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4B Daily News – Tuesday, January 10, 2012 FEATURES Dear Annie: A few years ago, I was ready to begin a new job pending a drug test and was told to call a few days after for my start date. I live cleanly and don't touch drugs or alco- hol. I contacted the Annie's company and left a voicemail. I called again the next day. This went on for a week until I finally managed to get a real person on the phone. She said my drug test was positive and I was ineligible for employment. I protested and asked for a re- test. She said they wouldn't do that and the job had already been given to some- one else. Now I am in the job mar- Mailbox by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar can produce false positives (e.g., poppy seed bagels, some cold medica- tions, antidepres- sants, antibiotics and pain meds). The National Insti- tutes of Health encourages anyone who may require a drug screening to ask your pharma- cist or health provider about spe- cific medications that might give a false-positive result. Inform your potential employer in advance, and request that they confirm the results through gas-chro- matography mass spectrom- etry (GC-MS). Dear Annie: I am a 14- ket again and rightly am concerned about drug test- ing. I still don't know what caused my false positive. I've researched the issue and found that cold medicines, pain relievers, prescription medication and even an individual's normal body chemistry could cause a false positive. So here's my dilemma: If I should be offered a job contingent upon a drug test and I decline to take the test, I won't get the job. But if I take the test and get a false positive, I risk losing the job and also losing my unem- ployment benefits. What should I do? — Innocent While ''Proven'' Guilty Dear Innocent: Drug tests generally produce false-positive results in 5 to 10 percent of cases. Some perfectly legal substances, including certain foods and prescription medications, year-old boy and have always wanted really long hair, but my parents won't let me grow it out. My two sisters are allowed to have long hair, but not me. So my question is, why can girls have their hair any length they want, but boys have to cut it short? I don't think that's fair. — Dream- ing of Long Hair Dear Dreaming: Like it or not, people judge others by their appearance, and for some, long hair on a boy can seem effeminate, unprofes- sional or the sign of a slack- er. It also is an unconven- tional look, and this may be why your parents object. You could ask for a compro- mise — perhaps grow it a little longer. But otherwise, you simply will have to wait until you are out of the house and can grow your hair as long as you wish. But regardless of length, please keep it clean and well- groomed. 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Please revise your think- ing before saying that menopause causes women to lose interest in sex. — Sex Therapist Dear Therapist: You need a refresher course. The vast majority of post- menopausal women DO lose interest in sex. The very idea that they would require hormone replacement thera- py indicates that the hor- mones are lacking. And many women cannot safely take hormones, so your ''solution'' isn't so simple. But we do agree that each spouse should take the other's sexual needs into consideration. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. M-F 6am-2pm* Rosser's Bakery & Specialty Foods Now on Facebook Complete bakery setup for breads, muffins, scones, etc. Easily expandable for more. 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This can result in chest pain, breathing problems, fainting spells — even sudden death. Dr. K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D. On a long flight, unless you're in a fully reclining first-class or business- class seat, you are not lying flat. Gravi- ty is pulling blood down into the veins of your lower legs. Also, your legs are bent at the knees. This makes it harder for blood to travel through your leg veins and back to your heart. As a result, the veins swell up. On a long flight, you also don't walk a lot. When you walk, your leg muscles squeeze your veins, which keeps the blood flowing back to your heart. But if you are inactive for many hours, this also causes the leg veins to swell up. When your leg veins swell, some of the fluid in the blood leaks out into the tissues of your legs, causing the swelling. Also, the flow of blood in your leg veins slows down. When blood flow slows, clots tend to form. Blood clots that form in the veins of the legs are called deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). A DVT blocks blood flow and causes pressure to build up in the vein. This can cause long-lasting problems in the affected leg. Even more dangerous is a pulmonary embolism. This is a clot that breaks away from the leg and travels up What can your mother do to protect herself against both leg swelling and DVT? The com- pression stockings you ask about gently squeeze the legs below the knee. They should help to prevent or at least reduce the swelling you mentioned. But in my judgment, compression stockings have not been shown to prevent DVT on long flights. There are three ways to prevent DVT (be sure to pass them along to your mother): First, stay well hydrated. Drink enough non-alcoholic beverages to force you to get up to make frequent trips to the toilet. Second, do in-seat exercises to keep the blood flowing through your legs. For example, contract and relax your calf muscles, or rapidly wiggle your feet up and down. Finally, get up to walk every hour. I always get an aisle seat so that I can walk up and down the aisle frequently without bothering the people in the seats next to me. In the months after 9/11, I'm afraid my pacing up and down did bother people, but that seems to have passed. Now, instead of thinking I'm a terrorist, they just think I'm rest- lesss. Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Go to his website to send questions and get additional information: www.AskDoctorK.com. Pharmacy Technician training The Shasta College Center for Economic and Workforce Develop- ment is offering Pharma- cy Technician and Clini- cal Medical Assistant training programs in Redding and Red Bluff. Pharmacy Technician training starts in Red- ding on March 3. The Clinical Medical Assistant training starts in Redding on April 21 and in Red Bluff on April 14. These classes fill fast, sign up today. 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