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Health, Lifestyles & History

Posting without permission

Dear Annie: I really don't like having my picture taken because I don't feel photogenic. I've asked my husband multiple times not to post any photos of me on his social media without my permission. However, every now and then, he disregards my feelings and posts them anyway. Each time, I remind ...

A beer a day does not keep the doctor away

DEAR DR. ROACH: I would like your opinion and advice. I am a very healthy 77-year-old man, and I walk about two miles each morning. Generally, I enjoy one wheat beer every afternoon, and my primary care physician has told me to feel free to continue with it. I've read that moderate drinking can ...

Double-layer system hides keys well

Dear Heloise: As far as hiding a spare house key, I use a double-layer system: My garage key is hidden on my back porch (disguised as a piece of caulk), and this key gets me into my garage, where my house key is hidden. It's a fantastic system. I read your column daily in The Journal Gazette! ...

Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Today is Saturday, Sept. 28, the 272nd day of 2024. There are 94 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic. Also on this date: In 1781, American forces in the ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Sept. 28

The moon in the sign of lionhearted Leo likes to remind us that love and pain are bookends with volumes between them. All those stories hold up because of the tacit agreement of those ends. Love cannot exist without pain, as the risk of pain is what makes love LOVE and not some more ...

Wealthy cousin wants to bury grudges

Dear Annie: I am writing to you basically needing advice on a matter of snobbery and arrogance. This in regard to one of my relatives. They say money changes people, and in this case, I think it has. I'm now past 70 years of age. I have a male first cousin near my age. We grew up in the ...