DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 89 and in good health. For six months, my systolic blood pressure was 113 mm Hg. Then, 10 days ago, it dropped to 88 mm Hg for a week. For today and the past week, it's been 187/93 mm Hg. I was on a blood pressure medication, but my doctor took me off of it when my blood ...
Dear Heloise: For many decades, I've extended the use of my tubes of mascara by five or six times. When it's too dry to use, add distilled water, using half a teaspoon or a full teaspoon. Then gently mix it by moving the wand up and down a few times, letting it set overnight. Do not ever use ...
Today is Thursday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2025. There are 356 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco. Also on this date: In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede ...
With the moody moon change, feelings arise uninvited, and if you turn them away, they won't go; rather they'll just settle in until they get what they want. Whether your feelings hide in waiting to jump scare you, or cause a ruckus that's impossible to ignore, they'll continue in kind until ...
Dear Annie: My wife and I have been very blessed. We both were able to find and keep jobs in our chosen fields and worked through the years without any layoffs, slowdowns, serious illnesses, etc. We made good middle-income wages, and we always lived within our means while saving for retirement. ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: Next month, I am scheduled for cataract surgery. The procedure has been approved by my cardiologist and my primary doctor. I am pretty healthy, feel like I'm doing OK, and have been told so by my medical providers. My problem is that no one seems to be listening to me. I have ...
