DEAR ANNIE: My sister moved in with our parents in the family home. After my mother sadly passed away, my father and sister continued living there together. Over time, my sister seemed to take over the running of the household. She even had the telephone disconnected, and there were other ...

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to ...

Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you’re far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of those under 50 ...

DEAR HELOISE: I noticed that my dog was constantly licking his feet; I’m not certain, but it could be due to allergies, irritation or contact with something from outdoors. It took a lot of trial and error to find relief. I tried several products for my 95-pound chocolate Lab, and then I found ...

Q. Two of my family members have long histories of depression. Under a therapist’s supervision, each took psilocybin mushroom. We live in a state where that’s been decriminalized. That experience made a huge difference. The effects have been long-lasting for one, and the other repeated the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 61-year-old retired African-American woman. This past week, I just had a Pap smear (I hadn’t had one since 2021) and was told that it was positive for human papillomavirus (HPV). I’m upset because I was celibate from 2021-2024, and then in January 2024, I got married ...