Dear Ann Landers Letters on Weight Loss and Etiquette
Readers share on physicians urging weight loss for blood pressure and on wedding gift notes. A doctor warns against lecturing and suggests using a healthful mailer. Appalled reader condemns gift-suggestion envelopes. satin sheet accident prompts warning and safer alternatives. Gem of the Day highlights choking risks from tooth picks versus dental floss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Bowling Green
Ann
Manchester
Conn
New Year Check Predating Hint From Heloise
A reader shares a long standing tip to predating checks with the year on January 1 to avoid dating errors in the new year. The idea, proposed for 1999, includes starting a new check register to ease tax time and offers additional uses for blank greeting card fronts. A separate note suggests using bread wrapper wire to temporarily repair eyeglasses and even a watch band.
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Heloise
Joanne Quam
Oak Hill
J. Kost
Bellwood
Understanding Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Its Impact
Dr Donohue explains that Ehlers-Danlos consists of multiple inherited conditions with distinct traits. The typical patient has fragile skin and hypermobile joints due to collagen defects, with no cure except the vascular type not shortening life expectancy. the EDS Foundation offers information and support.
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DR. Donohue
Ehlers-Dantos
Crossword clues and clues mirrored in a Eugene Sheffer puzzle
Puzzle titled Crosswords by Eugene Sheffer with down and across clues listed. Entries include leaves, grapes, Harvard rival, censured, indications of sharks, and various short answers. Includes time note 27 minutes and a mix of person names and terms across a themed grid.
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Mal
White House
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Home of the Brave
Zetterling
Pont
Charles Lamb
Humonus
Remnant
CLM
King Features
Nyc
THE
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