Smokers urged to dispose of butts responsibly
Dear Ann Landers readers urge fines or jail for tossing cigarette butts from cars. A Houston reader recalls a lit butt landing in a lap and causing fear, damage, and cleanup. Use ashtrays, respect others, and avoid endangering children and pets. Other letters discuss caregiving challenges, family dynamics, and a gift book promotion.
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No age limit for organ donors and TMJ misdiagnosis warning
Letter from readers covers organ donation with no age limit, urges notifying family and writing wishes, plus guidance to contact organ sharing networks. Additional Q&A explains temporomandibular joint disease versus temporal arteritis, taste loss, and prednisone treatment, stressing quick action to prevent blindness and citing safe acetaminophen use with a 4000 mg daily limit.
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First patient survives long term with implanted heart assist device
Clifford Doyle a 74 year old Chicago man became the first to live over a year with the Kantrowitz CardioVad an implanted balloon like pump attached to his aorta. The device shares work of the heart giving relief after a severe heart attack left him in end stage failure.
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University of Chicago
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