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C4 Lifestyle Decatur, Illinois, Sunday, July 31, 1988 happen. It took a deadly disease like AIDS to make a dent in sexual promiscuity. Parents who condone sex andor wild parties on prom night are not only abdicating their responsibilities but pushing their teen-agers in a direction that could spell disaster. Wake up out there! vfes Landers Dear Ann Landers: My fiancee smokes. I do not.

She feels that I should carry a lighter in my pocket and light her cigarettes. Should Nassau Dear Nassau: Absolutely not. We know that smoking can cause lung cancer, emphysema and heart trouble. You have the right to refuse to be a party to a potentially fatal illness. Don't hesitate to stand your ground.

I am sure that if you check with your unimpeachable sources, Ann, you will find that these statements are false. My wife and I enjoy reading your column daily and, although we do not always agree with you, it is rare that you are so far off base. An Irate Reader Dear I.R.: Not only was I off base, I was clean out of the ball park. While some elderly shoplifters may pick up gourmet items, I am sure that most of them are more interested in staples such as apples and oranges, sandwich meat, margarine and canned soup. I goofed and I'm ashamed of 2 Dear Ann Landers: My letter will be too late for the senior proms around the country, but I hope you will print it for parents whose children will be going to proms next year and the years after that.

According to a story in the De-l troit Free Press, high school stu-l dents are renting more than tuxe-l dos and limousines. To some, the event would not be complete with- out a hotel room preferably one I with a Jacuzzi. The average room goes for $50 to $100 a night. I A Farmington Hills innkeeper who asked not to be identified said Ann Landers writes from Chicago I for the Los Angeles Times Syndi- cate and Creators Syndicate. ents to register for them? It seems incredible that parents not only endorse such goings-on but they help to promote it.

Times have certainly changed since my father used to appear in the living room at 11 o'clock at night (wearing pajamas) and announce to my visiting boyfriend, "It's time to go home, young man." Is there any chance that the pendulum will swing in the other direction? Is it possible that parents will see that such permissiveness is disastrous and tighten the reins? What do you think, Ann? A Shocked Michigander Dear Gander: Don't expect the pendulum to swing back. It won't If you have questions about drugs and drug use, Ann Landers' booklet, "The Lowdown on Dope," will give you the answers. Send $3 plus a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope (45 cents postage) to Ann Landers, Box 11562, Chicago, HL 60611-0562. Faint from coughing shouldn't be common ple, a transverse fracture is one whose break line is straight across. An oblique one is at an angle across the bone.

A spiral fracture runs in a corkscrew fashion. A greenstick fracture is where the break is on one side of the bone only, the opposite side remaining bent but intact. Greenstick fractures are most common in the supple bones of youngsters. soeGfluDeeO heart with electric paddles. Ventricular fibrillation often follows a heart attack and requires prompt correction.

Dear Dr. Donohue: What's a greenstick fracture? M.B. Fractures are bone breaks. There are many types. For exam Dear Ann Landers: Usually you check with experts." What happened this time? The unchallenged statement that most of the elderly shoplifters are caught with gourmet items in their tote bags reminds me of that frequently repeated lie "Most welfare recipients drive up in new Cadillacs to pick up their welfare checks." The atria are the upper heart chambers, the ventricles the lower ones.

Fibrillation means erratic beat Atrial fibrillation doesn't really contribute much to the way blood is pumped out to the body from the lower chambers. However, you treat atrial fibrillation because you want to avoid any rapid heart action or clotting in the upper chambers, which can happen. Causes? Deficient blood supply from coronary arteries, heart valve problems (i.e. mitral valve), overproduction of thyroid gland hormones are a few. Drugs can abolish atrial fibrillation sometimes, and sometimes a small amount of electric current application will work.

Fibrillation in the lower chambers is an emergency situation. It is often treated by shocking the Upholstery (217)768-3039 FOAM HEAD LINERS SALE $92.00 installed 20 OFF Labor on household furniture Sale good 720-82088 We also service churches, office. furniture, and boat, car truck seats. FREE PICK-UP DELIVERY 107 W. Main Moweaqua, IL 2 Pants Receive 3rd Free 2 2 2 Sweaters Receive 3rd Free Suits Receive 3rd Free Dresses Receive 3rd Free SEND ANYTHING IN THREE'S AND GET ONE FREE lIMDHiB LAUNDERERS Advice that on prom night four groups of teen-agers were evicted for making too much noise.

One room had 14 people in it. Most hotels do not want underage drinking or raucous parties, so they have a policy that says no one under 21 may rent a room. To get around this, would you believe that some students eet their par Dr. Paul Donohue Health some permanent blood flow obstruction is making you prone to the phenomenon. For example, if an existing blockage in a brain artery exists, the additional cough-related drop in blood flow could lead to a faint.

In such a setting, even a relatively mild coughing spell could cause that to happen. Be examined. Dear Dr. Donohue: Please give me some information on Premarin and Provera. I take Premarin for the first part of the month, then add Provera.

Then I bleed for two or three days. Can I get pregnant? I am 53. What about cancer? W.A.F. You are not ovulating (producing eggs) so you cannot become pregnant. Your doctor is merely replacing the hormones your now-inactive ovaries once produced.

He is averting osteoporosis, which many estrogen-deprived postmenopausal women experience. The Premarin (estrogen) and making obsolete Erma Bombeck Commentary track on which items are placed for you to retrieve later. Trust me when I tell you that later there will be nothing to retrieve. "So how come I always see a suitcase slide onto the carousel within minutes after the plane has landed?" "You little fool," I said. "That's the Suitcase of Hope." "What's a Suitcase of Hope?" "It's a suitcase that doesn't belong to anyone.

They just send it down the chute to let you think there's more to come." I've even gone so far as to devise a way where we could pack together all of our belongings for a week in one suitcase and store it under the seat in front of us. I take a skirt and two oversized T-shirts, two scarves and a dress. I use one of his ties for a sash and one of his shirts for a bathrobe. He wears one of my T-shirts for a muscle shirt with his shorts. His trousers go to dinner on him, but I wear them baggy to the beach.

He said it was the dumbest idea he'd ever heard of. The other week as he kicked two large suitcases toward the airline counter to check in, I said to the line, "All of you who believe you're going to see your luggage again, clap your hands." The silence was deafening. Make it Distinctive! Vinyl Sales service Toll Free 1-800-CLEAN-99 429-4367 We Deliver Quality We Deliver Satisfaction Limited Time Special 5 Locations FREE Pickup Delivery the Provera (progesterone) are the hormones that produce monthly cycles, including menstruation. Given together after menopause they eliminate risk of uterine cancer, which can happen if estrogen is given alone. Other questions on the general subject are answered in the menopause booklet (No.

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Dear Dr. Donohue: What is the difference between atrial and ventricular fibrillation? What causes atrial fibrillation and how should one cope with it? C.B. Atrial and ventricular fibrillation are entirely different problems. MARRIAGES I Ricky David Kline, 36, Decatur; Pamela Sue Robinson, 32, Eldridge Donald Dean Seaton 54, Decatur; Mae Ruth Clark, 30, Decatur Gregory Wayne Hall, 21, Gainesville, Cathy Jane Loehr, 19, Decatur Randy Dwain Clark, 26, Decatur; Victoria Lynn Raleigh, 21, Decatur Timothy Raymond Rich, 33, Decatur; Athena AA. Kareotes, 25, Decatur Foster Thompson Ml, 26, Decatur; Sheila Diane Parham, 26, Decatur Michael Wayne Underwood, 19, Dalton City; Cynthia Ann Haugerud, 19, Dalton City Gregory Todd Skelton, 17, Decatur; Melanie Elizabeth Grove, 18, Steven Nathaniel Smith, 25, Troy, Loretta Kay Kendall, 22, St.

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MENUS 3 Monday Cheese pizza, vegetable salad, fruit cocktail, milk. Tuesday Cheese toastie, pork and beans, apple half, milk. Wednesday Tuna salad with dinner roll, pickle spears, peaches, milk. Thursday Spaghetti with meat sauce and dinner roll, tossed salad, pineapple tidbits, milk. Friday Cheeseburger, tater tots, applesauce, milk.

Dear Dr. Donohue: Once in a while, when I cough intensely I black out for a few seconds. I'm told that you call this post-tussive syncope, and that it is nothing to worry about. Could you explain and give me more information on this phenomenon and how serious it is? K.V.N. I Anyone will faint when blood flow to the brain drops to a third of normal.

When you cough, mo-; mentary pressure builds in the chest cavity. That interferes with return of venous blood back to the heart. If coughing is violent and I prolonged the heart won't have 1 enough blood left to pump to the brain. The faint occurs. This drop in blood flow is fleeting and causes no brain or other damage.

Please read on. Tussive faint is not common, remarkably uncommon in fact when you consider all the cough-; Sng we do and how hard we cough without a sign of faint. And this brings me around to my concern for you. The tussive faint doesn't disturb me as much as the fact that yours apparently occurs on a regular basis. Your doctor will want to explore the possibility that t)r.

Paul Donohue, a specialist in infectious diseases, public health land internal medicine, writes for North America Syndicate. Handlers baggage There's an old vacation proverb that says, "Pack half the clothes you planned to take and twice the money." I would add to that, "Don't travel with anything you can't carry at a dead run for half a mile." A trend is developing in this country that is significant. Airline Jbaggage-handling is changing the way America travels and dresses on vacations. Remember when you checked through two large suitcases con-; taining your dresses and suits, a large shoe bag, and a small suit- case containing travel iron, flip-Ipers, snorkel, tripod, extra film, portable clothesline and first-aid kit? And you carried your portable hair dryer, hot rollers and cos- metics? Not any more. Luggage is something that goes to Dallas when you have a ticket to Seattle.

Smart travelers today put a change of underwear in their attache cases and never travel in anything they do not want to 'spend a week in. The days of traveling chic are gone. Smart designers have come out with per-j ma-wrinkle fabrics that don't look any different when you sleep in them than they do when you iron them. My husband has traditionally traveled with luggage usually re-I served for a head of state who is visiting 18 time zones and five con-" tinents, with official duties in all of them. I am dazzled by his If I've told him once, I've told him a million times, the word "carousel" is a misnomer.

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