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THE POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN

ACETAMINOPHEN AND AUTISM

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Debate over possible acetaminophen-autism link
heads to court

Debate over the growing "bellwether" cases to gauge which is Tylenol -- is

scientific evidence that links jury reaction. Sometimes the estimated to be used by

women who took matter is settled before nearly two-thirds of

acetaminophen during those bellwether cases go to pregnant women at some

pregnancy with giving birth trial. Currently, the complex point during pregnancy. In

to a child with autism is litigation involves nine fact, as the most common

heading to the courtroom. defendants -- CVS, Costco, drug ingredient in the United

Backed by studies that tie Family Dollar, Rite Aid, States, acetaminophen is
use of the common pain Safeway, Sam's Warehouse, found in 600-plus medicines,
reliever with autism in Target, Walgreens and including prescription and
offspring, lawyers for Walmart. Active ingredient over-the-counter pain

thousands of affected the same Although the relievers, fever reducers and
families plan to take on some companies sell different sleep aids, as well as cough,
of the biggest drug retailers brands of acetaminophen cold and allergy medicines
in America -- alleging they products sourced from under brand names that
failed to warn of potential different suppliers, the court include NyQuil, Excedrin,
dangers when selling their said the active ingredient at Alka-Seltzer and Robitussin.
products that contain issue is the same. Alicia
Health professionals
acetaminophen. Earlier this O'Neill, a lawyer involved in routinely tell women that
month, the U.S. Judicial Panel the litigation, said her Texas- acetaminophen is safe to
on Multidistrict Litigation based law firm, Watts take during pregnancy,
ordered that 65 individual Guerra, "likely will file against especially to reduce high Registered nurse Karleen DeGroodt took Tylenol regularly during her pregnancy with son Devyn, now
14, after being told the medication was safe. Devyn was diagnosed with autism at age 2 1/2.

cases on the purported many manufacturers" as the fever and severe pain that, if Devyn. Tylenol was on the severe" autism, DeGroodt the latest available data by
autism-acetaminophen link mass tort lawsuit picks up left untreated, may harm list. DeGroodt, who was on said in a phone interview.
steam. Such litigation may the Centers for Disease
take three to five years, as a
be consolidated into mass conservative estimate, them or the developing 24-hour call and constantly He is "still the sweetest Control and Prevention.
tort litigation to reduce the O'Neill said, "but they can go fetus. But women may be on her feet, said she took boy," who loves the beach
burden on individual courts much more quickly or take less well-advised when it Tylenol after "long, grueling and symphony music, his That's up from 1 in 54, or
and produce a consistent longer. Our goal is to always comes to limiting days" of hospital work. mother said, though puberty
outcome. Pending cases move forward quickly and acetaminophen use. At her is hitting hard since Devyn 1.9%, of 8-year-olds in 2017.
were assigned to Judge get justice for our clients as first prenatal visit, registered "You're pregnant. You're cannot express his emotions
Denise L. Cote, of the U.S. soon as we can." nurse Karleen DeGroodt, sore," she said, estimating and feelings. "We're walking The Food and Drug
District Court for the 43, of Orange County, Calif., that she took the drug at on eggshells," DeGroodt
Southern District of New recalls receiving a gift bag least once a week during her said, explaining there are Administration, some
pregnancy. Devyn, now 14,
medical groups, and Johnson

& Johnson, which makes

Tylenol, say further research

is needed to firmly establish

York, for pretrial hearings. At the heart of the dispute that contained prenatal was diagnosed with autism at "moments of meltdown" whether a link exists

Instead of one mega-trial, is a drug that tops $1 billion vitamins and a list of age 2 1/2. He is essentially when her son is screaming between neurobehavioral
mass tort cases like this have in annual U.S. sales. approved over-the-counter nonverbal, communicating and hitting himself and conditions and

the parties agree to try a Acetaminophen -- the medications to use during with his iPad, and has others. And the family put a acetaminophen. "We will
of most widely sold brand of her pregnancy with son "moderate leaning into special lock on the front always evaluate new data. At
small number

door after Devyn once left this time, we are not aware
without telling anyone and of conclusive evidence to
ended up at his support a causal link
grandparents' house down between acetaminophen use
the block. DeGroodt said during pregnancy and the
her family has no history of risk of adverse fetal
autism, and Devyn has outcomes," spokeswoman
received a battery of tests, Meghan Harding of Johnson
including full DNA genome & Johnson Consumer
testing last year, looking for a Healthcare said in a
genetic link. "Everything statement to UPI. According
comes back to not to Harding, the label on
contributing to autism," she Johnson & Johnson's adult
said of the tests. "The most Tylenol products, in which
reasonable [explanation], acetaminophen is the active
with the most signs pointing ingredient, states, "If
to it, is Tylenol." One in 44, pregnant or breast-feeding,
or 2.3%, of 8-year-old ask a health professional
children in this country were before use." The warning
identified with autism was was placed there per
spectrum disorder in 2018, labeling requirements for
Epidemiologist Bernard Harlow examined a wide array of scientific evidence as an independent researcher. He came away
feeling convinced of its merit, telling UPI he was “quite astonished” at “the consistently strong association” between according to an analysis of story continues on page 16

acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder.

Most pregnant women use acetaminophen

Pregnant women in the in a study of more than of over-the-counter drugs is birth defects," said Werler of Many obstetrical not known to harm fetuses.
United States balance relief 10,000 mothers that two- "high enough to warrant the study published in
from pain and illness and the thirds took acetaminophen concern," lead researcher September issue of the practitioners say the drugs Studies are under way to
health of their fetus as they and one-in-six took ibuprofen Martha Werler told The American Journal of study the OTC drugs' effect
take more over-the-counter or a decongestant during Washington Post. "Probably Obstetrics and Gynecology. are safe. The American on fetuses, the newspaper
medicines than ever. Boston their pregnancy. The findings most of the medications are "What we don't know is" the reported.
University researchers found show pregnant women's use not strongly associated with weaker associations." College of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists says

acetaminophen,

antihistamines and aspirin are

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The storm has passed, but for thousands
in Florida, the displacement lingers

Southwest Florida isn’t homes or trailers. Many face Aid like that has become Many in southwest Florida need new places to live after
what it used to be to lengthy waits before their common around the area – Hurricane Ian. Federal and local aid gives a boost, but
Brittany Ward. homes are rebuilt or from hard-to-reach islands people are grappling with difficult choices.
repaired. Some, like Ms. just off the coast to Walmart
She grew up in Cape Ward, are searching for parking lots, where displaced They came back about a they were going back to times to see friends, and
Coral, a canal-filled city just somewhere new. people are camping out in week later with Mr. Achors’ Jacksonville – and for Ms. spent part of her time in the
across the Caloosahatchee RVs and tents. blue GMC Sierra and a Achors, soon, even farther Orlando hotel applying for
River from Fort Myers. It had “I feel like if I don’t go rented mobile home hitched away. jobs in the state. Taking care
a small town feel, she says. now, with this, something Since the hurricane, to the back. Her home is of family has, in part, kept her
There were skating rinks, worse could happen,” she Ramon Martinez has been completely destroyed. More She has family and a place down south her entire life.
beaches, and parks, she says. says. living in a single-person tent than six feet of water surged to stay in Indiana, she says. “I She felt like she didn’t have a
Always something to do. next to the Walmart where inside, warping the walls, just like Florida. I don’t like choice to leave before. Now
As of Tuesday, the Federal he works. He was staying in a flipping the king size bed, and Indiana winter,” she says. she does.
By the time she became a Emergency Management shelter before the storm, but dragging her front porch “Now I’m going to have to
mom, the town had grown Agency is supporting 1,468 it wasn’t safe for a hurricane, across the street. learn to like it.” She says she hasn’t heard
crowded and prices had Florida households – 3,817 and he had to move from back on any jobs yet. But the
risen. The skating rinks people – through its place to place before getting Ms. Achors and her son Leaving a life in schools there are good,
closed. Her five kids had Transitional Sheltering an offer to stay an hour away. parked their trailer in front Florida behind? there are mountains, and
more fun inside anyway. But Assistance program, says He couldn’t take it, he says, of a restaurant near San there’s a better life for her
there were still beaches and Renee Bafalis, a FEMA wearing a khaki hat and T- Carlos Boulevard. The Ms. Ward has also set her children, perhaps.
barrier islands for the spokesperson. In addition, shirt as cars pass behind him. Walmart across the street eyes out of state. Waiting to
weekends.There was still the the agency has opened 15 It was too far from his job. closed its lot to anyone hear back about another “They have seasons,” says
yacht club – the same one disaster recovery centers, staying overnight, but has rental, which she could move Ms. Ward. “That’s my biggest
Ms.Ward visited as a kid. where Floridians can speak Relief stations: Bridge become a hub for different into immediately, she thing – I’ve always wanted
with representatives and to an uncertain future aid stations during the day. described her dream to my kids to have seasons”
Hurricane Ian took that apply for aid. The Red Cross move to North Carolina.
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shelters, housing around food, water, showers, and FEMA representative after She’s visited a couple
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w club was destroyed. Bridges Those services helped and they expect the
to the nearby barrier islands Two days before the Kitty Achors get through last neighborhood to be
collapsed.“Our own beach is storm, Ms. Ward and her week. condemned. As of Oct. 11,
gone,” she says. “It’s gone” children squeezed into her
Chevy Malibu and drove to Ms. Achors is a 16-year
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Her rental already had a It was the closest hotel she neighborhood that suffered
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storm.The storm split it into and four minutes away. including a few lives – during
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and back multiple days for an places she would take her
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. sister, who has a husband and soon after the hurricane went back together. There
y three kids. As of Oct. 9, Ms. ended she drove back down was nowhere else to go, she
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Facing blackouts, Ukrainians seek
candles and camping stoves

Under normal the Ukrainian power
generator Dtek. Five of the
circumstances, it would have six power plants under its
control have been hit in the
been a minor purchase – last two weeks, bringing the
employee death toll since
something for a picnic, the war began to 94. “There
is no doubt that their goal is
perhaps. But after surviving a complete blackout.”

three Russian missile attacks

on their apartment block,

Alisa Zosimova and her

husband are counting on

their new gas camping stove About 1,000 technicians,

to give them confidence to organized into 70 mobile

confront what threatens to repair teams, are working

be a hard winter. around the clock to restore

“I am worried that we the power transmission

won’t have light, heating, or system, says Mr. Kudrytskii.

water for a week or more,” They have been assisted by

says Ms. Zosimova, out European electricity

shopping on the weekend in distributors that have

the wake of massive Russian donated generators,

missile and drone attacks transformers, and other

that have damaged or equipment needed for

destroyed one-third of repairs, he says.

Ukraine’s energy Dtek, however, remains in
“dire need” of equipment of
infrastructure and subjected all kinds to generate more
power, warns Ms. Atosha in
more than a million an email interview. Pavlo Melnykov and Alisa Zosimova pose for a
photo after shopping for emergency supplies.
Ukrainian households to They worry that power cuts could deprive them
of heat and light for days at a time.
power cuts.

Another wave of attacks “There are only two ways Andrii Skoba, a salesman at Among the shoppers are it. The main thing is that we hydropower station at
rocked the country Saturday to prevent the total the Gorgany camping shop in Nastia and Vladimir, who survive.” Kakhovka are occupied by
morning. In Kyiv, power cuts destruction of the energy Kyiv. “We buy 10 boxes of relocated from the the Russian army, and feeding
of 4 to 5 hours are becoming system,” she says – better air gas stoves, but by the end of shellshocked city of Kharkiv “It will be hard” nothing into the Ukrainian
the new norm. Street lighting defenses or an end to the the day they are all gone. to Kyiv on the assumption national grid. With so much
on the capital’s major war. Now demand is 20 to 30 that the capital would be damage now done to
arteries has been reduced, times higher” than it used to safer and easier for work. remaining power plants and
and residential side streets Since Russian President be, he says. The recent attacks on the Elsewhere in Kyiv, Nikolai grid facilities, power cuts are
sit in total darkness as the capital, the unexpected Ivanovich, a white-haired, inevitable, says Ukrenergo
moon rises. There are no Vladimir Putin unleashed His customers this month daylong blackout, and now wiry older man, strides the board chief Mr. Kudrytskii.
signs yet that morale is are not the usual crowd of scheduled power cuts have aisles of the Epicentr
flagging, but the attacks have heavy, nationwide airstrikes outdoors enthusiasts, either. undermined their sense of megastore, ignoring saws and
darkened the outlook for Many high-earning IT sector security. axes and other equipment,
winter. against Ukrainian workers were among those until he finally finds what he
buying “just in case” “We hope to have light is looking for – a wood-
infrastructure targets on emergency supplies on tonight so we can have burning stove. He plans to
Saturday. Top of their dinner at home,” says install it in his dacha, a simple
Oct. 10, Washington and shopping lists? Gas camping Vladimir. But just in case, the summer home in the
stoves, sleeping bags, and couple has made backup countryside where he will
other NATO capitals have warm clothes such as plans to eat meat and spend the winter.
thermal underwear and porridge cooked on the gas
“Russia aims to destroy pledged to step up their merino wool socks. stoves of friends who have Back at Epicentr,
already purchased the everything from diesel-
the entire energy supplies of air defense “This time of the year is necessary gear. powered generators to
usually low season because it candles were flying off the
infrastructure of Ukraine,” materiel. is rainy,” Mr. Skoba explains. “For sure it will be a hard shelves on Saturday; by
“But now our clients are winter,” says Nastia, who closing time, the shop had
says Volodymyr Kudrytskii, Gas stoves and either civilians who want works in human resources. sold out of both large
thermal underwear camping gas stoves to cook “There will be more strikes. generators capable of
head of the board of in their basements, or They won’t just stop. But I powering a household and
soldiers for the front line.” am sure we can get through smaller ones suitable for a
Ukrenergo, the national In Kyiv, a sense of relative lamp.
safety still reigns, although air
electricity distributor, by sirens are heeded with “If there are not too many
renewed respect. During the drones and missiles then I
email. “The enemy seeks to weekend, shoppers crowded am sure we will survive the
stores selling the sort of winter,” he says.“And, if need
disrupt the heating season practical items needed in an be, retired men like me will
emergency. go fight.”
and leave Ukrainians without

light and heat in winter,”

when temperatures Ukrainians “know who the

routinely drop well below Electricity supplies had enemy is and that they have
not been a problem in
freezing. “Demand has drastically Ukraine until two weeks ago. to prepare ahead,” says
increased for all our Daily consumption fell by
“All regions are suffering products,” since Oct. 10, 30% when the Russians Lyudmila Morozyuk,
from attacks on energy when the capital invaded, prompting millions
facilities in one way or experienced its first 24-hour to flee and many businesses Epicentr’s wholesale
another,” notes Antonina blackout of the war, reports to close. Indeed, since the
Atosha, spokeswoman for war began, Ukraine had been manager. “Of course, it is
exporting its surplus
electricity to neighboring uncomfortable and people
European countries.
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SR092222 wake of a string of Ukrainian Remembering that time,
110322 she frets because most of
battlefield successes, and her appliances need
electricity.
autumn ushered in a

seasonal increase in

electricity use. “I am not in a panic,” she
says. “But I realize it will be
Adding to the difficulties, hard.”
the Zaporizhzhia nuclear
power plant and a By Dominique Soguel

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Biggest Social Security boost since
1981 is helpful but imperfect

Social Security is set to the effects of inflation. But
boost the benefits it this was an inefficient
provides retirees by 8.7%, system, as politics would
the biggest cost-of-living often be injected into a
adjustment since 1981. It simple economic decision.
comes as sky-high inflation Under this system, an
continues to eat into increase in benefits could be
incomes and savings. too small or too large, or
could fail to happen at all if
The changes are set to one party blocked the
take effect in January 2023 change entirely.
and were announced
following the release of the Not to mention that with
September 2022 consumer the baby boomers -- those
price index report, which born from 1946 to 1964 --
showed inflation climbing entering the labor force it
more than expected during was already clear that Social
the month, by 0.4%. Security would face long-
term funding issues in the
The automatic adjustment future, and so putting the
program on autopilot
will surely come as a relief to reduced the political risk
faced by politicians.
tens of millions of retirees

and those who receive

supplemental security

income who may be Since then, benefits have
climbed automatically by the
struggling to afford basic average increase in
consumer prices during the
necessities as inflation has third quarter of a given year
from the same period 12
accelerated throughout months earlier. This is based
on a version of the
2022. But an annual consumer price index meant The automatic adjustment will surely come as a relief to tens of
to estimate price changes for millions of retirees and those who receive supplemental security
adjustment wasn't always the working people and has been income who may be struggling to afford basic necessities as
rising slightly faster than the inflation has accelerated throughout 2022.
case -- and other overall pace of inflation.

government benefits and

programs deal with inflation

differently.

John Diamond, who While helpful, these Such a big increase in cost of its Thrifty Food Plan the maximum value of the additional 3.8% tax on
directs the Center for Public Social Security benefits likely each June and adjusts child tax credit and the investment and passive
Finance at Rice's Baker inflation adjustments are means some people who Supplemental Nutrition $10,000 cap on the income for taxpayers above
Institute, explains the history paid no tax will now have to Assistance Program or deduction of state and local a certain income level --
of the Social Security cost- backward-looking and pay some, while others will SNAP benefits - formerly taxes. In addition, the doesn't adjust, which means
of-living, or COLA, increase, see larger increases in their known as food stamps -- in threshold that determines each year more individuals
what other benefits are imperfect. For example, 2022 tax liability. October of each year. who is liable for the net are subject to it.
adjusted for inflation and Beginning in October 2022, investment income tax -- the
why the government makes Social Security benefits food stamp benefits rose by By John W. Diamond
these changes. 12.5%, which helps make up
increased by 5.9% from the for the largest increases in
food prices since the 1970s.
previous year, even though 4. Why does the
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double what economists the finances of households insurance and others,
surveyed by Reuters had 2023 increase in benefits and businesses. including SNAP benefits.
expected.
primarily offsets what was 6. Does the tax system
also adjust for inflation?
lost over the previous year.
While some aspects of the
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taxable? others do not.

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core inflation -- which Social Security benefits are bracket thresholds, the size
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“Well, many of them have One doesn’t have an the best president? OK, problems and caustic better (“We can do better” lost each time, though he
said they would never run if automatic victory in that doesn’t always work, (“severely critical or said JFK during the 1960
I run. So, we’ll see whether professional sports. Each but the principle remains. sarcastic”), some would say presidential campaign didn’t have an effect on
or not that turns out to be season begins anew with acerbic personality (“harsh against Richard Nixon).And
true. I think it’d be very every team and every In politics, as in most or severe, as of temper or so we did, reaching the election outcomes.
disloyal if they did [run], but player a potential winner, other things, victories expression”), Trump might moon in 1969.
that’s OK too.And the polls based on their skills and should be earned. This is not be able to run again. As Winston Churchill
have me leading by 40, 50 determination. not a monarchy where The country deserves to “We can do better” is a observed: “It has been said
points.” Partially that may titles are conveyed by see “the torch passed to a better slogan, I think, than that democracy is the
be because no one else, Donald Trump should blood and accidents of new generation,” as John F. “Make America Great worst form of government
including him, has yet step up to the plate like birth. American voters Kennedy said in his 1961 Again,” because while it except all the others that
announced for president. anyone else and earn a ought to be able to test the Inaugural Address. acknowledges America’s have been tried.”
victory, should he choose ideas, performance and imperfections, it also taps
to compete. If competition promises of a number of Republicans who choose into a “can-do” spirit that Donald Trump should
in business improves presidential candidates to run for president next has in the past led to not be able to anoint
products and services, before deciding their time should not be seen as invention, innovation, himself as the only
party’s nominee and running against Donald personal responsibility and Republican presidential
candidate in 2024. Let him
compete like everyone else
and let the voters decide.

The presidency should

‘Till’ exudes
maternal love and
the on-going grief
for a murdered child

with Mary Sanchez

The Twitter trolls went Emmett’s story, and with his

about their work early, as own desire to bring a sense Readers can reach Mary
they tend to do. of justice for Till-Mobley, for Sanchez at
most of his adult life.
They struck before [email protected]
The opening of Till, which and follow her on Twitter
gathering pertinent will see widespread release @msanchezcolumn.

information and were

assuming and self- by the end of October, is a Mary Sanchez joins Signs of what was stolen when Emmett Till lost his life are
personal triumph tinged Happenings Q&A on on display in the Rotunda inside of the Mississippi State
congratulatory. Many with grief and trauma. Tues. Nov. 15th at Capitol Building on March 11, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi.
1:30 on AM1050 WLIP.
commented before the Beauchamp is burdened
by the harsh reality that
mid-October limited most of the people at the
center of this Mississippi
release of “Till,” the latest killing, who knew Till or his
mother well, have died. It’s a
cinematic treatment of the fact that continues to
complicate the attainment
nation’s most infamous of justice for Emmett. brutality involved. showing America the racism the young white women
of the South, as well as the working at a country store
lynching involving the 1955 No one was ever It was his mother’s deep, twisted social codes that he had entered to buy
convicted, although two insistence that the coffin amid which a gregarious candy.
death of 14-year-old half-brothers admitted to to visit relatives, traveling would be open for the young boy could lose his life
kidnapping Emmett and from his home in Chicago. throngs of mortified for being what was then So it wasn’t completely
Emmett Till. later bragged about the He returned a disfigured mourners in Chicago who considered too “fresh” or out of line that some critics
killing for the price of a corpse. came to view him. too personal with a white feared the film would profit
Keith Beauchamp, a co- magazine article about it. woman. off the pain of Black people.
writer on the film’s script, White men, they had In the weeks before And, even more Thankfully, these early
winced. already been quickly fortuitous for history, she Let’s be clear: Emmett misguided musings have
acquitted by an all-white insisted a photographer was murdered because he been debunked. Emmett’s
He’s a New York-based jury in rural Mississippi. America could have its first take the image of Emmett’s was Black. suffering is captured, but
documentarian, a personal mutilated corpse laid out in not overtly depicted.
friend and advocate of Emmett had gone there look at the film, many his coffin. The photo would The only excuse his
Emmett’s deceased mother, be printed in Jet magazine, killers needed was that fact In fact, the film is drawing
Mamie Till-Mobley. worried that it would be then a key influential for their racial hatred to be critics’ praise for its deft
connector to Black ignited. They unleashed subtleties, as well as talk of
another Hollywood America. their fury on him after the industry’s highest
Emmett wolf whistled at
treatment that traded Black The story wound up see SANCHEZ on page 8

But he collected himself dignity for gratuitous
before investing too much
emotion responding to the horror, scenes of violence
uninformed takes of
relatively few people. for shock effect.

Beauchamp has lived with Afterall, Emmett’s death
is seared into civil rights
history because of the

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Ask the Builder: Increase household
water pressure in minutes

Christine lives in Sylvania, nutrients travel up from the Mineral deposits and grit in your faucet aerators might
Ohio. She reads this column roots and down from the be the only reason you have dismal water pressure.
weekly and shared the leaves in the xylem and
following:“In the newspaper phloem just under the bark,
today you said you’re the tree would soon die, as
addressing topics that can you’ve cut off the pressure
save homeowners money. In completely.
my community many have
water pressure issues, But what if you made the
myself included.” cut not around the trunk
but just around one major
She then gave me a full branch? Just the leaves on
report about her particular that branch would die and
water-pressure problems. the rest of the tree would
be fine.
Often, when readers get
in touch with me they share You may have poor
the key that unlocks the pressure in one or more
mystery without me having faucets simply because of a
to ask any questions. In localized issue at that faucet,
Christine’s case, it was when not an issue within your
she mentioned having main water line. In fact, I had
pressure “issues in different the same thing happen here
parts of the house, while at my own home over the
other faucets are fine.” past few months.

Bingo. There’s your Living in a rural area, I bath faucets to tame the sure I removed any and all If you recall your high back on the faucet, the flow
smoking gun. flow of water. If you’ve not hard-water deposits. I threw school chemistry class, you was back to normal. If you
have my own well. I also looked at one up close, you out the oxalic acid solution know that white vinegar is a don’t want to go through
Do you have this problem should because they’re outdoors on some weak form of acid and that this multi-step cleaning
in your home? If so, I’ve got have a water-conditioning primarily miniature filters. crabgrass, rinsed the hard water deposits are process, you can often just
such great news for you. container and put in four alkaline. The weak acid install a new aerator. Take
Within a few hours you can system that has a whole- I removed my kitchen ounces of white vinegar. I dissolves the deposits. I your existing one to a
restore the full flow of faucet aerator and, lo and heated the vinegar up in the dropped the aerator into neighborhood hardware
water in all your faucets.You system pre-filter. The filter behold, there were visible microwave for one minute the hot white vinegar and store and they should offer
can do this yourself using a pieces of grit sitting on top so the chemical reaction let it soak for several hours. a suitable replacement.
simple tool and some simple helps protect the filtration of the top screen. Who would occur faster.
chemicals you may already knows what smaller things Once I put the aerator By Tim Carter
have. You may spend less media that treat my water. could be deeper inside? I
than a dollar to restore also saw severe iron staining
your water pressure. The 5-micron paper filter and felt that iron deposits
could have started to
First, allow me to explain needs to be changed every restrict the flow within the
Christine’s problem. It’s aerator.
hard for many people to three to four months for
understand water pressure I opened my refrigerator
in their homes because the optimal performance. and got out my bag of oxalic
water lines are hidden from acid. I heated up four
view. It’s not hard to Believe it or not, I forgot to ounces of water in a small
understand how pressure glass container, dumped in a
can vary if you compare change the filter. teaspoon of oxalic acid
your water supply to a tree powder, stirred it, and
with many branches. The first sign of trouble dropped in the aerator into Sanchez
was iron staining, as the the solution. Then I walked
Think what would happen filter had become clogged away for 30 minutes. continued from page 6 some thread of Emmett’s death has never receded
if you were to cut a band with tiny iron deposits and honors for actor Danielle
around the entire now some was getting past When I came back, the Deadwyler, who plays Till- story is almost a rite of for multiple reasons. The
circumference of the trunk the filter. I gradually started aerator looked like new. I Mobley and for director,
at a depth of a couple inches to notice that the flow of rinsed it and then started Chinonye Chukwu. passage for many perpetrators were
beneath the bark. Since life- water from my kitchen phase two of the cleaning
giving water, minerals and faucet was less than process. I wanted to make journalists. Some fail, protected by racist legal
satisfactory. However, when
Ullman I’d go to use my laundry sink situation that was It has nuances in how repeating elements that and social codes and later
to fill the bucket to wash my desperate but not fully Emmett’s mother is
continued from page 7 truck, I’d not see any water serious. portrayed, not just as the began as conjecture and with the passage of time
flow issues. catalyst that took her son’s
has threatened to attack its Will any of these ticking murder to historical should have been cast and fading of memory. But
NATO ally Greece and so time bombs explode and, if heights. She’s also
far, along with Hungary, has so, when? The object must portrayed for her bravery, aside. For years, reporters mostly, we continue to be
not agreed to the accession be to defuse or contain as but it is shown as stemming
of Finland and Sweden to many as possible. If from her role as a loving, would say that Emmett fascinated by this case
the alliance. Congress, the White House doting mom.
and the public are not “allegedly whistled,” because Emmett’s trauma
All these potentially paying sufficient attention
external time bombs are to these potential time perhaps to avoid the feels so in sync with today.
ticking as Americans go to bombs, some will go off.
the polls next month. Given Keep in mind, the laundry And then what will we do? appearance of blaming a Memories of Emmett
the dire partisan divide tub faucet doesn’t have an At that point, it may be a bit surface each time a young
here, no matter how the aerator. Aerators are huge too late. victim. But his cousins who Black man is found
elections are decided and money makers for innocent of a crime he
which party gains or loses plumbers. Aerators are put were present that day, say didn’t commit, or when a
control of what each on the ends of kitchen and white perpetrator does
wants, major protests and If your curiosity is that he did whistle. something reckless and is
peaked by the film, there allowed to surrender to
are numerous resources to Others are still finding police without incident.
learn more. new ways to tell slices of Those cases are juxtaposed
the story, adding against Black people who
Here’s one: “Emmett Till: perspectives and nuance to seem to be offered far less
what’s known. That’s a grace. The latter are often
The Murder That Shocked testament to Emmett’s gunned down, as if their
importance. lives matter less.
the World and Propelled

even violence cannot be the Civil Rights I got lucky. My decades-
discounted. And one Trump long association with Till
and possibly one Biden may Movement.” The book, by came through one of the
well be indicted if not greatest legal civil rights
before, then possibly after, Devery S.Anderson, heavily scholars ever – Alvin Sykes
the election. who helped convince the
researched and indexed, is FBI to reopen the case. He
This is not 1914 except then got legislation passed
perhaps in one way. As war the most authoritative. It to create a unit within the For Beauchamp, such on-
clouds were darkening over Department of Justice to going truths factor heavily
Europe then, the view from contains details that a investigate unsolved civil into his aspirations for Till,
France's Quai d'Orsay was rights cases. Sykes died in the film and Emmett’s
of a situation that was cinematic rendering March of 2021. legacy.
serious but not yet
desperate. The realists in couldn’t feasibly capture.
Berlin's chancellery drew
the opposite conclusion: a Emmett has a way of “I hope it inspires
drawing people in. He another movement for
speaks to their conscience. change,” he said.
He gains their rapt
attention, even when the As I’ve written before, A lofty aspiration – but
barbaric details of his death the anger over Emmett’s one that Emmett just might
push them away. be up to fulfilling.

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social security

Social Security COLA
for 2023

with Tom
Margenau

In mid-October every

year, the Bureau of Labor

Statistics releases its

much-anticipated report

on changes (usually If you have a Social this complicated issue of people who earn more money they can earn and example, people getting
increases) to the Security question,Tom than $160,200 in 2023 still receive all their disability benefits who
Consumer Price Index Margenau has the answer. will no longer have Social Social Security checks. try to work can generally
over the past 12 months. Security payroll taxes That limit was $19,560 in continue getting those
Why is this little, esoteric Contact him at deducted from their 2022 and will be $21,240 benefits as long as they
government report -- thomas.margenau@comcast. paychecks once they hit in 2023. For every two are not working at a
actually called the net.To find out more about that threshold. This has dollars a person earns "substantial" level. In
Consumer Price Index Tom Margenau and to read always been a very over those limits, one 2022, the law defined
for Urban Wage Earners controversial provision dollar is withheld from substantial work as any
and Clerical Workers -- past columns and see of the law. (Bill Gates his or her monthly job paying $1,350 or
so popular? Because for features from other Creators pays the same amount of benefits. more per month. In
Social Security tax as his 2023, that substantial
Syndicate writers and plumber!) I think it's a There is a higher earnings level increases
cartoonists, visit the Creators pretty good bet that any earnings threshold in the to $1,470 monthly.
eventual Social Security year a person turns full
Syndicate website at reform package will retirement age that
www.creators.com. include an increase in applies from the
that wage base. beginning of the year
the past 48 years, it's the will be $3,627, compared Medicare premiums until the month the
person reaches FRA.
report that determines to $3,345 in 2022. And other than to make this (The income penalty
goes away once a person
the cost-of-living please note that $3,627 quick point. Even though reaches that magic age.)
That threshold goes up
adjustment (COLA) that is the maximum for they are linked in the from $51,960 in 2022 to
$56,520 in 2023.
Social Security someone turning full minds of most older
A couple other Social
beneficiaries will get the retirement age in 2023. adults, Social Security and Security provisions are
also impacted by
following year. That does not mean it is Medicare are entirely inflationary increases. For

Because my column the maximum Social separate programs,
has a long lead time, what Security payment anyone
I am reporting here isn't can receive. There are administered by entirely
news to most of my millions of Social Security
readers. As I'm sure beneficiaries who get separate federal agencies,
you've already heard, all much more than that,
65 million Social Security primarily because they and they have entirely
beneficiaries' checks are worked well past their
going up 8.7% in 2023. FRA and/or delayed separate rules and
starting their benefits
until age 70. regulations regarding

their benefit and Finally, the

payment structures. For Supplemental Security

example, I already Income basic federal

explained how Social payment level for one

And even though this is Security COLAs are Most people need 40 person goes up from
Social Security work
the biggest increase in Here's another figured. The Part B credits (sometimes called $841 in 2022 to $914 in
"quarters of coverage")
many decades, I always important point about Medicare premium to be eligible for monthly 2023. SSI is a federal
benefit checks from the
dread mentioning the COLA. Many readers increase has nothing to system. In 2022, people welfare program
who were working
COLAs in this column have been asking me if do with the CPI. Instead, earned one credit for administered by the SSA,
each $1,510 in Social
because every single time they must file for Social by law, it must be set at a Security taxable income. but it is not a Social
However, no one earns
I do, I am flooded with Security benefits in 2022 level that covers 25% of more than four credits Security benefit. It is paid
per year. In other words,
emails from readers to get the COLA that's the cost of running the once you've made for out of general
$6,040, your Social
complaining that the paid in January 2023. The program. Taxpayers pick Security record has been revenues, not Social
credited with the
increase is not enough. answer is no. The COLA up the remaining 75%. maximum four credits or Security taxes.
quarters of coverage. In
Yet here's the rub: will be built into the (And again, wealthy 2023, the one credit limit
many economists and goes up to $1,640,
social planners believe benefit computation people pay more than meaning you will have to
Social Security COLAs earn $6,560 this coming
are too generous! (I've formula, so even if you the 25% share.) year before you get the November Medicare
explained why in past maximum four credits Minutes – How Medicare
columns, but don't have don't file for Social Another measuring assigned to your Social Works with Military
the space to get into that Security account. Benefits
argument today.) That's Security until next year stick called the "national
why most discussions of Medicare Minute presentations are offered
long-range reform for or some subsequent wage index" is used to monthly by the Kenosha County ADRC. These
Social Security include programs provide information on a wide range of
proposals to reduce year, you'll still get the set increases to other Medicare topics. November’s Medicare Minutes
cost-of-living increases. focus is How Medicare Works with Military
8.7% increase. provisions of the law that Benefits. The program will be offered virtually on
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, from 10 – 11 a.m.
Although this is a affect Social Security
Social Security column, I SHIP-branded Medicare Minutes are developed by
must mention the beneficiaries and the Medicare Rights Center as a State Health
upcoming decrease in the Insurance Program (SHIP) National Technical
Medicare Part B taxpayers. Specifically, this Assistance Center service. The Medicare Rights
premium, which is Center is a national, non-profit consumer service
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Due to these increases, people will pay more tax; the amount of
the average monthly than the basic premium.
retirement check will be income needed to earn a
$1,827 in 2023, a $146
increase from the 2022 "quarter of coverage";
level. The maximum
Social Security check for and the Social Security People under their full
a worker turning full
retirement age in 2023 earnings penalty limits. retirement age who get

The Social Security Social Security
taxable earnings base will
go up from $147,000 in retirement or survivors
2022 to $160,200 in
2023. In other words, benefits but who are still

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books For men torn down by war, getting back
up is a battle worthy of hope

Lincoln, JFK, and Author Bill Glose grew up on Air Force bases overseas, purpose for himself in professional poker. “Poker provides
an Adams: Autumn and while his father, a pilot, would recount details about an outlet for his anger. The felt tabletop is his new
books go patriotic flying, he never shared what happened to him in war. “The battlefield, the other players his enemy.” His gruff attempts
one story he told me about Vietnam was what it was like to help a neighborhood boy who mocks him show an
A desire to do the right thing motivates the individuals to dodge surface-to-air missiles the size of telephone underlying capacity for kindness and care.
featured in our selections this month. In novels and poles,” Glose writes.
biographies, each person is depicted in the process of The most entertaining story is “Penultimate Dad,”
growth and change, moving toward understanding. In All the Ruined Men, a stellar collection of where a father is overcome with regret, when, after three
intertwined stories, Glose – who is himself a combat years he reconnects with his teenage daughter who has
Swann’s War, by Michael Oren veteran, former paratrooper, poet, and journalist – cracks entered a rebellious period. His mission becomes to teach
open the physical and psychological challenges faced by her all he knows about self-defense, to protect herself
In 1944 on an island off Massachusetts, the police chief Gulf War soldiers and their families.The hardships soldiers from unwanted advances from boys. This act of devotion
goes off to war, leaving his wife to keep order. When the bear are often lost to words, with stoicism covering up on the home front signals hope for their relationship.
body of an Italian from the nearby prisoner-of-war camp unimaginable experiences of combat life – and death. This
is found, she must battle rising threats and skepticism book gives dramatic and eloquent expression to veterans Glose’s book is a privilege to read, a tribute to his
about her abilities. The novel is an engaging look into a and their families in search of redemption and peace. comrades in war and peace, a divulgence of truth that gives
lesser-known history about Italian Americans’ wartime necessary attention to veterans and their families. At the
plight. The first story, “In the Early, Cocksure Days,” finds the same time, it is a call to society for increased compassion
82nd Battalion’s enthusiastic band of brothers commanded for these men and women.
Eyes Turned Skyward, by Alena Dillon by Sergeant Berkholtz, the “one responsible for preparing
them for life-threatening danger. And then, when danger By Stefanie Milligan
Alena Dillon honors the trailblazing Women Airforce comes, for sending them charging straight into the face of
Service Pilots in this dual-timeline novel. When empty- it.” Moments of humor bring light, as when two soldiers
nester Kathy finds her mother’s invitation to a Medal of joust on camels, after which “the squad collapses on them
Honor ceremony in the mail, her mother’s heroic secret in a back-slapping scrum, wrapped in the glee of the
life comes to light. moment, each of Berkholtz’s boys certain he will live
forever.”
Indigenous Continent, by Pekka Hämäläinen
A conundrum exists for military leaders like Berkholtz:
This powerful, revelatory history of North America “The Army had trained him to lead troops in battle, but
centers the narrative on Native peoples rather than on not how to stopper up their wrath once the fighting was
European colonizers. Instead of “Colonial America,” done.” In war, anger could be useful. (“In combat, he’s a
Oxford University’s Pekka Hämäläinen presents an perfect soldier, a berserker who never flinches when
“Indigenous America,” demonstrating the fundamental bullets snap the air around him,” is how another character
influence of Native resilience and resistance on U.S. is described.) But in peacetime, anger is detrimental. In
history. “Exodus,” one wife facing her husband’s post-traumatic
stress disorder exclaims, “It gets worse with every tour.
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, by Stacy Schiff You bring the war home with you, but you never talk about
it.You just let it build up until you explode.”
The inimitable Stacy Schiff, author of utterly captivating
books on, among other things, Cleopatra and the Salem Glose’s evocative prose provides emotional and physical
witch trials, returns with a biography of one of the most details with a boots-on-the-ground feel. The language can
pivotal and oddly neglected of all the U.S. Founding be brutal and salty. His characters are real and
Fathers: Samuel Adams, cousin to the more famous sympathetic; one wishes them well as they return home,
politician (and second president) John. Schiff’s book finds attempt to integrate back into society, and try to find
the real man behind the Revolutionary mythos. stability in new jobs and relationships, all while dealing with
flashbacks, loss of faith, loss of memory, and lost comrades.
The Abyss, by Max Hastings
In “All the Fractured Pieces,” a nurse tries to jog Royce
Max Hastings brings his signature style – a mixture of Tefertiller’s memory by asking him to recount his soldier
the grand (sweeping insights into great events) and the buddies’ favorite story.“‘Orion was once a great hunter on
granular (carefully sifted details from diaries and letters of Earth,’ he begins. And as the words spill out, he falls into
ordinary people) – to the much-studied subject of the the myth. And then he falls, once more, through time.”
Cuban missile crisis.The result is a book to match the best Snippets of memories from his youth follow, such as
things ever written on the subject in terms of immediacy Royce’s mother removing him from Boy Scouts because
and drama. she worries he might go missing; working with his dad on
science projects; then, back to the hospital, where Royce’s
And There Was Light, by Jon Meacham dreams recount the ambush he is processing and the guilt
he harbors.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s majestic
biography presents Abraham Lincoln as an imperfect man “Dead Man’s Hand” offers a look into Bryce Pearson’s
with a strong moral core. Growing and evolving as he civilian life. Disfigured in the war, Bryce finds a new
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Appalachian survival: ‘Demon George R.R. Martin
Copperhead’ is a riveting, epic tale 'making progress' with
'Winds of Winter'

Bestselling novelist George R.R. Martin says his book The Winds of Winter
is about "three-quarters of the way done." The 74-year-old
Barbara Kingsolver opens author gave an update on the book during The Late Show
with Stephen Colbert. The Winds of Winter will be the
her latest release, Demon sixth novel in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy book
series and the first new installment since A Dance with
Copperhead, with a quote Dragons, released in 2011. The series inspired the HBO
show Game of Thrones.
from Charles Dickens: “It’s
On the Late Show, Martin said The Winds of Winter will
in vain to recall the past, be the longest book in the series yet.

unless it works some "I am making progress with The Winds of Winter but it's
still not done yet," the author said.
influence upon the
"I think it's going to be a very big book," he added. "The
present.” biggest books so far were the third volume, A Storm of
Swords, and the fifth volume, Dance with Dragons, those
Taken from Dickens’ were both about 1,500 pages, but this one's going to be
bigger than either of that. I think I'm about three-quarters
“David Copperfield,” the of the way done."

quote might be viewed as a Martin said he's completed some of the characters'
storylines but is still working on others.
challenge: Kingsolver does
"I'm done with some of the characters ... the characters
recall the past as she gives all interweave so I have actually finished with a couple of
the characters. I got their whole story but not others. So
us a contemporary retelling I got to finish all that weaving. But it is still going to take
me a while," he added.
of Dickens’ 19th-century
Martin also wrote Fire & Blood, the history of House
classic. Hers is another Targaryen that inspired the HBO series House of the
Dragon.The TV series recently aired its Season 1 finale
story about a boy who
In the wake of the show's finale, Martin released the
struggles against book The Rise of the Dragon:An Illustrated History of the
Targaryen Dynasty, a visual history of House Targaryen, last
unimaginable odds in the week,

midst of a community that Rick Riordan to release
new 'Percy Jackson'
regularly fails him, a boy book in 2023

who not only survives but Rick Riordan will release a new Percy Jackson book in
2023. The 58-year-old author announced the novel Percy
achieves a measure of Jackson & the Olympians:The Chalice of the Gods.

success. But rather than Percy Jackson is a fantasy book series inspired by Greek
mythology.The main series consists of five novels, the most
Victorian England, recent of which,The Last Olympian, was released in 2009.

Kingsolver sets her tale in The Chalice of the Gods is a standalone sequel following
the characters Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Grover
contemporary Appalachia. Underwood.

One needn’t have read It is home. As Damon upon people already beset themselves as she "Not a reboot. Not a reimagining.A full-blown, canonical,
Dickens to appreciate observes, “Most families by severe challenges. It tells illuminates the motives and stand-alone sequel starring the original trio from The
Kingsolver’s novel, as the would sooner forgive you of children neglected by the goals that allow some to Lightning Thief," Riordan's website reads.
book stands well on its for going to prison than for families who are supposed succeed while others
own. But with each moving out of Lee County.” to love them and failed by perish. The book will see Percy, a modern-day boy who
unfolding chapter, the the agencies that are discovers he is the demigod son of Poseidon, take on his
connection between the supposed to protect them, For many readers, biggest challenge yet -- getting into college.
two brings home the fact of too many lives lost to the sticking with the book is
that, more than 150 years opioids that flood the time well spent: Her "After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is
later, there are still clever, region. exquisite writing takes a hoping to have a normal senior year of high school.
self-reliant young people wrenching story and makes Unfortunately, the gods aren't quite done with him. Percy
who must defy their it worthwhile. The details will have to fulfill a new quest in order to get the necessary
circumstances simply to are difficult, but they are letter of recommendation from Mount Olympus for his
live. Kingsolver’s dedication never gratuitous. She application to New Rome University," an official
in the book reads: “For the thrusts the reader into the description reads.
survivors.” midst of real-world
circumstances – especially Percy Jackson & the Olympians:The Chalice of the Gods
Damon Fields, aka On his 11th birthday, the opioid epidemic – and is scheduled for release Sept. 26, 2023.
“Demon Copperhead,” is she compassionately
one of these children, and Damon’s mother dies of an demands that we not look
he provides the eloquent away.
and frequently humorous overdose, which sends the
voice of this story. That inclination to turn
Copperhead refers to his grieving boy into Lee away, of course, is one of
flaming red hair, which is the reasons that many of
about the only thing his County’s woefully these societal problems
father gave him. The man endure. After all, this is a
was long gone before the inadequate foster care Yet, in the midst of this modern take on a novel
boy was born. Damon lives written over 150 years ago.
with his drug-addicted system. As this is tobacco heartache, we meet people “Demon Copperhead”
mother in a single-wide begins with an admonition
trailer owned by the Peggot country, orphaned boys are whose talents and abilities to use the story to
family, who lives across the influence the present.
road. viewed by some foster allow them to reach beyond Kingsolver has given us a
superb novel; what we do
parents as free labor that expectations. Their with its insights she leaves
to each of us to decide.
comes with a monthly individuality lifts them
By Joan Gaylord
stipend from the county. above their circumstances.

The social workers The love expressed by

Motherly Mrs. Peggot responsible for the family and those who look
keeps an eye on things at
the trailer, knowing, as she children’s welfare lack the upon one another as family
does, that Damon’s mother
isn’t capable of taking care necessary resources and, is sometimes enough to
of herself, let alone a child.
From too young an age, though they care, are simply sustain people. And there is
Damon realizes this, too.
But the Peggots provide not up to the task. Ever the a pride of place, a sense of
Damon with a kind of
extended family, offering survivor, Damon and the belonging, and a strength
acceptance and even
affection to a boy who other boys learn to rely on that comes with
longs to be loved. They
generously share what they one another. “We were our community.
have while they navigate
their own challenges. But own messed-up little tribe,” Kingsolver, who grew up
this is Lee County, Virginia. in Kentucky and currently
he observes. lives in the mountains of
Southwest Virginia, gives the
Undeniably, the book can community a voice as she
be challenging to read and, infuses the bleak tale with a
frankly, it is not going to suit depth that brings warmth,
everyone. Aside from the humor, and dignity to the
profanity and compromising characters. She empowers
situations, it depicts them to speak for
heartbreaking
circumstances imposed

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President Joe Biden urges vaccine boosters:
'Now is the time'

President Joe Biden vaccinated. Walgreens is President Joe Biden prepares receives a booster dose of the COVID-
announced a renewed effort working with Uber and 19 vaccine, which targets the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants, in the
to urge Americans to get DoorDash to provide free Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
their updated COVID-19 delivery of Paxlovid, an oral
vaccines before the holiday COVID-19 treatment, to plans to launch the to 16 million people with Adjuvanted vaccine as a president and CEO of
season, while also getting his people living in underserved #VaxUpAmerica Family information about the COVID-19 booster shot for Novavax, said in a statement.
own booster on Tuesday. communities. Vaccine Tour, which will updated COVID-19 vaccines adults.
encourage families to get and how to get them. Novavax said the vaccine
Speaking at the White In a statement, the White updated vaccines in time for "The U.S. now has access was developed to protect
House, Biden urged House also announced new the holidays. The increased vaccine push to the Novavax COVID-19 against the original COVID-
Americans to get their education and engagement comes a week after the FDA Vaccine, Adjuvanted, the first 19 strain and will also induce
updated vaccines by efforts to reach Black and In the next week, Medicare authorized emergency use of protein-based option, as a an immune response against
Halloween, which is Monday. Latino audiences, as well as will send an email reminder a third dose of Novavax's booster," Stanley C. Erck, the Omicron BA.5 variant.
He said a new shot was seniors, according to a
necessary to ensure statement from the White
protection and that new House.
deaths are preventable.
Part of the targeting will
"Your old vaccine will not focus on digital ads on tech
give you maximum platforms like Facebook,
protection," Biden said. "But Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat
this year, nearly every death and Reddit, as well as cultural
is preventable. Now is the ads.
time to do it."
"New football and country
y Biden then sat down and music-themed radio ads
received his own booster geared at reaching rural
shot. communities will run in 15
r The president also touted local markets," the White
the work that pharmaceutical House said.
companies are doing to
encourage people to get The Department of Health
and Human Services also

Debate over possible acetaminophen-autism link

continued from page 2

over-the-counter drugs first burden of proof should not ADHD and autism," she said. the scientific evidence as an groundwater contamination forward after speaking with
be on researchers to prove
set forth in the FDA Code of without a doubt that As research methods have independent researcher -- in California that became the trusted scientists, and
acetaminophen is harmful, improved, the identified risks
t Federal Regulations in but rather for the have gotten stronger, Bauer likely because of his focus on subject of the Oscar-winning started accepting cases and
December 1982. manufacturers to prove it is said. Overall, earlier
safe," epidemiologist Ann Z. epidemiologic studies, which women's reproductive 2000 film that starred Julia speaking with women taking
Bauer, the statement's relied on maternal reporting
In 2015, the FDA said primary author and a of acetaminophen use, health issues and his Roberts. all kinds of branded
k studies that explored a researcher in the University reported a 20% to 30%
of Massachusetts Lowell's increased risk of autism and previous work on talcum O'Neill, managing acetaminophen [who] had
Department of Public ADHD from taking the powder's association with children who are autistic"
possible link between Health, told UPI in an email. medication, she said. ovarian cancer. His review attorney at Watts Guerra, and have no family histories
included 29 observational of autism, O'Neill said in a
acetaminophen use during studies of 220,000-plus which runs Autism Justice to phone interview.
mother-child pairs from
pregnancy and ADHD were around the world, two provide information on the She added: "I've learned
meta-analyses and research one of the best ways to
too limited for the agency to on biological markers. A mass tort litigation, told UPI effect change is [via] plaintiff
meta-analysis examines data lawsuits, seeking justice. I
make any recommendations. from independent studies on that 26,000 people, including find that government action
r Seven years later, the FDA the same subject to follows lawsuits quite often
determine trends. Harlow DeGroodt, have signed as in these situations."
said he was "quite
"continues to monitor and Three recent studies that astonished" at "the clients with the firm, "and By Judy Packer-Tursman
used biomarkers to assess
evaluate the use of The takeaway for the acetaminophen exposure -- we're working up their cases
measuring its levels in
acetaminophen during public "is to know that many umbilical cord plasma, so we can file them."
pregnancy and update maternal blood and
t will scientists and doctors are meconium, a newborn's first According to O'Neill, Watts
feces -- identified risks about
the public as new safety concerned about the 10 times higher, Bauer said. Guerra filed roughly half of

information becomes emerging research and that the 65 initial federal cases.

available," agency pregnant women should be "We decided to move

spokeswoman Lauren-Jei cautious and try to avoid the consistently

McCarthy told UPI in an use of acetaminophen for strong

emailed statement. Scientific mild discomfort and Moreover, "the majority of association"
experts also cite the need
r for more studies -- but on nuisance pain," Bauer said. human observational studies between
r
She added, "It is important that were able to investigate
acetaminophen
such matters as the dose and to know that the FDA last
whether there was a dose- use during
frequency at which reviewed the acetaminophen
response relationship found pregnancy and
acetaminophen might research in 2015. Much of
one," she said. What this autism spectrum
become risky for pregnant the research was done after
suggests is that one-time use disorder. Harlow
people, and what alternative that." According to Bauer,
of acetaminophen is likely of now serves on
pain relief therapies could scientists know
minimal risk, and pregnant lawyer-
work safely for them. acetaminophen crosses the
women should primarily be sponsored
Meanwhile, they worry placenta and the blood-brain
concerned about its Autism Justice's
about "the potential for barrier. "We now have
prolonged use, Bauer said, team of experts,
harm from continued consistent signals from
adding that animal studies as does
inaction"-- as highlighted in a numerous human
found similar consumer
consensus statement by 91 epidemiologic and
neurobehavioral advocate Erin
scientists, clinicians and experimental in vivo and in
abnormalities. Bernard L. Brockovich --
public health professionals, vitro studies suggesting
Harlow, professor at Boston who helped
published in the journal acetaminophen exposure
University's School of Public build a successful
Nature Reviews during pregnancy increases
Health, told UPI in a phone case against
Endocrinology in September the risk of the child having
interview he was asked by a Pacific Gas &
2021. "In my opinion, given adverse
consortium of fellow Electric Co. Alicia O’Neill, managing attorney at Watts Guerra, told UPI that 26,000
what we now know, the neurodevelopmental
epidemiologists to examine involving people have signed up as clients with the San Antonio, Texas-based law firm
conditions, to include firm for acetaminophen/autism and ADHD litigation.

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Mayo Clinic

Tips for reducing risk of hearing loss

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I Every day, people are loud is too loud?' Here's a aspects of hearing and developed that may include with firearms.
recently realized that I often surrounded by noise. The good rule of thumb: If you balance health care for hearing aids.
ask people to repeat bustle of traffic, the hums have to shout to be heard by patients of all ages. They Kids also need protection
themselves, and I must turn and grinds of machinery, someone an arm's length often administer hearing Here are some tips to from noise. Specially
up the volume on the TV people talking, music and away, you're being exposed tests. Hearing instrument improve your hearing designed earmuffs are
louder than before. How do chatter from the radio, and to too much noise. specialists are trained to protection and prevent available for infants and
I know if I have hearing loss? airplanes flying overhead are identify hearing loss and further loss: young children. Make sure
I am 46. Aren't I too young all examples. Most people However, over time, all dispense hearing aids for you limit the volume on any
for hearing loss? Can I take probably think nothing of loud sounds you are adults only. You also may Limit your exposure to personal listening devices
steps to prevent future these familiar sounds. They exposed to regularly can meet an otolaryngologist or loud noise.Take breaks from your children may use.
hearing loss? generally aren't loud enough affect your hearing. Since otologist, medical doctors prolonged exposure to loud
e to interfere with daily hearing loss usually happens who are trained to manage noise. Place pads under noisy
t ANSWER: The ears are routines or cause ear gradually, people often don't medical or surgical problems appliances, and don't run
- an important part of the damage. But sometimes a realize how much hearing associated with the ear. Wear hearing protection multiple appliances at the
o body, and damage to the noise is too loud, and some they've lost over time. when involved in loud same time.
e delicate structures housed sounds may cause Although noise-induced Getting a hearing test is activities. Look for devices
5 there can lead to hearing permanent damage. hearing loss usually can't be easy. Typically, your ears will with a good fit for your ears. Install carpeting to absorb
loss and balance problems. restored, the fact that you be examined first to make All hearing protection sound.
Both can happen suddenly, Noises are measured have noticed changes now sure they look healthy and devices are labeled with
or over time. It is common based on their decibel levels. allows you the opportunity that you don't have any wax noise reduction ratings. The Seal windows and doors
for adults to experience A decibel is a unit of to prevent further loss. blocking the ear canal. Then higher the number, the more to block traffic noise.
hearing loss and balance measurement used to you will wear headphones to noise reduction the device
problems as they age. measure how loud First, make an listen for tones at different provides. Be sure to wear Generally, it's a good idea
something is. pitches and volumes. The hearing protection the entire to have a hearing test by age
Although you may think appointment to have your audiologist will determine time you're exposed to loud 60 and then every few years
you are too young, hearing In general, noises that fall when you hear the different sounds. after that. As you have now
loss can happen at any age below 70 decibels do not hearing checked. While you tones at the softest levels. noticed that you have
due to a number of factors. harm your ears. Damage can You'll also be asked to repeat Consider using snug-fitting hearing loss, you may be
Nearly 1 in 4 people in the occur when noises are above might start with your words at soft and earmuffs or wearing both advised to test your hearing
U.S. ages 20 to 69 have some that level. The higher the comfortable volumes, and earmuffs and earplugs to get annually or when you notice
degree of hearing loss. This decibel level, the more primary health care provider, maybe also with background more noise reduction.This is a change. -- Jamie Bogle,
hearing loss is commonly damage your ears noise. Then a hearing helpful, especially when using Au.D., Ph.D., Otolaryngology
caused by exposure to loud experience. you may be referred to an prescription or plan will be loud power tools or lawn -- Head and Neck Surgery,
sounds or noise. equipment. Special earmuffs Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale,
Patients often ask, 'How audiology center and also are designed for use Arizona

different specialists

depending on your situation.

Audiologists are

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advanced degree in all

Lowering blood pressure may prevent dementia

A global study involving lead for dementia at The the significant impact of
28,000-plus people offers George Institute's Global blood pressure lowering on
the strongest evidence to Brain Health Initiative in cardiovascular events,
date that lowering high Newtown, New South which tend to occur earlier
blood pressure in seniors Wales, Australia. than signs of dementia," she
can reduce the risk of explained.
dementia, researchers said. What remains unknown
The new study examined
is whether additional blood the relationship between
blood pressure and
Without significant pressure lowering "in dementia by analyzing five
double-blind, placebo-
treatment breakthroughs people who already have it controlled, randomized
trials that used different
for dementia, reducing the well-controlled," or treatments to lower blood
pressure. Patients were
risk of developing the whether starting treatment followed until dementia
developed.
disease would be "a earlier in life, would reduce A global meta-analysis offers the strongest evidence
Overall, the meta-analysis to date that lowering high blood pressure in seniors
welcome step forward," the long-term risk of included 28,008 people can reduce the risk of dementia, researchers said.
from 20 countries who
Ruth Peters, associate dementia, Peters said. averaged 69 years old and
had a history of high blood
professor at the University According to Peters, pressure. Across the
many clinical trials have studies, participants were
of New South Wales in examined the health followed for just over four significant effect of measures to slow the serve as a foundation for
benefits of lowering blood years, on average. treatment in lowering the advance of dementia and
Sydney, Australia, said in a pressure. But not many odds of dementia inform treatment, since clinical trials "to provide
trials included dementia "We found there was a associated with a sustained "there may be hesitations
news release. outcomes and fewer still reduction in blood pressure around how far to lower reliable estimates of the
were placebo-controlled, a in this older population," blood pressure in older
"Our study provides the study design considered to regardless of which type of age." benefits and risks of
highest grade of available provide the best level of hypertension treatment
evidence to show that evidence. was used, Peters said. preventative treatments,
blood pressure lowering
treatment over several The researchers said they and how best to apply them
years reduces the risk of anticipate the results will
dementia, and we did not help design public health across different
see any evidence of harm,"
said Peters, who is program Professor Craig populations."

Anderson, director of the The research manuscript
has been accepted for
Global Brain Health publication in the European
Heart Journal.
"Most trials were program at The George
stopped early because of
Institute, said the work may

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animals

in the news

Shark takes a bite and animal control officers are not Pet World
out of Australian currently searching for the animal, the
teenager's surf ski sheriff's office said. Notices posted to with Cathy Rosenthal
lost pet groups on Facebook warn
An Australian teenager participating residents who spot the kangaroo not A seven-year-old cat
in a surf ski race escaped injury when a to attempt to catch it, as it will become suddenly shows signs of
suspected great white shark spooked and flee the area. The posts aggression
approached and bit a hole in his surf say the animal is not dangerous, but is
ski. Nathaniel Drummond, 19, was likely to be afraid of strangers. Dear Cathy, I have a seven- limit at all times. As well as being a recuring
competing in the race when he was year-old male mixed tabby cat guest on Happenings Q&A,
flung into the ocean by a sudden Swedish zoo closes named Sam that I have had Redirected aggression is
impact. "The shark just came up and hit when king cobra since he was five months old. where an external stimulus Cathy M. Rosenthal is a
me from beneath," Drummond told escapes exhibit He is neutered. For the past causes him to lash out at the longtime animal advocate,
7News. "All of a sudden I felt my ski two to three months, he has nearest bystander because he author, columnist and pet
just lift above the water and next thing A Swedish zoo was closed while started biting me after being in can't get to the source of his expert who has more than
I knew I was in the air and then I was officials searched the premises for a "lovey mode," where he purrs agitation. An example of this
in the water." Competitors rushed to highly venomous king cobra that and rubs against my head, would be your cat seeing 30 years in the animal
Drummond's aid and he was given a escaped from its enclosure. The neck, face, or chest. These another cat outside and then welfare field. Send your pet
ride back to shore on another surf ski. Skansen Zoo in Stockholm said the attacks seem to be happening turning and expressing his questions, stories and tips to
Drummond's surf ski was recovered attraction was evacuated when more and more often these frustration toward you with
and he discovered a shark had bitten a zookeepers discovered the snake had days. He mostly lays around an unexpected swat or bite. [email protected].
hole in the bottom, near where his feet escaped from its terrarium through a the house and occasionally
had been. A shark tooth left behind light fixture. Jonas Wahlstrom, owner of plays. However, since he didn't from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
after the bite is being sent for analysis the zoo, said the cobra has been behave like this as a kitten and other dog owners. -- Susan,
to determine whether the shark was nicknamed Houdini in honor of its Then, out of the blue, he has only been doing it for a Severna Park, Maryland
indeed a great white. escape artistry. Wahlstrom said the will launch himself directly at few months, I would be
search for the cobra was ongoing and me and bite down hard, and concerned it's a physical or Dear Susan, Traditionally,
10 cows captured, 1 officials believe the snake to be hiding boy, does it hurt. Sometimes, mental health condition, like
still loose after cattle somewhere in a back room, far from he will dig his claws in me as thyroid or orthopedic our pets are put under
invade golf course the public areas of the zoo. well. I have tried spraying him, problems, adrenal dysfunction,
yelling "no," and batting him cognitive dysfunction, or anesthesia to have their teeth
Authorities in Kentucky said one Carpet python on the away, but nothing works.Also, I neurological disorders, to
bovine remains on the loose after a loose in Houston usually never know when he'll name a few. Even food or cleaned, so I found your letter
herd of 11 escaped cows were spotted neighborhood do this, so I don't always have medication can cause
wandering a golf course. The Louisville a spray bottle near me. aggression issues. about this new treatment
Metro Police Department said the 11 Residents of a Houston Sometimes, he is biting so hard
cows were found running loose on the neighborhood said they are keeping that it's difficult to get him to So, please take Sam to the interesting and not one I had
golf course and the surrounding area, watch for a large snake caught on let go without making him vet for a thorough exam to
and all but four of the bovines were camera wandering the area. The snake think we're playing. Is this see what is going on. The heard of before. So, I looked
quickly rounded up. Three more cattle was photographed climbing on the side something I need to address sudden onset seems to point
were rounded up the following day of a Briar Forest Drive townhome, and with a vet? -- Caitlin, St. Louis, to a health problem, but if the into this topic and found out
with the help of a volunteer cowboy. hasn't been seen since. Resident Missouri doctor thinks it's a behavioral
The remaining cow was caught on Clayton Lee said the West Belt problem, he can prescribe that some dental practices
camera, but fled before it could be Townhomes board warned residents of Dear Caitlin, Yes, a medical medication and recommend a
captured. Members of the public are the serpent's presence. "I was told they exam is essential for all behavior specialist for a around the country offer
being urged not to approach the loose came out, they searched for the snake, aggressive cats - especially cats consultation.
cow, and to call 911 if it is spotted. were unsuccessful in finding the snake who have not displayed this these "low-stress, holistic,
then put snake repellent on the 15 behavior before and who are Dear Cathy, I just read the
Pet kangaroo on the units that were closest to where it was suddenly doing it at seven question from the owner of a anesthesia-free" teeth
loose in Indiana spotted a few nights," Lee told KHOU- years old. I know from senior dog who needs a dental
TV. Connie Vernon of the West Belt experience that getting bitten cleaning. She was concerned cleanings. They describe
Police in Indiana confirmed a Townhomes management company, by an aggressively behaving cat about the pup undergoing
kangaroo is on the loose in Carroll said steps are being taken to locate the can be very painful. anesthesia. There are dental swaddling small dogs and cats,
County after escaping from its owner's snake. "A wildlife removal company will practices that clean dogs'
property. The sheriff's office confirmed be on the property tomorrow to try to There are many reasons teeth without anesthesia by much like you would a baby,
the kangaroo escaped from its owner's locate and remove the snake. Every cats can be aggressive that trained vet techs, literally
property. The office said the kangaroo effort is being made to humanly need to be considered. Pet- lulling them into a state of and offering some sort of
is one of two owned by the Carroll relocate the snake to a more favorable induced aggression is relatively relaxation by swaddling them. I
County resident, who does have living environment," Vernon told common and occurs when couldn't believe they could do looser wrap for larger dogs, to
permits to keep the exotic pets. Police KPRC-TV. repeated petting arouses, that, especially to one of my
irritates, or excites them in dogs, but it worked like a keep them calm. Then the vet
some way. They bite or swat charm.
you to tell you they have had or vet tech gently opens their
enough. In these situations, I have successfully used this
you must learn how many practice twice with both of my mouths to scrape their teeth
strokes it takes to trigger the dogs. It should be noted that
behavior and keep your they don't deal with chipped, clean.
contact with him under that rotten, or broken teeth, just
teeth cleaning. I hope this Some vets debate whether
information helps Katherine you can clean a pet's teeth
well enough this way. From the
websites I saw, however, the
clinics offering this service
clearly state that these
cleanings are for preventative
care and would not be a good
option for pets with severe
periodontal problems.

It doesn't look like this
service is offered everywhere
in the U.S. yet. Still, Katherine
from Tulsa can do an online
search for "calming techniques
for non-anesthetic pet dental
care" to see if she can find a
veterinary clinic near her that
offers this service. It sounds
like a nice option for getting
their teeth cleaned more
frequently.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
to be honored on
stamp in 2023

The emperor penguin has been granted "threatened" Former Supreme Court The stamp features an oil discrimination, Justice
protections under the Endangered Species Act due to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg painting of Justice Ginsburg Ginsburg became a
climate change impact on the penguins' sea ice habitat will be featured on a new facing the viewer in her respected jurist whose
Forever stamp in 2023. black judicial robe with an important majority opinions
Emperor penguin intricate white collar. Art advancing equality and
receives 'threatened' Ginsburg died of director Ethel Kessler strong dissents on socially
species protections pancreatic cancer in 2020 designed the stamp with art controversial rulings made
after serving on the by Michael J. Deas, based on her a passionate proponent
Supreme Court for 27 a photograph by Philip of equal justice and an icon
years. She was 87. Bermingham, according to of American culture," the
the USPS. agency said.
The United States Postal
Service announced the "After beginning her The stamp will be
decision to include available for purchase in
Ginsburg in an news career as an activist lawyer 2023 and will cost 63 cents.
release.
fighting gender

The emperor penguin is While "endangered" species Wildlife Service has
poised to receive new face the threat of
protections under the extinction, "threatened" determined emperor
Endangered Species Act species could become
now that climate change has endangered in the near penguin populations are
pushed it into "threatened" future, according to the U.S.
status, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. currently stable, the agency
Fish and Wildlife Service.
warns the species could
The federal agency
announced that it will grant become endangered. The
the emperor penguin
"threatened" protections, as emperor penguin could lose
climate change alters the
penguins' sea ice habitat "This listing reflects the up to 47% of its global
required for their survival.
growing extinction crisis population by 2050 if
Emperor penguins rely on
sea ice to form breeding and highlights the carbon emissions remain
colonies, forage for food
and avoid predators. They importance of the ESA and high, according to the
are the tallest and heaviest
of all living penguin species efforts to conserve species federal agency.
with adults weighing up to
88 pounds and growing as before population declines Currently, the species has
tall as 45 inches. 61 breeding colonies along
become irreversible," the coast of Antarctic and
Classifying the emperor between 625,000 and
penquin as "threatened" will Martha Williams, Fish and 650,000 individual emperor
help to protect the species penguins among the entire
and conserve its habitat. Wildlife Service director, species population. Given
those numbers, the Fish and
said in a statement. Wildlife Service said there is
still time to save them.
"Climate change is having
a profound impact on The emperor penguin's
species around the world new "threatened"
and addressing it is a protections will be
priority for the
administration," Williams published in the Federal Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
said. "The listing of the Register and are expected Ginsburg will be featured on a stamp in 2023
emperor penguin serves as
an alarm bell but also a call to go into effect by the end
to action." of next month.

While the Fish and

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most of their benefit dollars covered? If not, move on and — Point of Service (POS) the corporate world and are Using the same analysis
because of inflation.” Plan, which usually costs less mentioned above, go to
if you use doctors, hospitals, self-employed, are Medicare.gov to compare
That’s good news because and other health care plans and select what’s right
the combination of the providers that belong to the experiencing a gap in for you. If you need financial
pandemic and a tight labor plan’s network. POS plans assistance to help pay for
market has prompted many require a referral from your coverage between jobs, or coverage, consider Medicare
employers to expand the primary care doctor to see a Savings programs, which are
menu of healthcare choices, are waiting to turn age 65, administered through state
which can be a blessing and a Medicaid agencies.
the open enrollment period

for the ACA will begin

November 1 and run through

January 15, 2023.

The main difference among
the four plan types is each

Seniors get raises;
everyone else is not
so lucky

with Jill Schlesinger

Inflation continues to be by 8.7% in 2023, the biggest Social Security recipients will be getting a BIG raise next
the biggest problem jump in 40 years (1981 year. On average, Social Security benefits will increase by
confronting the U.S. COLA was 11.2%). more than $140 per month, writes Jill Schlesinger. (
economy.
On average, Social Security not by much: Real annual Conversely, there are many base”). As the central bankers
The September Consumer benefits will increase by more earnings for this large group workers who will see more battle the wildfire of high
Price Index showed that than $140 per month next were down 2.5% from a year of their pay subject to the For earnings in 2023, this prices, the question is at what
headline prices were up by year. Additionally, premiums ago. 6.2% Social Security tax. base is $160,200, an increase cost?
8.2 percent from a year ago, a and deductibles for Medicare from the 2022 level of
slight improvement from the Part B (outpatient care), will Another area that inflation As a reminder, Social $147,000. That means that High prices should
previous month’s 8.3%. drop in 2023, which means and wage gains impact is Security is funded through extra $13,200 of earnings will eventually come down, but
that along with the COLA taxation. Many of the payroll taxes, which are split cost workers an extra $818 so too will economic activity,
But the core rate, which bump, many older Americans components of the IRS code between workers and in payroll taxes next year. likely pushing the U.S. into a
strips out food and energy, should be in better financial are indexed to inflation employers (each side pays recession in 2023. Whether
rose at a 6.6% annual pace, a condition next year. annually, which can be a 6.2%) up to a certain wage. (If The September CPI, along the recession is long and
new high of this inflationary double-edged sword. you are self-employed, you with the still-solid labor deep or shallow and short,
cycle and the biggest annual For those who are still pay a total of 12.4%.) The market, means that all the Fed will be tarred with
increase since August 1982. working, average hourly For example, the range of income is subject to the tax systems are go for another contributing to the
That’s important because earnings as of September income on which tax rates changes each year, matching 0.75 percentage point inflationary fire, by arriving
even as supply chain issues were up 5% annually, which are applied could expand, changes in the national increase at the Fed’s on the scene too late, and
resolve, it means that the means that most are not helping some earners shield average wage index (also November meeting and then not lauded as the brave souls
service side of the economy, keeping pace with even the some of their income from referred to as “the another hike at the who were able to snuff it out.
which includes the cost of core rate of inflation, let the next tax bracket. contribution and benefit December meeting.
housing, continues to alone the headline rate.
accelerate – headline services
inflation advanced by 7.4% Real average hourly
from year ago, the most since earnings (earnings adjusted
1982. for inflation) for all
employees decreased 3%,
There was one bit of good seasonally adjusted, from
news from the report: Social September 2021 to
Security recipients will be September 2022. For
getting a BIG raise next year. production and non-
supervisory workers, who
The Cost of Living usually earn less money
Adjustment (COLA) for the overall, brisk pay increases
70 million recipients of amid a tight labor market,
benefits is indexed to improved the situation, but
inflation – and it will increase

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by Meridith Jumisko

Locally owned and Meridith Jumisko is
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found in Downtown
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visiting these stores for Discovery Museum, and
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I’d like to give a special
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Our organization, Visit Kenosha universal gift card,
Kenosha, has partnered with Pat McCurdy
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rfoecoidpe&s Turkey-Ginger Sliders

Nutrition News Servings: 6
with Charlyn Fargo 10 ounces 95% lean ground turkey

1 (1-inch) piece ginger, minced
1 shallot, minced

1 tablespoon tomato paste
Salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium cucumber, sliced on the diagonal
6 whole-grain slider buns

Remember the MIND Diet In a medium bowl, combine ground turkey, ginger, shallot
and tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper. Mix until
A study published just combined. Form six patties, about 1/4-inch thick. Heat
recently has some good olive oil in a medium pan on medium-high heat until hot.
news for those having Add patties and cook for 1-2 minutes per side or until
trouble remembering cooked through.Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to
things:You can eat your way drain.Assemble sliders by placing cucumber slices and
to remembering more.
patties between buns. Serves 6.
Researchers at Rush
University Medical Center Charlyn Fargo is a Per serving: 350 calories; 25 grams protein; 33 grams
have found that older registered dietitian with carbohydrate; 14 grams fat (3 grams saturated); 5 grams
adults may benefit from a
specific diet called the SIU Med School in fiber.
MIND diet even when they Springfield, Ill. For
develop protein deposits, comments or questions, Lead author Klodian after their death. green leafy vegetable and study until the participant's
known as amyloid plaques Dhana, assistant professor one other vegetable every death was used in the
and neurofibrillary tangles, contact her at at Rush, found that some Beginning in 2004, day (along with an optional analysis.
which contribute to [email protected] people can maintain participants were given an glass of wine), snack most
dementia. Plaques and or follow her on Twitter cognitive function despite annual food frequency days on nuts, have beans Researchers found that a
tangles are pathologies an accumulation of the questionnaire about how every other day or so, eat
found in the brain that can @NutritionRd. plaques and tangles in their often they ate 144 food poultry and berries at least higher MIND diet score
build up between nerve brain, suggesting diet can items in the previous year. twice a week and fish at
cells and typically interfere Charlyn Fargo joins play a role. Using the questionnaire least once a week.A person was associated with better
with thinking and problem- Happenings Q&A on answers, the researchers also must limit intake of the
solving skills. Mon. Nov. 14th at gave each participant a designated unhealthy foods, memory and thinking skills
1:30 on AM1050 WLIP. MIND diet score based on limiting butter to less than
Just what is the MIND how often the participants 1 1/2 teaspoons a day and independently of
diet? It's a blend of the ate specific foods. The eating less than a serving a
Mediterranean and DASH MIND diet has 15 dietary week of sweets and Alzheimer's disease
(Dietary Approaches to components, including 10 pastries, whole-fat cheese
Stop Hypertension) diets, In the study, researchers "brain-healthy food groups" and fried or fast food. pathology and other
developed by Martha and five unhealthy groups
Morris, a Rush nutritional examined the associations — red meat, butter and Based on the frequency common age-related brain
epidemiologist, and her stick margarine, cheese, of intake reported for the
colleagues. Earlier research of diet — from the start of pastries and sweets, and healthy and unhealthy food pathologies. They
on the MIND diet found fried or fast food. groups, the researchers
that adherence may reduce the study until death — calculated the MIND diet concluded that the diet
a person's risk of To benefit from the score for each participant
developing Alzheimer's with brain pathologies and MIND diet, a person would across the study period. An seemed to have a
disease and dementia. need to eat at least three average of the MIND diet
cognitive functioning in 569 servings of whole grains, a score from the start of the protective capacity and may

The study found older adults who contribute to cognitive

participants in the study participated in the Rush resilience in older adults.

who followed the MIND Alzheimer's Disease The bottom line is that
diet changes can impact
diet — even moderately Center's ongoing Memory cognitive functioning and
risk of dementia (positively
later in life — did not have and Aging Project, which or negatively). It's never
too late to make diet
cognition problems, began in 1997. Participants changes to slow cognitive
decline.
according to a paper were without known

published on Sept. 14 in the dementia, and all of them

Journal of Alzheimer's agreed to undergo annual

Disease. clinical evaluations while

alive and brain autopsy

It's officially chili season! Beef and Bean Chili

Ground beef is an easy base for chili, as it doesn't require any preparation such as chopping or slicing

beforehand -- just put it in the pot and go! This convenience comes at a price, however, as ground meat Serves 6 2. Drain beans in a colander. Rinse beans
can give up a lot of moisture as it cooks and becomes dry and pebbly. But don't worry:This chili recipe with cold water and shake colander to drain

uses a secret ingredient to keep the beef tender and juicy. well.

To keep the beef tender and moist, treat it with baking soda.Yes, baking soda! The baking soda raises the 1 pound 85% lean ground beef 3. In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium
meat's pH, helping its proteins attract more water and lock it in during cooking. This keeps the meat 2 tablespoons water heat for 1 minute (oil should be hot but not
smoking).Add onion, bell pepper, and salt
juicy and also helps it brown more quickly. 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
and cook, stirring occasionally with a
1 (15- ounce) can pinto beans wooden spoon, until vegetables are softened,
about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, chili powder,
3 tablespoons vegetable oil cumin, and oregano and cook for 1 minute.

1 small onion, peeled and chopped 4.Add beef mixture and cook, breaking up
meat into small pieces with the wooden
1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.

into 1/2- inch pieces 5. Carefully stir in broth, tomatoes, and
drained beans. Use the wooden spoon to
1/4 teaspoon salt scrape up any browned bits on the bottom

4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced

3 tablespoons chili powder

2 teaspoons ground cumin

3/4 teaspoon dried oregano

1 1/2 cups chicken broth of the Dutch oven. Bring to a simmer.

1 (14.5- ounce) can crushed tomatoes, Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook
opened for 20 minutes, stirring once halfway
through.

1. In a medium bowl, combine beef, water, 6. Remove lid and continue to cook, stirring
and baking soda. Mix until well combined. Set occasionally, until chili is thickened, about 20

aside. minutes. Serve with your favorite chili
toppings.

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