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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Lower doses of GLP-1 still work

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve been on Zepbound for about eight months. I’ve had fantastic results as far as weight loss, and I’m building muscle back. The problem is that I’ve constantly had to push back on increasing my dose. I started at 2.5 mg, then 5 mg, then 7.5 mg. My body couldn’t handle 7.5 mg, so I asked to go back to 5 mg. My weight loss slowed down, but I was still losing weight and was happy with this. With the 7.5-mg dose, I couldn’t eat anything, which meant that I always felt tired, couldn’t get my proteins and didn’t have energy to work out. Also, my hair started ...

‘I’ll be back to see you’ holds a lot of meaning for seniors

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When we think about caring for older adults, our minds often go immediately to their physical needs. We think about medications, doctor’s appointments, meals, mobility, personal care and making sure they are safe. But there is another part of caring for older adults that deserves just as much attention: their emotional and behavioral well-being. There is a side of senior care that isn’t always easy to see. It is loneliness. It is the loss of independence. It is grief, anxiety, depression, confusion and the adjustment to living in a long-term-care setting. It is missing a spouse, ...

Don’t do things to make yourself a target

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We devote most of our time in these columns writing about scams, covering the different aspects of electronic schemes to steal your money and personal information. Being an older adult is a risky business and crooks seek to take advantage of every aspect of our vulnerabilities as we age. ...

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Program celebrates century of broadcasting The Mahoning Valley Historical Society will celebrate 100 years of local broadcasting with an event today at the Tyler History Center, 325 W. Federal St., Youngstown. The evening will include a panel discussion moderated by Stan Boney and featuring local broadcasting personalities Michelle Nicks, Rich Morgan and Lynn Williamson. On Sept. 26, 1926, Warren P. Williamson Jr. set up an antenna to send the first WKBN radio signal. The program starts at 6:30 p.m., and admission is free. Train show moves to Saxon Club The Iron and Steel Fall ...

WPO seeks students for Strings of Joy

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The Warren Philharmonic Orchestra is accepting applications for its Frank R. Bodor Strings of Joy program. The program provides free violin or cello lessons for students in grade 3 to 7. Participating students also will be loaned an instrument to use for their studies. Lessons taught by ...

Gray Areas: A library card — don’t leave home without it

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There is a meme I’ve seen several times this month that says, “If free public libraries didn’t already exist and someone tried to invent them, they would be condemned as a socialist plot.” Imagine the political ads we’d endure right now if libraries were a new idea. Luckily, they’ve been around for millennia. I’ve written many times over the years about my love of libraries, which started as a child who read every crappy biography ever written about his favorite athletes and continued as an adult who never could have afforded to feed the voracious reading appetites of ...