Debunking so called vitamins and coffee health myths
Reader letters discuss phony vitamins such as carnitine bioflavonoids and laetrile, noting lack of essential status and risks. They advise avoiding quack claims and sticking to proven vitamins in recommended doses. Another reader asks about coffee and heart risk. Dr Gott cautions mixed, inconclusive results and suggests moderate intake of either coffee type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Gott
Leclth F and
Savan Health-Fash Sdverster
House guest manners guidance from a senior forum
A senior widow offers a practical house guest checklist to reduce nuisance. She suggests scheduling a special dinner with help from the family, baking cookies as a thank you, setting a wake up time, and giving hosts privacy. Travel guests should bring toiletries, tidy, help with chores, do laundry, assist grandchildren with homework, and acknowledge hosts' efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilket
Des Cady
Wwe
Luc Lise Guice
Tender Power as Workplace Rule Revisions Gain Ground
Sherry Saib Cohen argues that male established rules at work require womanly revision. She cites executives embracing empathy and nurturing traits, notes successful women like Helen Gurry Brown and Barbara Tober, and highlights programs fostering skills and mentoring to create “tender power” in corporate culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Saib Cohen
Ms. Cohen
Manhattan
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co
Sherry
Helen Gurry Brown
Cosmopolitan
Barbara Tober
Brides Magazine
Forbes
America
Newsweek
Boys dont hit girls and civiliation progress
A reader recalls a father saying boys must never hit girls after a five year old incident. Another letter argues men should not kill in patriotism. a reader asks about leaving a $1 to a child in a will and the ethics of exposing secrets. The column closes with a plea for seat courtesy on a Boston commuter rail, noting pedestrians may not comply.
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Abby
Bush
Nat Burwell
Tacoma
Wash
Doar Nat
Lou
Boston
Boston Herald
Phone time and teen etiquette debated by Dr Wallace
A high school junior writes about heavy phone use and parental concern while balancing clubs grades and a steady boyfriend. Dr Wallace notes modern calls may be necessary and mentions a parenting book by Peter Buntman. A separate letter discusses cafeteria fights and suspensions after a line dispute escalate to conflict.
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DR. Wallace
Alen
Carla
Baltimore
Peter Buntman
Buntman
Margaret Watson
la Habra
Calif
Margaret
California
Inine
Naco
Carol
Garden Grove
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Peter Gott
the Senior Forum
Kent S. Collins
Scripps Howard News Service
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Frederick
DWISS
Tony Svaslenko
Jim McCracken
Jim
Emma Eaton
Iris Yonetz
Charles Price
Betty Snyder
Frank Tyeryar
Sam Phillips
Lowell Phillips
Mike Taylor
Winnie Falmer
Mike Meyers
Sherman Kahan
Anita Crawford
Colyn Phillips
Jim Occhipinti
Rocky Norris
Don
Carole Little
Frederick American Legion
Skeleaun
The
Mon.-Fri
Otaness
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Wellness Center Medical Pavillion - Park
Robert Wallace, Ed
Center For Family Life Enrichment
Fasqubar Avenue
Suite
Los Alamitos
Gettysburg Surgical Associates, Inc
Edward J. Baranski
Gilbert C. McArdle
Frederick V. Lorenzo
Henry L. Maxwell, Jr
Thurmont
Thurmont Professional Center
Honey Bunny
Crowne Plaza
Bugs Bunny
USA
Maryland
Holiday Linn
Rockville Pike
Rocke, Mantana
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