DEAR DR. ROACH: My 66-year-old husband recently received a diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighs 270 pounds. He is treating his fluid retention with 100 mg of furosemide daily. He also has mild, untreated sleep apnea.
He would ...
Dear Heloise: My mother loved jewelry! She had so many pins, necklaces and bracelets, so we decided to share them with her friends. Naturally, I kept a few of my favorite ones, but we put the rest in tiny boxes tied with colorful ribbons. Even my brother and the rest of our close family enjoyed ...
Today is Tuesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2025. There are 288 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On March 18, 1925, nearly 700 people died when the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana; it remains the deadliest single tornado in ...
Today is Saturday, March 15, the 74th day of 2025. There are 291 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On March 15, 44 B.C., on the "ides of March," Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators, including Brutus and Cassius, who feared Caesar was working to establish a ...
Is life random, or does everything happen for a reason? Is it really chaos if it weaves patterns? And is it really a pattern if you only see it in hindsight? These are the questions in the early days of this Pisces season's Mercury retrograde. Arguably, lives of purpose are more joyful, ...
Dear Readers: Many of you wrote to me in response to "Independent and Irritated." This 65-year-old single woman was struggling with how to reply to people who questioned why she never married despite her older age. So many readers wrote in to share their own similar experiences and suggest some ...