WASHINGTON — A first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B is letting some patients stop treatment without showing signs of the dangerous liver virus, what’s called a “functional cure,” researchers recently reported. In two international studies, about 1 in 5 patients given the ...
DEAR ANNIE: My soon-to-be fiancee has had an incredibly hard year. She had ankle surgery and a difficult recovery. She worked hard to get her mental health back on track. She gave up drinking for me. She also went through serious family drama after being kicked out of her aunt’s house, and she had to sue to get out of the situation. She won. For most of her life, her family had a lot of control over her. After more than 50 years, she finally stood up for herself and told them how she felt. I am so proud of her. Right now, I feel like her biggest cheerleader. We have known each ...
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DEAR HELOISE: I hope you or your readers can help me (and most likely many others) with learning how to respectfully dispose of used or damaged Bibles. Thank you, and I love your good work! — Eddie S., via email Eddie, this is a very thoughtful question. I’ve heard of people taking a very old Bible and burying it in a garden or placing it under the hands of a deceased loved one while they lay in their coffin. Some people have the Bible buried with the person, while others remove it before burial. There are others who say that it’s served its purpose and place it in the ...
DEAR ANNIE: My 90-year-old father has been married to his third wife, who is 85, for nearly 33 years. Between them, they have five adult children: two are his and three are hers. For their entire marriage, they have relied largely on my father’s retirement account to pay their day-to-day living expenses. His wife does not have a retirement account of her own. They also have two homes. One is a summer cottage that was in her family before they married. The other is a winter home they purchased together. Recently, as they began revising their wills, my father said he wanted things to ...
I didn’t eat asparagus until I was married. Bill’s mom had wild stashes of asparagus stands that were very old. She watched and waited, and then, at the right time, she would pick the beautiful stems to eat. Asparagus is a member of the lily family planted for the amazing harvests of ...
