DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently wrote that you do not recommend probiotics in healthy people. I am a 78-year-old male who, three years ago, underwent an esophagectomy to remove my esophagus and part of my stomach because of cancer. I was put on 30 mg of pantoprazole, which was later increased to ...
Dear Heloise: Recently, you printed two easy and delicious fudge recipes. Both had nuts in the ingredients. For those of us who don't or can't eat nuts, do the proportions of liquid ingredients in the recipes have to be adjusted so that the fudge won't be too loose? -- Linda H., via ...
Today is Saturday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2024. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police ...
While deception can have a negative association, it's a strategy for survival and an evolutionary adaptation we are not alone in having; many other species have evolved to do this, too. And there would be no entertainment, espionage or diplomacy were we not able to transform ourselves. On the ...
Dear Annie: My husband and I plus our four children currently reside in a first floor apartment. I love this because I don't have to tell the kids to tiptoe everywhere so as not to disturb the downstairs neighbors. However, our upstairs college neighbors are extremely heavy-footed and always ...
Dear Heloise: If your readers are using makeup brushes, please advise them to wash those brushes at least once a week. The same goes for makeup sponges. Here at the dermatologist's office, we see so many skin infections that are caused by dirty makeup brushes, sponges, and women who sleep in ...
