Word: weidner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...square, Wellsburg, W. Va., is in many ways a typical American town. Perhaps too typical. A survey last spring found that almost 70% of the Wellsburg area's 11,000 residents were at risk for heart disease. "I was just shocked that my cholesterol was that high," says Kitty Weidner, 75, whose reading was 241 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl) of blood. Admits store owner Tom Zurbuch, 46, a former junk- food junkie whose cholesterol level was about 265: "Apparently, we haven't been eating right...
...John H. Weidner...
Even many pain relievers contain caffeine. Anacin, for example, has 32 mg of caffeine in each tablet to counterbalance the drowsiness effect of pure aspirin, Weidner said...
...Both Weidner and University Health Services Director Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker said that the amount of caffeine consumed in two to three cups of coffee a day was relatively safe. However Weidner cautioned that anything above that "would be harmful," and that smokers, who are already at risk of heart disease, should be "especially careful...
Caffeine requires about 30-40 minutes to work, the stimulatory effect lasting one to two hours, depending on the person, Weidner said...