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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1987

Page

5

Flea Crisis Grows in Homes Across United States

A Country Living article notes the cat flea as a rising problem for homes and pets, with Florida and the Southeast most affected by warm humidity. Experts explain the flea life cycle, dormancy, and the need to treat home yard and pet together to prevent reinfestation.

Country Living Roger Grothaus Johnson Wax Entomology Center Florida Grothaus Johnson

Upright labor gains support from medical research in Chicago

Dr. Carlos Mendez-Bauer and colleagues study mobility in labor showing standing or walking reduces contraction intensity and pain while shortening labor. Historical shifts reveal upright birthing was common before the modern flat-supine position, now questioned for safety and cost. The research highlights benefits of movement and cautions about overreliance on bed rest and monitoring.

Chicago Carlos Mendez- Bauer Mendez-Bauer University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School Cook County Hospital Cleopatra Mendez- Bauer Charles Mahan University of Florida Health Center Gainesville France America Dundes American Journal of Public Health Mahan Maurice Abitbol

Tattoo wearer's future not a pretty picture

Dear Abby prints a long reader letter about a 35 year old tattoo survivor who began at 14 after hurting a boyfriend. She shares lifelong stigma, cost and pain of removal and urges parental consent for teens, arguing tattoos carry lasting social and personal consequences.

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