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Page ALTON HILLS OUTLOOK July 1 ISO J Outlook op Lifestyle DRGOTT Medication for heart problem By Peter H Gott M DEAR DR GOTT My question con cerns drugs used in the treatment of MAR MEG mitral valve prolapse I have this con dition as do several riendi Only one friend takes medicine Inderal when she has a problem I have to take Cor- daily If I dont I faint frequent ly have chest pains and arrhythmia Whats the difference DEAR READER Mitral valve pro lapse is a common condition in adult women and Is marked by a loosening or lopplness of a portion of the mitral valve in the heart This causes a click ing sound or a murmur In some patients MVP la associat ed with recurrent attacks of rapid heart rate This is usually an annoying nuisance that stops as abruptly as it begins In older patients however this rapid pulse can lead to a pres sure or pain Indicating that the heart muscle la not receiving enough my patients feel more i Medicine Other readers who He doesnt want wifes MTV By Meg DEAR MEG Im losing my wire to he video business Were both and shes gone into a second childhood She can sit for hours zapping back and forth from MTV to VH1 She knows all the hit videos and if she doesnt like one she zaps to another channel Shes wild about I Want Your Sex George Michael Hot Hot Hot Buster and The Man in the Mirror Michael Jackson The whole thing Is like a compulsion with her Even our kids werent this bad so I thought when they went away to school wed have some peace and qui et for a change But is worse than they ever were Her classical al bums and the folk music from our generation are collecting dust while she watches hoodlums like George Michael and John Cougar Im at a loss Is this a midlife crisis or what SOUR NOTE VALLEY COTTAGE DEAR SOUR Sounds like it Or maybe the emptynest syndrome Is getting to She could be revert ing to her second childhood in an ef fort to stave off the loneliness and feelings of aging that your kids de parture have produced Her fixation on rock video sounds like a fate worse than deaf to me How about trying to wean her off her addiction with an adult reeduca tion program Try treating her to din ner and a movie or a your genera tion concert You may be surprised at how quickly a little TLC from you will replace MTV in your lives and eardrums DEAR MEG Rick and I have been married six years Two years ago when I was pregnant with our first child Rick went out with a hook er He confessed It to me but even so the news crushed me He promised he would never do it again and I trusted him Well a few months later he did It again There have been a total of five since then I found out about the last one when I discovered evidence in vent the fastheart episodes One of the moat effective classes of drugs for tab purpose the beta- blockers medicines to lnterupt the cycle of nerve impulse that run the heart too fast Inderal was the first betablocker to be marketed Others nave been developed Corgard being one You and your friend are taking similar medicines However you seem to require yours on a more regu lar basis perhaps because your ten dency to fastpulse is more severe To give you more general Informs- 1 tlon Im sending you a free copy of my Health Report Consumer Tins Ricks car I dont trust Rick anymore and I really hate sex now But ho doesnt un derstand why When he comes home all he wants is sex Sometimes hell phone me and ask if Im in the mood If Im not he doesnt bother to come home Rick says Id forgive and forget if I really loved him But how can I for give him when hes made the same mistake over and over again DIS TRESSED MICHIGAN DEAR DISTRESSED You can forgive Rick only because he sounds as if hes in the grip of sexually de structive behavior hes unable to con trol But that doesnt mean you should continue to be a victim of his obses sion Its demeaning and demoraliz ing And his being hooked on hookers could be dangerous to your health too Draw the line Either Rick gets help or he gets out His addiction to sex has nothing to do with love It has to do with his own selfbate Good luck and keep me posted Write to Meg ia care of this news paper Meg can only answer letters that contain a selladdressed stamped envelope Questions of gen eral Interest will be discussed in fu ture Cleveland OH Be to mention the title DEAR DR GOTT Ive seen adver tisements that claim Individuals can increase their height by two to four Inches by following an exercise pro gram designed to straighten the spine Is there any validity to these claims DEAR READER Im afraid not You cannot increase the height of a fully grown spine by exercising On the other band we are all aware that some people slouch and have poor POLLYS POINTERS Indulge your taste for juicy melons DEAR POLLY How nutritious are melons Theyre my favorite fruit We eat a lot of watermelon and cantaloupe KAREN DEAR KAREN AH melons con tain some vitamins bat cantaloupe arc the superior choice Theyre a real nutritional bar gain A quarter of an averageaUe melon contains about percent of the VS Recommended Dally Allow ance for vitamin A and TO percent of the days RDA for vitamin C at a cost of only calories It contains miner als and Is a good source water too and watermelon contain about onethird or more of the RDA for viUmlnC per cop of cutop melon Watermelon alio contains significant amounts of vitamin A Summer Savings Courtesy of Happiness is the HERALD Niagara Falls Canada and Conference Centre NIAGARA FALLS CANADA posture These folks could certainly be helped by exercises designed to make them stand straight The thrust of the advertisements yon mention to give cruel hope to people with spi nal abnormalities particularly the el- derly who may have osteoporosis or the normal shortening tendency that comes with age Most people will gain height by standing and throwing their shoulders back Those with backbone problems would be better off seeking medical advice and treatment So indulge your love of melons throughout the season Theyre a real treat and they provide a nutritional boost especially important for kids who may eat a limited quantity of vi ta rich vegetablei Enjoy POLLY DEAR POLLY Use a pressing mitt available In sewing supply stores to Iron creases out of draper ies after theyve been hung Slip the mitt on one hand and hold it In back of the area to be pressed Iron with the other hand f Keep an embroidery hoop In the laundry room to hold fabrics taut when you need to remove spots and Old nylon stockings are useful for tying up old newspapers and shrub bery Are there picky eaters in your bouse Fortify the foods they love by adding sneaky Ingredients that nourish them destroying the good taste of their favorite foods For Ideas and recipes order Pollys aews- Nutrition Boosters Send for each copy to POLLYS POINT ERS In care of this newspaper PO Box SU Cleveland OH Be sare to include tie title DEAR POLLY How do I know when my potatoes are ready to dig up DEAR You can start look ing for new potatoes when the vines are large growing vigorously and starting to flower I cautiously dig around the perimeter of a plant care- tolly looking for potatoes I like them at least golfball site without disturbing smaller develop- log potatoes or the roots of the plant These little new potatoes are deli cious simply steamed or boiled and served with butter and perhaps a gen erous sprinkling of fresh herbs such as dill or rosemary What a treat If youre bar vesting your potatoes with the idea of storing them tor a few months let the plants die down natu rally before you dig the potatoes Then they will be fully mature and can be stored the longest and most successfully When digging potatoes be careful not to cat or spear any of them A potato with skin you have broken should be eaten soon and not stored since It will spoil and rot more easily POLLY DEAR POLLY To remove the adhesive residue from strips in the bathtub rub lightly with nail polish remover and a nylon or plastic scrubber ANDY Preserve the harvest the andeasy way In your Com plete reeling directions for the most popular fruits and vegetables along with special hints and pointers are found in Pollys newsletter Fruits and Vegetables Send for each copy to POLLYS POINTERS care of this newspaper PO Bex Cleveland OH Be sore to the title Advertising brings product information to you