Causes and cures for recurring mouth ulcers in children
Dear reader article explains that recurring mouth ulcers arise from several causes including aphthous stomatitis and herpes virus infections. It notes treatments such as topical anesthetics, cortisone paste, tetracycline mouthwash, and antiviral therapy, while warning ulcers may recur and advising medical evaluation to identify and treat the underlying cause.
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DR. Gott
Ovarian cancer causes and treatments explained
Ovarian cancer affects about 1 in 70 U S women with roughly 20 500 new cases and 12 400 deaths in 1990. Early diagnosis gives an 85 percent survival rate. Symptoms are subtle and a pelvic exam with imaging and tissue analysis guides detection and treatment including surgery chemotherapy radiotherapy and biological therapy.
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United States
Memory lane trip prompts Abby column trip to 1910s Muskegon
A reader recalls meeting Wilferd A Peterson and Merrit Lamb in Muskegon during 1914-1918 Boy Scouts era, noting Lamb’s WWI death and Peterson becoming an author and publisher. The letter also mentions personal career milestones in Chicago and New York, then shares a separate Abby exchange about a 9-year-old daughter’s sexual curiosity and a parental response recommending nonpunitive guidance and education.
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Abby
Wilferd A. Peterson
Wilferd
Muskegon
Mich
Merrit Lamb
Lamb
Wilferd Peterson
Grand Rapids
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
Chicago
New York
Woman’s Day
Family Circle
Arizona
Memory Lane
W. Frederic Clare
MR. Clare
Leaving the family home and starting anew
A reader asks if retired couple can sell their long time residence on the Gulf Coast. The answer: yes, with care. A Wisconsin letter shows how to ease children by creating a photo album of memories from the house. It ends noting the home remains part of the family story even after sale.
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Don
Gulf Coast
Wisonsin
Jim
Mother
D.W
P.O. Box
Columbia
Ovarian Cancer Research and Screening Calls
Health officials urge checkups after age 40 and note breakthroughs can occur anytime. Ovarian cancer remains a focus of extensive research to understand causes and improve detection and treatment. For information contact a doctor or the Regional Cancer Therapy Center at 694 5580 for a booklet.
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Anyme
Regional Cancer Therapy Center
Weird and Wonderful gifts exhibit opens at Hoover Museum
The Herbert Hoover presidential library in West Branch hosts Weird and Wonderful: Gifts Fit for a President. The show features 100 gifts to presidents from serious to astonishing, including a Madonna on a wooden egg for Bush and a beer-tab eagle for Ford.
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West Branch
Iowa
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Herbert Hoover
Rutherford B. Hayes
Richard N. Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
Bush
Boris Yeltsin
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Why Do We Argue So Much In Relationships
Linda and a reader ask why frequent arguing happens. Dr Wallace replies that both parties focus on personal wants, showing immaturity, and urge compromise and using we us language to reduce fights. Gloria’s friend age issue is addressed with parental guidance to keep talks to peers your own age. HeidiShould call Mitchell to arrange a date if both are interested, even if apart in schools.
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DR. Wallace
Ted
Linda
Rock Island, I
Gloria
York
Mitchell
Heidi
Mr. Vernon
Ohio
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