Pluggers Cartoon Satirizes Psychiatrist
A Pluggers strip mocks the profession as a psychiatrist who asks costly questions about oneself, contrasted with a wife who asks the same questions for free. The punchline highlights the comedian’s take on private therapy costs.
Dear Abby letter on blended families and custody
A reader reveals a custody struggle in a blended family and learns to stop labeling Benny as his mother’s son. The exchange emphasizes unconditional love and equal treatment, including a moving moment when Benny helps out. The second letter offers practical patient safety tips for medical care and pharmacist collaboration.
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Dressler's syndrome described after heart attack
Dressler's syndrome is an inflammation of the pericardium occurring weeks to months after a heart attack. Immune reaction produces chest pain, not another heart attack, with treatments ranging from anti-inflammatory drugs to cortisone if needed.
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New photograph recalls a veteran's quiet reflections
Ed Hayes writes of a newly acquired photograph of his 21 year old self in uniform, a postwar moment that triggers nostalgia, memory, and questions about life choices as he reconnects with family mementos and a late father. The piece blends personal history with a gallery of keepsakes and introspection.
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Ed Hayes
Orlando Sentinel
U.S. Army
Oats Provide Health Benefits And Nutritional Value
Oatmeal is tasty inexpensive and nutritious with soluble fiber from oat bran promoting health. Oats digest slowly reducing hunger and snack urges while oat bran lowers cholesterol as effectively as some drugs. Oats offer high protein iron and manganese.
Wood cleaner may remove fingerprints from cherry desk
Reader asks how to erase fingerprint marks on a cherry apothecary desk. Heloise suggests a wood cleaner or wood soap used per directions, buff dry, and refinishing if marks persist.
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Esther Johnson
Newton
N.C
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