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My hoarder brother’s trapping our mother

Dear Annie: My elderly mother bought a house on the West Coast to be near my younger brother and me after my father passed away a few years ago. She had always relied on my father to handle finances and major life decisions, so it's been a difficult adjustment for her to take on these ...

Jazzing up yogurt

Dear Heloise: To Libby of Boca Raton, Florida, and other yogurt-averse readers, doctors recommend plain yogurt because of the sugar and chemical additives in prepared flavored yogurts. Adding fresh fruit, perhaps a little fruit juice, chopped nuts, and/or a dash of cinnamon, could make it more ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Oct. 18

Playful interactions are telling during this lunar opposition. They give away such things as how you really feel about someone or social power structures and other influencing factors that one does not always want to be confronted with. This is why people gravitate toward those who master fun. ...

I ghosted my friend to protect my sanity

Dear Annie: I am, I confess, guilty of ghosting a friend. I used to talk to her daily and had meals with her and her child. I explained to her how we communicated differently, and she just never "got it." After she began sending TikTok videos, I just gave up. While I don't want to hurt her ...

Woman with stage 4 kidney disease needs to plan for her future

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 62-year-old female who has focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) that was diagnosed in 2001. After several years of treatment with prednisone and cyclosporine, along with an ACE inhibitor, I was in "remission" and listed as stage 3. At the time, the life expectancy of ...