CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Katie Cassidy, 34; Jerry Ferrara, 41; Christina Applegate, 49; Bruno Tonioli, 65. Happy Birthday: Get ready to push forward. Greater opportunities are heading your way. Take care of unfinished business, and you’ll find it easier to pursue your goals. High energy, coupled with ambition and desire, will encourage you to […]
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Daughter dishes out criticism but can’t take it from mom
DEAR ABBY: Recently, I kindly and lovingly gave my daughter some feedback on how she berates her husband in front of my 8-year-old grandson. I told her I didn’t want him to grow up thinking that’s how we treat the people we love. To make a long story short, she said that if I wanted […]
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Scorpio: Make personal changes that will improve your life
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Katie Cassidy, 34; Jerry Ferrara, 41; Christina Applegate, 49; Bruno Tonioli, 65. Happy Birthday: Get ready to push forward. Greater opportunities are heading your way. Take care of unfinished business, and you’ll find it easier to pursue your goals. High energy, coupled with ambition and desire, will encourage you to […]
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Would significant weight loss change need for HBP meds?
DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend was diagnosed with high blood pressure several years ago and has been on a hypertensive drug since then. However, over the past years, he has lost over 50 pounds and is no longer overweight. He works out every day. He never exercised prior to his diagnosis. He seems to be […]
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Daughter dishes out criticism but can’t take it from mom
DEAR ABBY: Recently, I kindly and lovingly gave my daughter some feedback on how she berates her husband in front of my 8-year-old grandson. I told her I didn’t want him to grow up thinking that’s how we treat the people we love. To make a long story short, she said that if I wanted […]
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Cranky friend at work may be threat to advancement
DEAR ABBY: I moved to town not long before the pandemic and don’t have many close friends here. One of my best friends is a co-worker, “Ronna,” whom I love dearly. Ronna has had an extremely rough past, including an extensive history of parental abuse that has left her thin-skinned and suspicious of authority figures. […]
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Libra: Don’t let anyone take advantage of you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Sarah Hyland, 30; Katherine Heigl, 42; Colin Hanks, 43; Pete Best, 79. Happy Birthday: Use your imagination. Look for alternative ways to use your knowledge, experience and skills to keep up with whatever is trending this year. Be a front-runner, step into the limelight and show off what you have […]
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Arterial-brachial index measures artery blockage
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 88-year-old woman in good health except that I have had a lot of leg and back pain in the past two or so years. I had spinal stenosis, and I have arthritis as well. A vascular surgeon performed a lower extremity duplex Doppler test last month. It showed an ankle-brachial […]
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Letters from elderly dad are only thinly veiled criticisms
DEAR ABBY: I could use some advice on the best response to my 89-year-old father’s letters. He cleverly inserts insults into them without writing anything for which he could be criticized. For example, he has always talked about how he hates fat people. I am very overweight. My father sends me letters talking about how […]
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Twins are divided over mom’s treatment for terminal cancer
DEAR ABBY: My 63-year-old mother has recently been diagnosed with stage-4 metastatic lung cancer. Even prior to her diagnosis she was a negative and depressed person. She has been a smoker, drinker and backseat driver for almost 50 years. She has undergone intense radiation but is refusing to take her chemo pill. In her words, […]