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Health, Lifestyles & History

A note to caregivers

Dear Readers: A recent column about the caregiver who felt worn out prompted a deluge of letters, mostly from others who are, or have been, caregivers themselves. As I read the letters, I thought of the fact that airlines tell mothers to put on their own oxygen masks first and then help their ...

Distinguishing between types of therapy for severe depression

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an ex-medical/surgical nurse. I have a daughter-in-law who was treated for depression with magnetic therapy. My psychiatric exposure in the 1950s was with electroshock therapy and insulin shock therapy. Can you explain how the new magnetic therapy works for depression, ...

How to store food during outages

Dear Readers: With climate change has come some very unpredictable weather, which has caused many of you to ask how long food can last in the refrigerator or freezer. It appears that weather-related outages have increased significantly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Today in History: March 19, Michael Jordan returns to basketball

Today is Tuesday, March 19, the 79th day of 2024. There are 287 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 19, 1995, after a 21-month hiatus, Michael Jordan returned to professional basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls. (He would go on to win three more NBA ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for March 19

Negativity has long been considered "toxic," and now the "toxic positivity" that denies the complexity of human emotions gets its due. It's totally acceptable if the sun crossing into the new season feels poignant or bittersweet. "I heard a thousand blended notes/While in a grove I sate ...

Husband lacks experience parenting autistic daughter

Dear Annie: My daughter is 8 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. She was just diagnosed at age 7, but I have suspected she is autistic since about age 3 when she used to be severely speech-delayed. Over the years, I had suggested she was autistic to my husband several times, and ...