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Health, Lifestyles & History

Today in History: April 3, Martin Luther King Jr. makes final speech

Today is Wednesday, April 3, the 94th day of 2024. There are 272 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what turned out to be his final speech, telling a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for April 3

Attraction, like all mysteries, exists in particular lighting -- never total illumination. Our pursuit is magnetized by clues and questions alike. The last day of Venus in Pisces features a conjunction to Neptune to highlight our fantasies and projections. There are things we will never know ...

Taking responsibility for sex addiction

Dear Annie: My own experience tells me that your advice to Starving Wife may have overlooked another possibility. I lived for years with what Starving Wife is experiencing. My sexual relationship began with my husband when he was 42 and I was 45. Our sexual relationship was good until we ...

People with diabetes have great results with a plant-based diet

DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column about treating diabetes left me wondering. Diabetes, as I understand it, is usually a result of too much sugar being consumed. But consuming carbohydrates is not that much different because they are quickly converted to sugar through the human chemical ...

Laundry bag used a tool for soups

Dear Heloise: I used a small, new zippered laundry bag to make soup. For chicken soup, I put the bones, skin and fat in the bag, then put the whole thing in the soup pot. All the flavor is added to the soup without the mess. Just empty the bag and discard it. I also did this with ham bones and ...

Kill horrible garbage smells

Dear Heloise: My trash can smells awful! For a few years now, it's sat in the hot Texas sun, and the smell of garbage just seems to be soaked up by the heat. How can I get rid of trash can odors? -- Kelly A., Lubbock, Texas Kelly, take one or two slices of bread and soak them in vinegar. ...