Are HMOs good medicine
A reader asks if HMOs are reliable as health coverage amid rising premiums and audits. Oxford Health Plans faces a Connecticut audit, $500000 restitution, and a $78 million Q3 loss while industry premiums may rise up to 8 percent. Subscribing individuals face limited recourse. consider switching to other programs.
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DR Gott
Oxford Health Plans
Reader
Oxford
New York Times
Connecticut
New York
Ple
Cureless disease or cure research for osteoporosis
Senior Forum notes osteoporosis cannot be cured but treatment may slow bone loss. Tufts University researchers funded by the National Institute on Aging find calcium and vitamin D supplements reduce bone loss and fracture risk in older adults including men. Recommendations align with NAS guidance to raise calcium to 1200 mg and vitamin D to 400–600 IU for those over 50, aiming to prevent hip fractures and nursing home placement for about 28 million Americans at risk.
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Tufts University
National Institute On Aging
Bess Dawson-Hughes
National Academy of Sciences
Sherry Sherman
Gift equality debated in long marriage tale
DEAR ABBY letters recount a 54 year marriage stress over holidays and gifts with a hurting husband demanding reciprocity. The wife’s stance that holidays are for wives prompts Abby to urge two way gift giving. The column then shifts to a second reader, a grandmotherly conflict over paternity, custody, and acceptance of a grandchild amid a breakup and reunion. Abby counsels openness and maturity to heal the family rift.
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Abby
George
Lulu
Simple crafts aide weekend projects and home tutorials
The piece highlights Sterbenz focusing on quick beautiful crafts that can be completed in a weekend with full color pictures and step by step instructions. It notes tools borrowed from shoemaking and computer work like the hot glue gun and metal washers.
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Sterbenz
Dust battles in the home reveal microbes and mites
Scripps Howard reports on household dust as a complex mix of skin cells, pollen and microbes. Experts Armin Clobes and Ronald Renard explain how dust spreads, how mites thrive, and practical steps like damp dusting, HEPA filters, and washable bedding to cut allergens and reduce mold growth.
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Clobes
Ronald Renard
Redding
Calif
Renard
Harvard School of Public Health
Clothes
When is it OK to break a promise
A 13 year old asks if a mother may break a promise to drive to the mall. Angie says promises should be kept unless an emergency, with explanation and a new promise if possible.
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DR. Wallace
Angie
Gary
DR Wallace
Mobile
Lsn
Painter Bartman mixes farms and city roots in Frederick show
Pittsburgh native and son of steel workers, the artist creates farm landscapes from Frederick County scenes and cow paintings. He paints fast, values texture and color, and uses landscapes to capture changing light and seasons. He escapes to Tilghman Island weekends, painting the same farm in fall and winter.
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Pittsburgh
Frederick
Mr. Bartman
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Tilghman Island
Two Weddings Reported in New England Area Ceremonies
Laura Neal Ahr and Christopher James Larson wed in Topsfield Massachusetts in a double ring ceremony officiated by Dr. Craig Whitcher. The couple plans to reside in Newburyport after a Bermuda honeymoon.
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Laura Neal Ahr
Christopher James Larson
Craig Whitcher
Topsfield
Mass
Nancy Ahr
New Market
Dennis Ahr
Frederick
Fred
Joan Larson
Alexis de Planque
Christie Fix
Emily Iarocci
Robin Linehan
Fred Larson
Albany, NY
Andrew Larson
Newburyport
Case Abr
Michael Ahr
Carey Ahr
Carol Dixon
Case Ahr
Emily Sarocci
Liz Hopper
Sarah Gordon
Ipswich
Clockwork
Singanore High School
Masconomet Regional High School
Carnegie Melion University
Larson
Open Market Inc
Cambridge
Parametric Technology Corporation
Waltham, Mass
Bermuda
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Shenandoah University
Winchester
England
Wales
Scotland
New York
Winger Jenkins couple wed at Cape Henlopen beach officiated
Mary Susan Winger and John J. Jenkins Jr. exchanged vows on September 13 at Cape Henlopen State Park Lewes Delaware with Rev Jack Mercy as officiant The bride is daughter of Richard and Nancy Winger of Hagerstown MD The groom is son of John and Barbara Jenkins of New Windsor NY Huge family attendance and reception followed the ceremony
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St. Columba’s Chapel
Middletown
R.I
Robin Lenor Higginbotham
Michael Adam King
Alan J.R Neale
James de Angelis
Ann
Bernard Fagundes
Rehoboth
Mass
Robert L. Higginbotham Jr
Stephen
Mary Susan Winger
John J. Jenkins Jr
Cape Henelopen State Park
Lewes
Del
Jack Mercy
Richard
Nancy Winger
Hagerstown
John
Barbara Jenkins
New Windsor
JoAnn McKinney
New
Golden anniversary observed for Roy and Doris Himes
Roy and Doris Himes of Frederick celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary during the week of November 6. The couple, married November 6, 1947 in Burkittsville, were honored by their three children and spouses with a dinner at the Red Horse Steak House in Frederick after a trip to the Shenandoah Valley. Mrs. Himes was formerly Doris Gochenour of Virginia.
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Roy
Doris Himes
Frederick
Shenandoah Valley
Red Horse
Burkittsville
Himes
Doris Gochenour
Virginia
Dietrick 50th anniversary celebrated in Frederick
Mr and Mrs Richard L Dietrick of Rockville marked their golden wedding with a dinner party at Dutch's Daughter restaurant in Frederick. Married August 30 1947 by the late Rev Harry Erdman at St Paul Lutheran Burkittsville they are the former Gar netta Jennings and longtime Washington Millinery owners. They have one son Richard Dietrick Jr and three grandchildren plus a great grandson.
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R. Dennis Shafer
Frederick
Angela Denise
James Hervey Gill HI
E. Cathryn Wright
Waldo, Ark
James H. Gill Jr
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
University of Delaware
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Usamriid
Fort Detrick
Prattsville High School
Prattsville
Ark
Regent’s College
Albany
U.S. Army
Usamroid
Richard L. Dietrick
Rockville
Dutch
Harry Erdman
St Paul Lutheran Church
Burkittsville
Dietrick
Garnetta Josephine Jennings
Washington Millinery
Gaithersburg
Richard Dietrick Jr
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Scott Anthony Bailey
Miss Dodson
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Union Bridge
Linganore High School
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Leon R. Bailey Jr
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Claypool
South Hagerstown High School
Marsh- McBirney Inc
Lenox-Smith
Enmnsturg
Buckeystown
Center Hospital
Buckeystown Pike
Buckeystown, MD
Green Valley Animal Hospital Inc
Price Distillery Rd
Ramsville
Old Smale
Volow Springs
Palmer Animal Hospital
Main St. Myersville
Yellow Springs
VET Clinic
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Lamale
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Gray Tabby
Baker Park
Taos
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Greystone
Rosemont Ave
Frederick, MD
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Boston
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Manassas
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