Heart health tests beyond catheterization and innocent murmurs
Dear Dr Donohue explains that catheterization is not the only test for heart health. Noninvasive options include echocardiograms and stress tests to assess function, while murmurs in children are often benign functional sounds not indicating disease.
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Smoking dangers and COPD highlighted in Dear Ann Landers column
Dear Alaska notes many smokers develop COPD or emphysema and cites Surgeon General and American Lung Association data. 82 percent of COPD deaths linked to smoking. Dear Bainbridge Island urges walking away from rude clerks who take phone calls, arguing customer presence sustains business. others suggest handling calls by taking names and promising a callback. Gem of the Day reminds that intelligence partly lies in recognizing one’s own limits.
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American Lung Association
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Heloise tips ease with large telephone directories
Readers share practical hacks from Heloise to manage bulky phone books. One suggests splitting the spine and adding manila folders with tape to create lighter, easier access for seniors and arthritis patients. Another says cup hooks and elastic keep plastic lids organized behind the lids to prevent spills and snagless removal.
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Judy Carroll
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Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Across
Puzzle clues run together with many misspellings and garbled phrases. Readable entries include scattered terms such as Scroog cry, Zhivag rayi, impromptu, Sports caster Schenkel, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Romeo. The jumbled list suggests a damaged page with partial crossword answers and stray letters.
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