More than 60% of U.S. adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050, according to recent data. To celebrate American Heart Month, 12 women and teen leaders in Northeast Ohio are joining the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, ...

Q. I have been relying on the antihistamine diphenhydramine to get to sleep for more than a decade. But over the last few years, I have found that I am having trouble coming up with simple words when I am talking to someone. It's embarrassing when I stumble or substitute a totally ...

DEAR ANNIE: I’m a 64-year-old woman who thought making new friends at my age would be simple: find someone kind, show up, bring snacks, repeat. A few months ago, I met “Jill” at a community class. We clicked right away. She’s funny in that dry, smart way that makes you feel like ...

DEAR HELOISE: This is to add to Karen from Michigan’s suggestion about recycling toilet paper rolls. I reuse them by cutting the rolls in half and standing them upright in the bottom of a plastic ice-cream bucket. Next, I add potting soil until it reaches the tops of the shortened rolls. ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: About one year ago, I had Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) that was treated with 125 mg of vancomycin for about four weeks. I had none of the usual risk factors, and the cause was never determined. I am 78 years old and in fair health. Recently, my family doctor diagnosed me ...

Let’s say you’re declarer in four spades and West leads a heart. You win with the king and draw three rounds of trump. Since you have an inevitable heart loser, you must now try to avoid losing three club tricks. If you play the ace and a low club — hoping the suit divides 3-3 or that ...