Life

Do you want to die at an early age? I doubt that many people would eagerly say “Yes” to this question.

Dear Eric: Wondering about the use of cooking oils, specifically olive, avocado, grapeseed and canola oil. They are the main ones I have in my kitchen and would appreciate information on how best to use them.

A Calgary radio station now plays only abbreviated samples of pop songs. Why? Apparently, because our collective attention spans have become shorter than Mike Duffy’s moral code.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old man who has A fib. To control this problem, I am presently taking Tikosyn, metoprolol, warfarin and aspirin. For exercise, I walk or run at least eight kilometres, five days weekly.

For Mexican student Paulina Ramirez, summer at the University of Victoria offered many surprises: nearby woodland walks, trips to the beach and clean air by the lungful.

Dear Dr. Roach: You recently wrote that antihistamines used for sleep can increase risk of falls. Are there any sleep aids that don’t increase fall risk? C.A.L.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am so tired of gastric juices coming up and spraying my mouth. I am currently on a “last resort” medicine. My doctor wants to try it for three weeks. If it doesn’t work, he’s going to perform a Nissen fundop-lication.

Fashion, drinks, chef-created barbecue and firefighters on the runway will all be on offer at Fashion Inferno at Capital Iron Thursday night. “It’s a really, super-fun night,” said Lise Gyorkos, co-publisher of y.a.m., Victoria’s Lifestyle Magazine.

McDonald’s Restaurants cut Kendall Kocela some slack in April by letting the Vancouver teen leave a bit early one day to study for a calculus exam.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. — Mahatma Ghandi In March 2002, soldiers came knocking at the door of Tel Aviv mother Robi Damelin. A Palestinian sniper had ended the life of her son, David, 28.