Vancomycin use in heart valve infection and antibiotic resistance
A reader asks about safer alternatives to vancomycin for an aortic valve infection. The doctor explains vancomycin’s role when bacteria resist common antibiotics, its side effects, and how modern forms reduce kidney and hearing risks. He also discusses antibiotic resistance and proper use to prevent it.
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Children OK on low fat diet study says
Researchers from the University of Turku studied over 1000 infants for five years and found that a low fat diet lowered blood cholesterol without delaying mental development. The study, published in Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests potential heart health benefits in adulthood.
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Dear Abby Advice on Boundaries and Family Stress
A reader asks how to protect a 9-year-old sister coping with their mother’s murder and a guardian’s suicide, and how to handle intrusive neighbors. The columnist suggests gentle but firm boundary setting and state you are grateful for your sister, not the other way around.
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Florida
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Mother's Cola Cake Recipe Sought by HeLOISE Readers
In a Heloise column plea Cleo asks readers for her mother's cola cake recipe featuring cola pecans marshmallows and buttermilk. She cannot locate the original and requests senders to mail details to Heloise San Antonio box 795000. Random readers may receive pamphlets as thanks.
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P.O. Box
Orlando
Cleo
Heloise/Cola
P.O
San Antonio
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