Refreshments and Snack » Message Therapist * Now Accepting New Patients so that everyone - doctor and patients alike - have more scien- tific results to act upon. But, in the meantime, it would be a good idea if physicians evaluated their “office manner” with women and whether they do, in fact, take men’s problem’s more,seriously than women’s. 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