Dear Dr. Roach: Could you please inform and educate us, especially pregnant women, about the effects of cytomegalovirus? This is the No. 1 reason why children are born deaf to parents who aren’t deaf. My niece was pregnant and evidently caught a bad cold, but it was CMV. She remembers her ...
Dear Heloise: To drop the cost of your utility bill, close your closets. Keep the doors shut and unplug as many appliances as you can. If the coffee pot turns itself off, unplug it. You don’t need to heat or air-condition closets, or waste money on plugged-in appliances when they’re not in ...
Dear Annie: I'm 58, never married, no kids, no siblings, no nieces or nephews. A neighbor of mine is very ill and in a nursing home. She has a daughter, but the daughter barely even bothers to visit her, and it breaks my heart. I call my neighbor often to try to lift her spirits. At the same ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My mom has Capgras syndrome and firmly believes that her husband (my dad) is dead. She thinks that there's someone whom I snuck in and built a lie around, and she tells everyone that this man is the same man. It's really difficult for us, especially my dad. I understand that ...
Dear Heloise: Every year, we see cats and dogs in our clinic who suffer anything from a sore mouth to organ failure because they chewed on a plant -- usually an indoor plant. Here's a list of the worst offenders and most dangerous houseplants for pets: -- Anthurium -- Begonia -- Chinese ...
Dear Annie: My 13-year-old daughter recently came home from two weeks at sleepaway camp, where she became very close to another girl in her bunk. At first, I was thrilled. My daughter has always been a little shy, and she came home talking nonstop about how funny, confident and "grown-up" this ...
