DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you offer any general advice on how patients should weigh the risks versus benefits when they are prescribed a drug that lists many potentially serious side effects? I once had a specialist suggest that I do a trial of a drug for a noncardiac issue, but my cardiologist ...
Dear Heloise: In a recent column of yours in the Marshall Independent, a reader wrote that when they get an call from an unknown person, they pick up, then immediately hang up. It may save time, but it signals to the caller that the number they called is active. It might be better to waste a ...
Today is Saturday, April 19, the 109th day of 2025. There are 256 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord—the start of an eight-year armed conflict between American colonists and the British ...
The gates swing open to the garden of Taurus season, so if your allergies allow it, breathe the sweet fragrance of this offering from Venus. It's a season when sensuality and slowing down are favored; life's pleasures are for those who savor them. There's also a focus on grounding and building ...
Dear Annie: My daughter-in-law and I have never had a good relationship, but we tolerate each other because of my son. I have tried to be a good mother-in-law. I never visit unannounced. When my DIL had surgery for breast cancer, I took her to her appointments, and I was even the one to go ...
Dear Heloise: When a rambunctious child scribbled with a crayon on many parts of the back of the church's choir room piano (including the black areas), it left the piano looking terrible. To find a remedy, I searched my two Heloise books and three other helpful volumes. In "Vinegar, Duct Tape, ...
