COPD Symptoms and Diagnostic Tests Overview
COPD encompasses emphysema chronic bronchitis and asthma with obstructed breathing and permanent lung damage. Diagnosis uses pulmonary tests X rays and blood gas analysis to show airway obstruction low blood oxygen and lung hyperinflation. Smoking and pollution raise risk. treatment includes bronchodilators oxygen therapy and lifestyle changes.
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Retirement plans warn against overhype and bravado
A domestic column advises wives of soon-to-retire husbands to temper expectations as pre retirement boasts often outpace reality. The writer urges moderation in all things and shares how one spouse managed a turbulent retirement buildup through practical realism. Also reports a July 15 bridge game results with Flight A and B winners and a July 22 game date at the Frederick American Legion.
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles
Calif
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Iris Yonetz
Debbie Kiser
Robert Robey
Anita Crawford
Colyn Phillips
Carole
Donald Little
Hilda Poirier
Helen Swanson
Emma Eaton
Lynn Boardman
Robert Freed
Sherman Kahan
Sidney Bloom
Ron Clawson
Shirley Armstrong
Margaret Hays
Northsouth
Ralph Maier
Agnes Kemeter
Frederick American Legion
Online romance could spell trouble Dear Abby column
A 45-year-old Michigan man seeks advice after online flirtation with a married Australian woman. He plans to pay half her airfare, fearing trust issues. Abby warns of trouble and questions the viability of a relationship with a married person.
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Abby
Michigan
Kate
America
D.K
D.E
Joe
Red
John
Omaha
Sweatshop Labels and Industry Plan Move Forward
Garment 2000 forms to address child labor with long term solutions including a teaching factory opening in September and a no sweat label system. Sen Harkin backs a voluntary label akin to rug marks to inform buyers, while industry leaders push funding for inspectors and collaboration to end child labor globally.
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Garment 2000 Consortium
Sen. Harkin
Linda Golodner
National Consumers League
Bud Konheim
Nicole Miller
Reich
Department of Labor
Teens turn vegetarian as teens trend away from meat
Readers learn teens increasingly choose vegetarian diets due to concerns over animal slaughter environmental impact and cholesterol. Nutritionists affirm healthfulness of well balanced plant based meals while noting the extra effort needed for school lunches. Bruce asks how to handle a prom related dating setback and receives cautious forgiveness guidance.
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Reac
Vegetarian Resource Group
Suzanne Havala
Paul Shapiro
P.O
Baltimore
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