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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Sleep apnea can be tied to excessive urination

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m writing regarding the recent column that mentioned frequent nighttime urination. I had a similar problem and awakened several times to urinate each night. About a year ago, I started using a CPAP for sleep apnea. Immediately after starting to use the CPAP, my nighttime urination frequency decreased. It’d range from sleeping completely through the night to waking up twice, with an average of waking up once per night. Building off a prior column, my hypothesis was that better sleep led to a more stable production of the natural diuretic that the body makes at ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

A resourceful declarer is always on the lookout for a way to increase his chances of making the contract. Sometimes these extra chances are fairly obvious, but at other times they are more subtle. Take this case where South was in three notrump and West led a heart. Declarer ducked the first ...

Skimmers are part of larger dragonfly family

I found a skimmer sunning herself on my lettuce on a recent morning and thought an article about her would be fitting. She belongs to the Skimmer family (Libellulidae), which contains our most common and colorful dragonflies. They are the largest family of dragonflies with nearly 1,000 ...

Sunflowers: Wonder of science and beautiful

Sunflowers are amazing as well as a wonder of science. There are more than 60 varieties and some are multi-stalked. It is the national flower of Russia. To begin with, sunflowers are dicots, meaning their seeds have two cotyledons, or embryonic leaves. The plant usually grows from a single, ...

Valley Grows Calendar

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • OSU Trumbull County Extension Office, 520 W. Main St. Suite 1, Cortland. 330-638-6783. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Plant and Pest Clinic You can submit your questions by calling the Mahoning County office at 330-533-5538 or emailing us at ...