DEAR DR. ROACH: My insurance company won’t let me receive my testosterone injection unless I have a low testosterone level at 8 a.m. Does this make any sense? — T.B. ANSWER: Although I am never fond of insurance companies making medical decisions, this does make sense from physiology. ...

Declarer’s objective in most deals is to make the contract, and if, in attempting to reach this goal, he goes down an extra trick while trying to do so, it should not really bother him. Take this case where South is in four spades and West leads a club. East cashes the A-K and shifts to the ...

In her cookbook “50 Pies, 50 States,” author Stacey Mei Yan Fong has a Hawaii-inspired pie that combines coconut custard and pineapple for a tropical twist. The base is a graham cracker crust filled with a thick coconut cream. And the filling uses coconut milk, heavy cream, egg yolks, ...

Life is usually hectic. So often, a drive through McDonalds, Taco Bell or Wendy’s or takeout from a favorite Mexican or Oriental restaurant becomes the dinner of choice between school concerts, dance lessons, volleyball games, track meets and general family confusion. There are dozens and ...

DEAR ANNIE: I am the friend everyone calls when they need something. I am the one who remembers birthdays, checks in after surgeries, brings soup when someone is sick and sends the “just thinking of you” text. If a friend is going through a divorce, I am there. If someone’s child is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My insurance company has suddenly instituted all kinds of new rules that require me to get preapprovals for medications (including seizure medicines) that I have been taking for years. I didn’t find out until I tried to renew my medicine, and now I may run out. Why are they ...