Dear Dr Gott Column on Diabetes Hypertension and Cardiac Care
Reader questions cover diabetes control with prednisone interactions and eye health, Holter monitor use for skipped heartbeats, and high blood pressure management in a heavy drinker smoker. Gott cautions on prednisone impact, suggests alternative therapies, regular eye exams, cardiology input, and yearly hypertension checks with doctor-led review.
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Tum
Gott
Holter
Retired parents share love and aid to adult children
Letter from a Harrisburg reader defends retirees who help grown children with housing, down payments, and daily needs. The writer recalls parents enabling a stable home, safe neighborhood, and schooling, arguing generosity stems from love, not hoarding. She urges ongoing support while noting modest living today.
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Santa Claus
Harrisburg
Columbia
Dear Abby readers discuss Kennedy assassination and wedding gifts
Dear Abby recounts hearing Kennedy’s assassination in Japan in 1963 and readers share wedding gift woes with mounting debt. The column urges meaningful celebration over fundraisers, condemns underage prank calls, and insists telephones are not toys.
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Kennedy
Abby
P.O
Mount Morris
Ill
Stan
E.H
Long Beach
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TV Habits Good and Bad According to Dr Wallace and Readers
Dr Wallace answers a letter on watching television weighing pros and cons. He favors documentaries and arts programming while avoiding violent content and limits viewing to about ten to eleven hours per week. Other letters discuss healthy eating with snacks and parental concerns about nutrition.
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Milwaukee
Earth
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China
Louvre Museum
Paris
Nile River
Egypt
Central
Africas
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
Chicago White Sox
Gene Lamont
Hiawatha High School
Kirkland
Ill
PBS
Luciano Pavarotti
Sassy Magazine
Jill
Judy Rielly
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