DEAR DR. ROACH: I have venous insufficiency and have a laser procedure by a vein specialist coming up in a couple of weeks. I don't know much about the procedure and wondered if you can expound on it. I am 79 but get told that I look 14 or more years younger. I exercise a lot (aerobics/weights, ...
Dear Heloise: I just read the letter about storing scented garbage bags away from plastic storage bags and have to weigh in. Scented garbage bags might not be the issue; instead, the blame may lie with laundry products. We had some family members move a while back, and they gave us some frozen ...
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 30, the 304th day of 2024. There are 62 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round bout known as the "Rumble in the Jungle," in Kinshasa, Congo (then Zaire), to ...
First, it's the moon, and then its Mercury arguing in the courtroom of the sky, but finally, a trine from the lunar persuasion in Libra and an amenable Jupiter position balances all with the spirit of fairness. Arguments are not always negative. They can, with great respect, be tools of ...
Dear Readers: Hope you are all having a lovely fall. Please see below some poems that help embrace the season. "The Wild Swans at Coole" by William Butler Yeats "The trees are in their autumn beauty, / The woodland paths are dry, / Under the October twilight the water / Mirrors a still ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My brother, who was extremely active and athletic in his younger years, is now in his early 70s. His decision to have both of his knees replaced several years ago was not due to any general pain, but to an inability to bend his knees more than 90 degrees. It was limiting his ...
