Home life support system offers second chance for life
James Russell Peterson reports on home total parenteral nutrition HTPN a hospital feeding technique now used at home to sustain patients with severe digestive failure It enables up to 3000 calories daily through IV directly into the superior vena cava Costs range from 1000 to 3000 dollars monthly and Medicare debate seeks broader benefits for all TPN patients, with advocates highlighting cases like Agnes Bisbing and Arlene Gaughan who rely on HTPN amid heavy medical bills and long waits for coverage.
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New York
Stanley J. Dudrick
University of Texas Medical Center
Houston
Maurice Shils
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Belding Scri
Helen Meyner
D-N.j
Meyner
Agnes Bisbing
Bisbing
Car Won’t Start Check Battery First Then Other Parts
When your car won’t start start with the battery. If the starter cranks normally but the engine won’t start tune ups or repairs may be needed. Weak cranks point to terminals or corrosion. Clean clamps with sandpaper, baking soda solution follow safety steps and retest with a hydrometer or tester.
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Consumer Reports
Delco Freedom
Chrysler
Maintenance Free Battery choices and tests for cars
Consumer Reports outlines how to test car batteries and charging systems. It explains indicator eyes, hydrometer readings, load testing, and when to replace with maintenance free or conventional batteries. It covers battery size group designations, cold cranking amperes, reserve capacity, and implications of overcharging by the charging system.
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Consumer Reports
Consumers Union (Newspaper Enterprise Association
Patients set fees for doctor in cooperative practice
Dr Milton Seifert works in Ex celsior Minnesota with a patient advisory council of 50. The council budgets his practice including fees salaries and overdue bills mediates complaints and decides emergencies. They run health education conferences provide transportation and help determine his pay which the council aimed at 45000 a year though he earns about 40000 due to inflation and debt.
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Dayton, Ohio
Milton Seifert
Excelsior, Minn
Seifert
Dayton
Wright State University Medical School
Teaching approach needs to be subtle in advice
Dear Ann Landers causes examine a 1978 letter about marital infidelity and a man praised as saintly. The writer argues such praise was crude and damaging, urging a softer, subtler approach to teaching and advising spouses. The note suggests persistent, careful emotional and physical support.
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Ann Landers
Sig nificantly Short seeks love despite height
A reader signs as Sig nificantly Short laments being 5-2 and repeatedly rejected by women, while another writes about height preferences and the vanity of dating tall partners. Dear Ann Landers responds on self‑perception and social bias. Additional letter questions about tattooed teeth vs missing teeth and dental fear.
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Ann
Ann Landers
Interacting drugs often prescribed with anticoagulants
Researchers from the University of North Carolina and Duke University Medical Center report that one in three of 479 Medicaid patients on oral anticoagulants over six months received another drug with significant interactions. In most cases both drugs were prescribed by the same physician and filled at the same pharmacy. Barbiturates were the most common interacting concurrent prescription, surprising researchers.
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University of North Carolina
Duke University Medical Center
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Dollar Billy Learns to Grow teaches kids banking concepts
A play titled Dollar Billy Learns to Grow by The Puppet People teaches New York City grade school children about checks mortgages loans interest and inflation. Sponsored as a community service by Dry Dock Savings Bank the troupe tours 180 metropolitan area schools to introduce basic banking concepts.
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New York
New York City
Billy
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Dry Dock Savings Bank
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