November 2022

Teutons earn all-league honors

INMAN, Kansas – In back-to-back seasons, the Inman Teutons football team made the rigorous journey to the 1A state championship game. Although neither trip to the title game ended in an Inman win with losses to Olpe in 2021 and St. Mary’s this season, a handful of Teutons claimed their spot on the Heart of America all-league teams.

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Identifying weight-loss blockers; handling early signs of dementia

Q: Will eating a plantbased diet do anything for my prostate or my sexual health? -- Jay S., San Francisco A: We know that a plantbased diet (which avoids highly processed carbs and added sugars and syrups) is great for your cardiovascular system, brain and immune health. All of that contributes to resistance to infection and helps prevent inflammation, heart disease, cancers, erectile dysfunction and more. But until this year’s meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, no one had done a review of published research to see what it might do for men’s prostate and sexual health.

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Boogie boarding is OK in moderation after knee surgery

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 64. I started taking statins to lower my cholesterol about two years ago. My cholesterol level sometimes went over 200, and after seesawing results, my doctor advised that I was unable to maintain a low cholesterol by diet alone and prescribed a statin. I took 10 mg of atorvastatin. I noticed I started having very detailed and vivid nightmares. (I would rather be awake than be in these nightmares.) The doctor changed me to 5 mg of rosuvastatin. The doctor says my results are very good (cholesterol is 140). I am still having nightmares, but not as frequent as before. I also am having memory issues (e.g., could not remember the names of close colleagues from only two years ago). I recently saw an article that suggested there may be a link between dementia and use of statins.

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Safehope Holiday Boutique

Safehope provides a confidential 25-hour helpline, emergency shelter, advocacy, and support services for victim of domestic, sexual, or mass violence and their families at no cost. Please consider donating to help families receiving Safehope services through the holidays.

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Steven Joe Smith

Steven Joe Smith, 62, of McPherson, KS, passed away on November 21, 2022, at his home. Funeral arrangements are with Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson.

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