Dear Annie: Kids today are pushed too early to make career decisions. The first two years of college are a good time to take different courses to see where one's interest lies. A major can easily be declared as a junior, and ample credits can be accumulated in that discipline in the last couple ...

DEAR DR ROACH: In a recent column, you wrote that hormone replacement therapy should be considered in elderly women to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) by stopping bacteria from getting into the bladder in the first place. How does this work? Which is better: pills or vaginal creams? ...

Dear Annie: If you are invited to a wedding shower, should you always be invited to the wedding? I was invited to a good friend's shower for her daughter. I gave a generous gift. No wedding invitation ever came. I've now found myself questioning this friendship in silence. No mention was ...

Dear Car Talk: I have this hose with a right-angle bend that's coming from behind the battery of our 1998 Mercury Mystique. With it not connected, you have to really press down very hard on the brakes to get the car to stop. But I cannot find where it goes. Any idea what it should be ...

Dear Annie: I've been happily married for 18 years, and for most of that time I've slept poorly -- but lately it's become unbearable. My husband falls asleep within minutes and snores loudly and steadily through the night. I lie awake listening, nudging him, turning him onto his side, putting ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a generally healthy 70-year-old man, and I like to drink orange juice -- the kind that is freshly squeezed with no additives but is pasteurized. I also like to eat strawberries almost every day. My recent A1C and glucose levels were 6% and 110 mg/dL, respectively. My prior ...