YOUNGSTOWN — Mercy Health primary care physicians are reminding patients to prioritize preventive care this year and schedule their annual wellness exams. Missing important routine screenings can lead to delayed diagnoses of conditions that are most treatable when caught early, putting ...

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 ...