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Health, Lifestyles & History

Moving on from close friendship

Dear Annie: I felt something was wrong with my closest friend for a while. She was my maid of honor but didn't have a shower for me. She also showed up at the wedding venue fully dressed and made up, when we were supposed to get ready together. Weeks later, I said it was hurtful that no one ...

Understanding the laser procedure for venous insufficiency

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, ...

Laundry products leave strong odor

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 ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Oct. 30

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 ...

Thoughts for autumn

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 ...