[Attitude to health matters among middle-aged men in a program to prevent ischemic heart disease].

The authors studied the health-related attitudes (to prophylaxis, one's own health, physicians, bad habits) in men aged 40-59 years invited to participate in the programme of the multifactorial prophylaxis of myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke among the population. A total of 6803 men filled in a questionnaire consisting of 47 points mailed to them together with an invitation to take part in a screening examination. The results obtained showed that the elderly men responded favourably to the conduction of preventive procedures and to advice to change the smoking habits but less favourably toward recommendations to increase physical activity and change the diet.

[Use of muscle relaxation in the primary prevention of ischemic heart disease].

Possibilities of using muscular relaxation as a general hygienic procedure that helps reducing the risk of coronary disease were examined in males and females from an open random population at preventive group sessions. Their ability to learn the techniques of muscular relaxation and the effects of relaxation on arterial pressure were assessed. A course of four group sessions completed by 23.