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Accutane isn’t to blame for affecting woman’s fertility

DEAR DR. ROACH: My daughter is in her 30s and has been experiencing infertility for several years. She and her husband have been tested, and the issue is her egg quality. She has had several rounds of in vitro fertilization with no success. At age 19, she was prescribed Accutane for her acne. ...

Reader writes in with parking tips

Dear Heloise: When I go to the store, I always park in a spot right next to the carriage return for several reasons. First, it's highly unlikely that someone will leave a carriage near my car (and potentially damage it), as the carriage return is right there. Second, I always grab a carriage ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for July 13

The moon in the sign of partnership offers up a square suggesting that no matter how close we are to our partners, there will always be matters of disagreement. There's nothing wrong with disagreeing. Agreeing to disagree is usually the kind route, as exerting influence and trying to sway ...

Deciding how to deal with dad’s wedding drama

Dear Annie: In a couple of weeks, I will attend my dad's wedding. He is 77 years old and this is his fourth wedding. That isn't the biggest issue, though. My sister and I (both in our 50s) were surprised to find out about five months ago that his fiancee is none other than the woman he had an ...

Barn swallows nest on the porch

Dear Heloise: Our residential neighborhood has barn swallows. In mid-May, we realized that they had built a beautiful nest in the corner of our very small porch, and a female sat on it as the male watched from close by. When we sure that the eggs were hatched and the babies were gone, my ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for July 12

All humans are born of a mother. This is a theme of Cancer season, a constant return to the maternal. Whatever one's feelings are about it, the fact of life is that no human can grow without nurturing. Unlike the deer or the owl, we are a species with a brain so big it needs more time to form ...