DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column about a person who was refusing antibiotics due to a fear of a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) recurrence. I am interested in your thoughts regarding people who take probiotics to restore a healthy gut biome. Relatively healthy people ingest ...

One of declarer’s greatest enemies is complacency, which frequently develops when, after viewing dummy, declarer decides there’s really nothing to the play. Consider this deal where South is in four hearts. He wins the spade lead with dummy’s ace, and, without giving the matter much ...

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Youngstown State University graduate student Emily Vero recently presented her research from her master’s thesis at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, one of the largest national conferences for scholars and teachers of writing, rhetoric and composition. Vero, who will ...

Youngstown State University’s Wellness for Life Speaker Series will present “More than Teeth: The Hidden Power of Oral Health” 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. April 8 at the Austintown Senior Center, 112 Westchester Drive. Speaking at this free community lunch-and-learn session will be Ruth Palich, ...

Q. I have been taking 1 milligram of lithium orotate for four months. Within days, I noticed I was sleeping better. Slowly, I realized I was remembering names of the people I knew 40 years ago. I still occasionally walk into a room and have to ask myself, “Why am I here?” But now, if I ...