Lifestyle Columns
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Squash those Halloween cravings with orange foodOct 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Join us in celebrating Halloween with orange food! Every year about this time, we start loading up on beta carotene in the form of vegetables, juices and sauces. I'm nut...
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Webbing between toes shouldn't affect footOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - Examining newborns and congratulating tired, but ecstatic new parents is not a bad way to start a workday. I began morning rounds by checking all my new babies in the ho...
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Cloudy vision may be sign of Fuchs' dystrophyOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - Q. My mother-in-law is 70 years old. She never had a need to see an eye doctor until last week, when she scratched her eye. She found a local ophthalmologist who tol...
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Should seniors pay off the mortgage?Oct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Seniors approaching retirement with a mortgage balance and financial assets are faced with the question of whether they should liquidate assets to pay off the mortgage. ...
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Ungrateful daughter causes problem for parentsOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and I own a summer home. As a gift to our daughter, her name was placed on the title. She owns one-third and we own two-thirds. She continues to use it...
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Where does wife stand with house and no will?Oct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My husband died recently and I just learned that I am not on the deed for the house we lived in the past 22 years. Also, my husband did not have a will. He has tw...
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Husband's online activities leave wife out in the coldOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I've searched the archives and can't locate any replies to this apparently very common malady: online, hard-core porn usage by husbands. I understand men are vis...
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Two bathroom chalks are best, but each have a disadvantageOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. We clipped your column titled “Silicone caulk doesn't stand up to polyurethane,” knowing that we would need the product you recommended Sikaflex-1a which we cou...
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Professor sets the rules for rude studentsOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I am a college professor at a small university, and I have had several students take a snippy, rude or highhanded tone with me. When offering a range of times a...
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'Unsafe' chimney claim needs to be thoroughly investigatedOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. We bought our home about two years ago, and no fireplace or chimney problems were disclosed by our home inspector. But this week we hired someone to remove birds ...