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Grandparent asks for new updates about Type 1 diabetes

DEAR DR. ROACH: My grandson has just been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I'm wondering which new therapies are out there for consideration in treating this. Are there any new discoveries involving gene-altering, pancreas transplants or something else? I am willing to join any study group that ...

Try this fix for a tricky mousepad

Dear Heloise: I have read your column in the Dayton Daily News for years and have put many of the tips to use in my home. I'm a senior citizen, and I've had difficulty moving the screen pointer on my laptop using the mousepad. The pointer will not budge, or it will slide over the spot where I ...

Today in History: August 20, Soviets invade Czechoslovakia

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2025. There are 133 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the “Prague Spring” liberalization movement. Also on this date: In 1858, ...

Today in History: August 16, American music loses two legends

Today is Saturday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2025. There are 137 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Aug. 16

HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY BY HOLIDAY MATHIS FOR RELEASE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2025 Social Savvy Stars Social intuition is the thing to test today. You can focus fate's fortune by asking for more than you think you will get as the moon moves into daring Gemini. There's a lunar conjunction to ...

A doctor in training with a family in crisis

Dear Annie: My daughter "Theresa," now 46, always wanted to be a doctor. I divorced her father when she was 4 and her sister was 2-and-a-half. When it came time for college, her father refused to help, and I couldn't afford to pay for it as a single mom. Determined, Theresa joined the Army ...