Q. You have repeatedly criticized health care workers for making mistakes when measuring blood pressure. No one has answered my question of why a "proper" blood pressure reading requires me to assume a state that I exist in perhaps 1% of the time during an average day. That is, sitting in a ...

DEAR ANNIE: Spring break is coming, and instead of feeling excited, I feel like I’m bracing for impact. We have school-aged kids, and every year this week turns into a mix of pressure, money stress and hurt feelings. Some families we know are doing big trips — skiing, the Caribbean, ...

DEAR HELOISE: Regarding the widower who doesn’t like walking around the bed to center the top sheet, here’s a simple solution that saves time and steps: Get a permanent marker in a color that is similar to your bedding. Make two small guide marks — one at the top edge (which is covered ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 49-year-old woman who recently had COVID. When I was sick with it, I lost my sense of taste and smell. I no longer have COVID, but I still have a stuffy nose with no sense of taste or smell. Then one day, out of nowhere, I smell this horrible smell, like an infection. I ...

Anyone can take tricks with aces and kings; the real challenge lies in taking tricks with lower-ranking cards. Consider this deal where declarer made four spades. West started with the K-Q-A of clubs, South ruffing the third club as East discarded a heart. Declarer drew trump, lost a heart and ...

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