Dear Readers, Valentine's Day has a funny way of making people take attendance of who remembered the holiday, who didn’t, who has plans, who pretends they do, who smiles at the grocery store display of roses, and who speeds past it like it might ask a personal question. If today feels ...

By KEITH ROACH, M.D. Syndicated columnist Dear Dr. Roach: Over a 30-day period, my 84-year-old husband went from being mentally sharp, to going into a fog, to not being able to recognize simple objects or name the president. He was admitted to the hospital as a possible stroke ...

By HELOISE Syndicated columnist Dear Heloise: I live in one of the last houses on my street that still receives a daily newspaper, and I always enjoy reading your column in the Orange County Register. Even though we hardly ever get rain where I live, the newspaper arrives every day wrapped ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your answer to a recent question about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). You mentioned that folks can get SAD in the summer but didn't discuss treatment options. I've tried caffeine and alcohol; they don't seem to work! More seriously, I've discussed moving hemispheres ...

Dear Annie: I'm a 42-year-old mom of two. I've been remarried for three years, and I'm trying hard to do the blended family thing with grace. My husband has a 16-year-old daughter, "Mia," who lives with us half the time. Most days are fine, but there's one issue that has turned our home into a ...

Dear Heloise: To the people who prefer reading a physical newspaper, stating that it's just not the same on their laptop, and to those who worry about spilling coffee on the keyboard, I, too, would never read the paper on a laptop. But I now read it on a tablet. My paper offers a PDF of the ...