HILLS OUTLOOK April ltd Lifestyle DRGOTT Scaly spots occur on aging skin DEAR MEG Wife inquires about infidelity DEAR MEG My friends hus band and my husband have worked In the same office for nine years Lets call her husband Fred My husband tells me everything and has been telling me for years that Fred been messing around with the girls at the company It a huge firm and by the sound of it Fred has had affairs with dozens of women over the years His wife Is a nifty dame Great Canning shortcut may spoil food By Pally Fisher DEAR POLLY My fatherinlaw has been doing Ms own canning for the past two years He says be cans toes by cooking them then putting them into hollars and turning the jars upside down for IS minutes or so He says they seal Just fine and you don have to process them as the canning books state have been canning for years and I have never beard of do ing It his way Is it safe I think he is wrong but I need someone to back me up on this one DELORES DEAR DELORES Your father In laws method IS NOT SAFE Even though the Jars may teal the toma toes Inside could still spoil Process DEAR DR GOTT- Scaly patches are developing all over my back and face My doctor calls it kerato ses and says to Just scrape it off Well that hurts What else can I do DEAR READER Keratoses are scaly raised that op on aging skin They are very com mon and no one to my knowledge knows their cause As you have dis covered they are painful to scrape off Therefore I disagree with your doctor about this method of treatment f looking a wonderful cook and hostess and a loving mother I don know why Fred is unfaithful when he got such an angel at home The other day she surprised mo by asking IFred played around She said she didnt want to be the last to know I feel I should be honest but my hus band says I say anything IN SILICON VALLEY CALIF DEAR I doubt your friend would have asked the question if she dldn already suspect something was going on Your husband should tell Fred she is asking you questions but that you have said nothing That will get you off the hook DEAR MEG My 18yearold brother inlaw is always in trouble with the law lies been In and out of Juvenile centers for years and is now in an upstate facility for assault and battery My husband and I Just bought our first home It has a rentable basement that I m fixing up so we can put a ten ant in But last week my husband told his brother he could move In when he Is released in May lag In a boiling water bath raises the temperature of the tomatoes to a point that kills various yeasts and molds that contribute to spoilage If these yeasts and molds are not de stroyed and they may not be If you use father In law method he tomatoes could spoil and become unsafe to eat Also even though your father In law Jars have sealed so far this not a good way to ensure a good seal The high beat of the bailing water bath is necessary to ensure sealing Also turning Jan upside dawn after processing li not recommended be cause it can break the seal The correct method for processing tomatoes as I m sore you know to put the filled and doted Jar in a boil tog water bath for 35 minutes for pints and minutes for quarts Since keratoses are entirely benign and constitute only a cosmetic prob lem I usually urge my patients to leave them alone II the skin lesions arise at friction points such as on belt lines or under bra straps they can be surgically removed in a simple office procedure However new ones tend to grow back so surgical removal may be an ongoing commitment GOTT- The doctors said I bad nephritis My kidneys have lost 2D percent of function Are they cor rect that there is nothing I can do to alow down or correct this condition He wants to help his brother but I don want this boy living with us and our baby son He has no self control and the thought of having him in the same house makes me very nervous My husband and I arc arguing about this Please give us some advice be fore I go crazy from worry SCARED SENIORS 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can cause this Inflammatory agents such aspirin and heavy metals such as lead Treat depends on the cause You should be under the care of a renologist a kidney specialist Pro gressive renal disease Is Indeed an unattractive proposition however there is much that can be done to spare yon from this complication To give you more information I am lending you a free copy of my Health Report on KIDNEY DISORDERS Other readers who would like a copy should send and their name and aa dress to Box Cleveland OR Be sure to mention the title DR GOTT Whenever I eat barbecued food I get really violent arrhoa What could cause it DEAR READER Probably a com ponent of the barbecue sauce Check labels to identify the potential culprit avoid certain brands of sauce give up barbecue entirely or simply accept the diarrhea as a side effect of your dietary preference THINK in Geo JUNE Put your products or services on display make 10000 consumers aware of what you can offer To book your booth call the Chamber 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