95 Year Old Polish Immigrant Faces Medi Cal Cutoff
In Redding California 95 year old Stefania Babinski risks losing Medi Cal benefits after welfare officials questioned her legal status. Her family seeks amnesty while INS agents review papers from Ellis Island and boat people refugee designation may grant continued aid pending a judge ruling.
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Redding
Calif
Stefania Ludwika Babinski
United States
Shasta
Steins
San Pedro
Babinski
Ellis Island
Gregory Ward
INS
Stepania Babinski
California
Rose Potemko
Potassium and aldosteronism in high blood pressure case
A reader with high blood pressure and low potassium may have aldosteronism or Conn’s disease arising from adrenal gland issues. Tests check for adrenal tumors or enlargement, which, if benign, can be cured by removal. Drugs may also correct excess aldosterone.
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DR. Donohue
Knochier
Conn
Minister's wife urged to seek help and visit mother
A reader complains of a pastor husband who blames God for every refusal, neglecting family duties while she cooks for scouts and plans a trip to her mother. Ann Landers urges counseling, and to honor her parents with a visit. The column also offers guidance to a Florida reader with exam anxiety and a New York apartment sniping snore incident.
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Ann Landers
North Carolina
New York
Leonard R
Urban Mountain Man Ray Keeps Dogs As Family In Chicago
In Chicago’s Uptown area Ray, a rough faced homeless man known to locals, lives on the street with four dogs and hopes to find shelter. Police and social workers describe him as a fixture who travels with his canine family, dreaming of a warmer life and a possible van to travel.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Ray
Bill Baxter
North Side
University of Chicago
Pooch
Ramona Walker
AMA Survey Details Elderly Abuse Rise and Neglect Widespread
The AMA reports up to one in ten Americans over 65 may suffer abuse with neglect the most common form. Moderate to severe incidents rose by about 100,000 annually since 1981, yet only one in five cases is reported. Most abusers are relatives, often living with the victim, with spouses and children making up the majority after aging in place.
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James Litre
Associated Press
Chicago
American Medical Association
E. Harvey Estes
AMA
Council On Scientific Affairs
Estes
University of New Hampshire
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Robert Creighton
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Terrifier
Florida
Leonard
Manhattan
Stans Cleaning Service
Nina Underwood
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Foot & Ankle Clinic
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