Dear Abby warns on informed use of prescription drugs
Abigail Van Buren explains what to tell your doctor before prescribing medications and offers safety tips. Readers learn to disclose allergies, current medicines, other doctors, pregnancy or smoking, and diet or supplements. Guidance covers dosing changes, reporting side effects, avoiding stopping early, reading labels, storage, child safety, and using original containers.
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Universal Press Syndicate
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Tonight TV Highlights Mix Classic Series and New Rushes
A slate of 7 p m and later programs features Growing Pains sit-in over coach firing with Carol and Mike, Omar Sharif hosting Mysteries of the Pyramids, National Geographic’s Mysteries of Mankind, Just in Time coping with feedback, Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home with Jon Cryer and Lynn Redgrave, The Bronx Zoo debate over teaching creationism, American Playhouse Suspicion with Jane Curtin, and Jerry Seinfeld Stand-Up Confidential guest list.
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No Kidding Car Survey Sparks Reader Chuckles
Karl A. Van Asselt reports a Landor Associates survey of auto buyers aged 21 to 65 from July 1987. The piece lists least prestigious Volkswagen, least luxurious Jeep, least reliable Renault, and least practical Lamborghini. Readers invited to submit a “No Kidding” item for $5 to The Gazette.
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Cover an honor with an honor in bridge lessons
Bridge column discusses when to cover an honor with an honor using a hand where South navigates a heart and diamond sequence. It weighs beginner versus expert play and explains Law 43 about dummy leaving the table to watch declarer.
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United Feature Syndicate
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