Dieting cycles linked to health risks urge steady weight
Dear Dr Gott notes cyclic weight loss and gain heighten heart disease risk versus stable weights. Advocates committing to a consistent diet, seeking medical checkups for undiagnosed issues, and considering counseling for addictive eating. The column also explains shingles treatment evolution noting vitamin shots are ineffective and acyclovir can cure with early use.
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Hold on to control of your financial affairs
A Florida reader warns against giving one trusted heir control over a parent's finances. The Senior Forum advises the elderly to keep management powers, or set a trust with a lawyer to protect assets for the owner and future heirs, avoiding preferential treatment for one child.
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Widow seeks good man after long marriage in Abby column
A 50 year old widow asks where to start dating again after a 29 year marriage and wonders if those from good marriages marry sooner. Abby advises getting involved, networking through friends, volunteering, and pursuing new activities to meet suitable men. The note also requests a repeat of a memoriam gift idea for another couple’s 50th anniversary.
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Abby
Donald
Laura
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Red Cross
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Iver
Helen Dahl
What counts as a drug and how to handle dating questions
The column explains that a drug is any substance altering mood or behavior, including coffee tobacco and alcohol, with medical versus over the counter access and addiction risks. It then advises a 19 year old caller to meet Joyce face to face, pursue a date if she agrees, and move on if she declines. It also discusses beer taxes and their potential impact on youth driving deaths, citing Kean College and other institutions.
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DR. Wallace
Joyce
Paul
Tupelo
Wallace
Claude
Jackson
Kean College of New Jersey
City University of New York
National Bureau of Economics
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