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Health, Lifestyles & History

Keep a form of ID in your luggage

Dear Heloise: In regard to the hint you received suggesting that you should put a business card in the ID tag of your checked luggage, you should also put some sort of ID inside of your luggage. I'm a retired airline employee, and if the tag comes off during transit, there's no way to find the ...

Today in History: November 27, Harvey Milk and George Moscone fatally shot

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 27, the 332nd day of 2024. There are 34 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH'-nee) and city Supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Nov. 27

What recipe do you know that includes equal amounts of every ingredient? Very few, and even fewer that make delicious food. It's not about everything being quantifiably equal but about finding the balance. What needs attention? Tune in to the areas that feel off-kilter and make small ...

Disciplinary divide

Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 6-year-old daughter, "Eliza," and we recently have not been seeing eye to eye in terms of how to handle discipline. For example, last week, when she refused to put her toys away after playing with them, I told her she couldn't watch TV until it was done. She ...

Understanding how an incompatible kidney transplant works

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on transplants and dialysis. Fifteen years ago, I found I had polycystic kidney disease and was recommended a transplant. My wife and I discovered that our blood types were incompatible (her B positive to my A positive). I had started dialysis, and she ...

Readers write in about biting nails

Dear Readers: We received a large response about the habit of nail-biting. For my readers who have this habit, I hope the following responses help. -- Heloise NAIL-BITING Dear Heloise: I was reading the letter from the lady who is very upset with the state of her nails due to her lifelong ...