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Good Advice

Dear Annie

Dear Readers: Thank you for all your responses to “Letting Go Is Hard to Do.” We have undeniably wonderful parents among our readership. Here are two of my favorite letters. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Letting Go Is Hard to Do,” who was worried about the choices her daughter ...

To Your Good Health

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 73 and was diagnosed with heart failure and a severely dilated left ventricle. At the time, he was pumping 10 liters per minute. He had a proBNP natriuretic peptide level over 10,000 and an ejection fraction of 39%. Later, he was found to have an abdominal ...

Car Talk

Dear Car Talk: I have a 1969 Buick with a 430-cubic-inch engine. It will start and run fine. But when I go to turn the car off, it keeps on running, even though the key is all the way in the “off” position. The only way to stop the engine is by disconnecting the positive cable of the ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband and I plus our four children currently reside in a first floor apartment. I love this because I don’t have to tell the kids to tiptoe everywhere so as not to disturb the downstairs neighbors. However, our upstairs college neighbors are extremely heavy-footed and always ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I’m a 17-year-old girl, and I will be turning 18 next month. I’m a senior in high school, and my grades are excellent! I’ve applied to all of my colleges, and now I’m waiting for the decisions, which I will find out very soon. I live in Arizona, and the schools are in New ...