Marrying woman worries about who will pay
Dear Amy: Recently my partner and I got engaged. (We’re both women.) My parents won’t attend our wedding for religious reasons. If it was just… Login to continue reading Login…
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Ask Amy: Personal trainer is catnip for cougar kittens
Dear Amy: I am a 23-year-old personal trainer. I’m good looking and muscular, and get hit on by older females.
Treating hearing loss in Meniere’s disease versus SSNHL
DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently answered a question from a reader with a friend who had sudden hearing loss with tinnitus after experiencing vertigo and dizziness.
Kansas Profile: Making a difference with creative craftsmanship
The design cut into the wood is beautiful, detailed, intricate – and handmade. It was not produced with a laser cutter or computer- aided design, but rather, entirely by hand by a remarkably skilled craftsman in rural Kansas.
Kansas Profiles: making a difference with local processing of meat
“Full circle.” That’s one way of describing the creation of one Kansas rural business, which is located in what was once one of the first state-inspected meat plants and is again serving the processing needs of Kansans.
High doses of vitamins lead to Vitamin D toxicity
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been diagnosed with Vitamin D toxicity, according to the blood work from a month ago – my result was 122 ng/mL. I was taking high doses of vitamin D3 in pill form (15,000 IU a day for three years) bought from a drugstore. I have stopped taking it, but I need to know how long it will take to have a normal amount in my body. (Weeks, months?) Can you shed any light on this question? I would like to take it again when my level comes down, but in a lower amount. Also, by any chance, would the high amount of D3 in my system have any correlation to a diagnosis of stenosis of the aortic valve? – C.I.
Ask Amy: Retired man feels forced to leave his house
Dear Amy: I wonder if my expectations are too high, or if my wife is controlling me? I do not feel welcome in my own house. Every week my wife asks me for my schedule (I am retired) for the coming week to make sure that I am out of the house for the better portion of several days.
Woman meets men who want to spar, not spark
Dear Amy: I am a divorced 52-year-old woman who is experiencing a disturbing situation. Men I meet for possible relationships have what I describe as argumentative personalities.
Strict dieting is not necessary when dealing with osteoporosis
DEAR DR. ROACH: At 57, I slipped on ice and broke my right hip. During my hospital stay, I believe they gave me a Fosamax shot through IV. After surgery, I had a hip and spine bone scan, which showed osteoporosis. My endocrinologist determined I have hypothyroidism. I'm assuming this is what caused the osteoporosis.
Advances in surgery
My son is one of the many Americans with cleft lip and palate. The specifics of each affected individual's situation vary, but one thing they have in common is that they will be having surgery. Lots of surgery. Although most individuals with orofacial clefts, including my son, are otherwise healthy and lead normal lives, the process of restoring a normal smile, normal speech, normal chewing, involves many steps from birth into adulthood.