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Bridge by Steve Becker

Anyone who has spent enough time at the bridge table can tell you that a defender’s life is not an easy one. The slightest slip, no matter how inconsequential it may seem at the moment, can spell the difference between success and failure. Take this case where North-South bid aggressively to reach four hearts, and West led the queen of clubs. Declarer won with dummy’s king, led a heart to the queen and, after it held, cashed the ace. South then played the king of diamonds and a diamond to the ace, ruffed a diamond, cashed the ace of clubs and ruffed a club. Next came another ...

Tanning is getting hot again

Nichole Sims started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her was doing it, especially before events like homecoming dances and prom. Eight years later, she was diagnosed with melanoma — a potentially life-threatening skin cancer. During that time, Sims has seen ...

Why would Absorbine Jr. help cure athlete’s foot?

Q. You’ve written about itching, redness and peeling associated with athlete’s foot. Fungus is not the only condition that can cause these symptoms. As a physician, I never prescribed oral medication without laboratory confirmation (culture, microscopy, etc.) of the diagnosis. I can’t tell you how many patients came to me on oral terbinafine (a prescription antifungal medicine). In some cases, they’d been taking it for many months to treat a condition that obviously was never fungal in origin. Even in cases of proven fungus on the feet, symptoms between the toes may be due to ...

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DEAR ANNIE: Neighbor’s barking dog keeps baby awake

DEAR ANNIE: My husband and I recently welcomed our first baby, and we are exhausted but overjoyed. We live in an apartment building, and after weeks of trial and error, we finally started getting our daughter onto a somewhat predictable sleep schedule. The problem is our next-door neighbor’s dog. It barks at everything: people in the hallway, delivery workers, car doors and even the elevator bell. Just when I get the baby down for a nap, the barking starts and wakes her up. Then she becomes overtired, cries for hours and has trouble sleeping at night. I understand that apartment ...