DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you explain electrolytes? How can we make sure we keep our electrolytes in the normal range within our body? Are we wasting our money purchasing bottled water that says, “includes electrolytes”? I came across an electrolyte powder that can be added to water. Is this the best way to keep electrolytes in the normal range? How can we tell if we are taking too much electrolytes? -- A.R.
Q: I’m confused about whether or not it makes sense to reduce salt if you want to protect your heart. Recent reports seem contradictory.
Dear Readers, Beneath a sky still rippled with clouds like a puffy bedspread, our swollen pond is all murky browns and greens with waves piling winter grass flotsam against the dam. That storm coming up from the South I told you about last week? Well that barely spit on us.
Dear Readers: Every year I step away from my column briefly to work on other creative projects. (Anyone interested in my personal essays and photographs can subscribe to my free newsletter: amydickinson.substack.com).
Dear Dr. Roach: I was wondering if you could explain why some vaccinations seem to completely protect against a disease, while others do not. For example, smallpox was completely eradicated by vaccination, and the hepatitis B vaccine is good for life and 98% to 100% effective, according to the World Health Organization. Yet we need to have the flu vaccine each year. I understand that is partly due to different strains of flu that come through, and of course we have the coronavirus vaccine, which ... I hope you can see where this question is going. I think an understanding of the vaccines we have and how they work would be extremely beneficial to all. -- M.S.
Q: My father is slated to have robotic surgery to fix a leaky mitral valve in his heart. They say it’s going to be minimally invasive. What does that mean? And is it really safe to have a robot poking around inside a person’s heart? -- Gerry F., Franklin, Tennessee
When you look back over 90+1 years, we hope that your memories are warm ones. When you celebrate on March 24th, we hope that your heart is filled with love and joy.
EL DORADO — Soroptimist El Dorado is presenting the third Women’s Roundtable in their discussion series, scheduled for Tuesday, March 29. The presentation is free… Login to continue reading Login…
Members of the Freya Study Club met for the annual salad and dessert luncheon on Friday, February 25, 2022. The meeting was held in the Clymer Room at Bradford Memorial Library. Hostesses were Bobbie Jaax, Cherrie Kehler, and Deb Wheeler.
The January meeting of the Susannah French Putney Daughters of the American Revolution was canceled due to covid concerns. The February meeting was held at the Kansas Oil Museum in El Dorado, KS on February 18, 2022.