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Health, Lifestyles & History

Calcium score remains very high amid low cholesterol levels

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 85-year-old woman who is physically, mentally and socially active and in quite good health, except for osteoporosis issues. The only medications I take are Maxzide for blood pressure, rosuvastatin for cholesterol, and Prolia injections for osteoporosis. My most recent ...

Solving spray-paint clogs

Dear Heloise: In response to Charlie M., what I have done in the past has helped stop the problem of spray-paint clogs. When you're finished painting, invert your can and hit the spray button for just a split second. Then you should see the nozzle clear up. I've done it for years, and it works ...

Today in History: May 20, Lincoln signs Homestead Act

Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 140th day of 2025. There are 225 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for May 20

As the sun reaches the edge of Taurus, it offers a grounded goodbye -- steady, focused, deliberate. Then comes the shift. Gemini breaks things open like a cell dividing. One becomes two. Suddenly, there are new ideas, diverging paths, overlapping conversations. The pace quickens. Curiosity ...

Breaking up without breaking him

Dear Annie: I've been with my boyfriend for over three years. We met when I was a freshman in high school and he was a sophomore. I fell head over heels right away, and we became official nearly a year later. Over time, I learned about his painful childhood -- absent father, a mother who had ...

Persistent lower back pain calls for neurosurgical intervention

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know that this is very common, and not all patients with compressed nerves are symptomatic. I have ...