Cash at a 14th birthday party raises etiquette questions
Dear Ann Landers, a Bay Area reader describes a 14 year old’s party where relatives opened envelopes with cash or gift cards, totaling amounts announced aloud by a relative. The question asks if sharing gift amounts is appropriate and if cash gifts at birthdays should remain private.
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Ann Landers
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Sleep apnea helps bed wetter husband
Dear Ann Landers recounts a bed-wetting plagued marriage ending in sleep apnea diagnosis. After urologist and sleep disorder clinic tests, treatment with a nasal mask and positive airway pressure improved nights, mood, and safety. The letter urges testing for sleep apnea and provides the association contact.
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Little Rock
Ark
American Sleep Apnea Association
St. N.W
Washington, DC
Sleepapnea.org
Potent vinegar availability and two reader tips
A reader from Adel California asks about nine percent vinegar which manufacturers no longer produce. Stores may carry it under private brands or locally in the Southeast and Southwest for canning needs. Also shared are tips: use a phone message book to preserve notes and post a visible “flue closed” reminder behind the fireplace screen for safety.
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Adel
Fair Oaks
Calif
Difference Between Split and Whole Flu Vaccines
Dear Dr Donohue explains that both split and whole vaccines are killed influenza vaccines given intramuscularly. Split vaccine uses disassembled virus particles while whole vaccine uses intact dead virus, with similar immunity. Children should receive split vaccine. adults may take either. Reactions are usually mild, including site soreness, fever or malaise, or rare anaphylaxis mainly in egg allergic individuals. Flu shots do not cause flu.
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DR. Donohue
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