New blood test to predict Alzheimer's debated in letters
Debates range from a NEJM report linking high homocysteine to Alzheimer's risk to claims that folic acid can reduce levels. Readers are urged to consider vascular factors and follow physician advice while awaiting further evidence. Also discussed is ascending aortic aneurysm management and surgical risk versus monitoring.
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Myriend
Vic
Azheimer
New England Journal of Medicine
United States
Dil Gott
Tas
Dr Gott
Madison Ave
New York
Young retirees face new challenges caring for elderly parents
Discussion at Bear Senior Forum notes retirement complicates when aging parents live longer and elders require daily attention. Tending can bond families and teach younger generations, though it may trigger resentment or shifted sibling roles. The forum highlights emotional rewards, practical limits on moving, and lessons for adult children.
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Bear Senior Forum
Dean
Sun City
Farumahomeco
Irbine Medina Services
Michigan Ave
Suite 1500
Chicago
Birthday of Etiquette Book Prompts 1952 Classic Revisions
New York AP reports Doubleday published the 50th Anniversary edition of The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette first issued in 1952 and updated in 1995 by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan. Topics range from hosting to modern cell phones and emails with a 786 page hardcover priced at 32 dollars. Viking and Penguin mark Steinbeck’s birth bicentennial with new editions including America and Americans and six classic titles at 11 to 15 dollars. Jules Verne reissues include Invasion of the Sea and The Mysterious Island with notes and translations priced 24.95 and 40 dollars respectively.
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Nancy Tuckerman
Nancy Dunnan
Viking
Penguin
Penguin-Putnam
John Steinbeck
America
Susan 3Wan
Jackson J. Fenson
Jules Verne
Sahara Desert
Wesleyan University Press
Edward Baxter
Arthur B. Lyans
Alexander Selkirk
Ainsel
Modern Library
Jordan Stump
Weskayan University
Sidney Kravitz
Mr. Ryans
Dad and Cassandra clash over wedding aisle plans
Dear Abby columns reveal a father remarrying a much younger woman and pressuring his new bride on the wedding processional. A stepdaughter voices discomfort while Abby offers tactful guidance on family roles and boundaries. Other letters touch ex-spouse hospital guidelines and a Texas pet-dumping anecdote.
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Cuassandea
Eva
Cassandra
Wanae
Indiana
Texas
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Richardson
Bill
Ian
Oriner
Pauline Phillips
Jeanne Phillips
Abigail van Buren
Los Angeles
Grounding won't help teen raise grades
Dr Wallace answers a teen about unequal discipline among siblings and the impact of punishment on learning. He cautions that focusing on punishment drives rebellion and suggests parents seek engaging, supportive approaches to education and recognize strengths in the younger sister.
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Engagements span several towns with planned summer weddings
Multiple engagements announced involving Kelley Ann Pershing and Jason Miller in Maryland and Virginia area. Brandy Renee Smith and Jonathan David Nelson in Maryland and Texas. Darcy Jo Gerkowski and Anthony Torres with wedding planned for fall. Jacquelyn Michelle MacGregor Kastner and William Kastner with June or summer 2003 dates. details include high school and college educations, careers, and home towns across Frederick, Leesburg, Martinsburg, and nearby communities.
Expert teen advice on makeup attitude and activities
Question and answer style guidance from Naomi Weinshenker and others on teen makeup use how to discuss appearance without hurting feelings how to handle sports club disappointments and balance extracurriculars with sleep homework and family time Also covers potential underlying issues behind bad attitude and suggested parental approaches
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New York University
Weinshenker Sali
Ms. Weinshanker
Ms. Weinshenker
Ms. Welhassenker
Christensen Wynne announce July wedding plans
Christensen daughter Kira Noble of Gaithersburg and Willan Wynne son of Middletown announce a July 27 wedding. Kira, 1994 Eleanor Roosevelt High School graduate, is pursuing a BA in social work at the University of Maryland and works as an employment specialist for developmentally disabled adults in Gaithersburg. Willan, a Middletown High School graduate, earned a psychology degree at Maryland in 1995 and works as a rehabilitation specialist at Alliance Inc. in Frederick.
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Anthony John ‘Torres
Miss Gerkowski
Richard
Neris Gerkowski
Laidington
Mich
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Helen Torres
John Torres
Frederick
Wester Michigan University
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Pinehurst
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Dugans Pub
East Carolina University
Greenville
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Siri Noble
Gaitersburg
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Bill
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Miss Christensen
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Greenbelt
Montgomery College
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Gaithersburg
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Middletown
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