By PHILLIP MILANO Question You know how Islam people wear turbans? Do they ever make a fashion statement with them? Like do they have Louis Vuitton turbans,or turbans with checkered or plaid patterns? Roland, 15, Clay County Replies Just a friendly note, it’s not “Islam people,” it’s Muslim people or Muslims. Most Muslims don’t wear turbans; turbans are traditional in …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question Why are young adults not seeking the nursing profession? Joanne, 52, Utah Replies Because my mother has been an RN for more than 20 years and I’ve seen all the crap she has to put up with. E., 26, Alabama Your patients are mad at doctors, insurance companies, etc.; we catch the fallout. I’ve been a …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question With all the trials and tribulations blind people must contend with, I wonder how, well, “lust” is handled. A sighted person can look upon a beautiful woman or handsome man and feel pleasure. Is the blind person reduced to feelings of extreme frustration that only lovemaking can relieve, or is fantasy and imagination able to lessen …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question I keep hearing about affluent teenagers having “trust funds.” What, may I ask, is a trust fund? Lynda, 20, Bronx, N.Y. Replies Typically it’s money set aside for a person for getting started in life, placed “in trust” so that it cannot be accessed until certain conditions are met, like turning 18/21, graduation of some kind, …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question The Bible was here before Christopher Columbus, before Lincoln and before Elvis. So why can’t it be fashioned into a history textbook and offered as a course in grade schools? Rhonda, 42, Christian, Knoxville, Tenn. Replies If we’re going to go there, we need a book on Jews, the Buddha and . . . and . …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question How do African-Americans feel about all the Hispanics coming into the United States? Lindsay, 19, North Carolina Replies I don’t care who is coming to this country. At some point, we all had to migrate here or be brought or sent here. Tanaira, 16, Baltimore We don’t have a problem as long as the following criteria …