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HINTS FROM HELOISE: How you can keep your skin healthy

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DEAR HELOISE: Every skin care company claims to have the perfect solution to staying young, but the truth is that lines and wrinkles are going to show up sooner or later. For many people, plastic surgery, skin peels and $200 creams are out of reach and might not do anything to remove the lines on your face. The best thing you can do for yourself is to prevent these lines in the first place. Wear sunblock during the summer and winter; moisturize your skin (don’t forget your neck); never sleep in your makeup; and eat a healthy, balanced diet. Add to this a little exercise and try to ...

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RETIREES TO MEET: Howland Schools Retired Personnel will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 4, at Shepherd of the Valley, North River Road, Warren. The cost of the meal, payable at the door, is $10. Spouses and guests of retirees are welcome to attend. Reservations for an accurate count must be in by Tuesday. Call/text/ email Mary at 330-856-0483 or mnf39@aol.com; or Sue at 330-207-7672 or sueuittoking@gmail.com. PERI TO MEET: The Public Employee Retirees (P.E.R.I.) of Mahoning County Chapter 18 will meet for a luncheon meeting at noon Aug. 4, at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 ...

Storm scam: Don’t get swept away

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Valley residents experienced a taste of natural disasters earlier this month, as a powerful storm plowed through the area, leaving many with damaged homes and vehicles, uprooted trees and interrupted utility service. These situations bring out the best in people who eagerly step forward to help friends and neighbors, but bring a plague of roving scammers specializing in defrauding homeowners out of cash, insurance payments or fees for nonexistent repair grants. The Federal Trade Commission acts as a clearinghouse for scam information and has compiled a list of red flags indicating the ...

Embracing the person life turns you into

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Most of us spend our younger years making plans. We choose a career, pursue an education and imagine what our future will look like. We picture ourselves growing within our profession, reaching retirement after years of faithful service and looking back with a sense of accomplishment. But life has a way of rewriting our plans. Life does not always ask us what our plans are. Sometimes it simply hands us responsibilities, and we do the best we can with what we have been given. For some, that means becoming a caregiver. For others, it means raising children, caring for aging parents, ...

To Your Good Health: Aggressive treatment for Crohn’s

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 57-year-old man, and I’ve had Crohn’s disease since I was a child. For the past 18 years, I’ve managed it quite successfully with 6-MP, budesonide and Xifaxan. For the past five years in particular, I’ve been in perfect health. My C-reactive protein (CRP) test was under 5 mg/dL, and my colonoscopy from about four years ago was pristine. Just recently, I had a colonoscopy that showed significant inflammation, and my blood work is showing it, too, with a CRP of 19.5 mg/dL. My doctor recommends an aggressive treatment with Skyrizi. I don’t want to take ...

‘American Soldier’ play comes to Salem High School

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The play “The American Soldier” will be staged for one performance on Saturday at Salem High School. This production tells the story of the American soldier through 14 characters based on real people, actual letters and true experiences spanning from the American Revolution to present day. The play captures the discipline, teamwork and brotherhood of military service while also examining the internal struggles soldiers face when returning home. Audiences meet a Revolutionary War soldier freezing at Valley Forge, a WWII veteran haunted by Iwo Jima, a grieving Vietnam-era ...