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Esophageal cancer symptoms are easy to dismiss

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Esophageal cancer symptoms are easy to dismiss

Friday, October 7, 2022

Dear Doctors: A family friend is suddenly on hospice care because of esophageal cancer, which has spread to his lungs and liver. The thing is, he never even knew he had it. Other than getting the hiccups and losing some weight, he was fine. What causes this cancer? How common is it?

Friend wants moody man to work on his personality

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Friend wants moody man to work on his personality

Friday, October 7, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a male friend who can be very hot and cold. We've been friends for more than three years. I don't see him too often, but whenever I do see him, I can never tell what version of him I am going to get. He can be kind, generous and caring, or he can be cold, blunt and irritable.

Biden, the 82 year-old candidate?

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Biden, the 82 year-old candidate?

Friday, October 7, 2022

There’s a new report from NBC News that President Joe Biden has told a confidant – the Rev. Al Sharpton, of all people – that he will run for reelection in 2024.

Trump’s magical misery tour

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Trump’s magical misery tour

Thursday, October 6, 2022

I used to think self-styled “progressives” and Black Lives Matter activists had coined the dumbest political slogan of the 21st century: “Defund the Police.” Democratic strategist James Carville called it “the three worst words ever in the English language.

DO JUST ONE THING

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DO JUST ONE THING

Thursday, October 6, 2022

If you want to help save the North Atlantic right whale, you should give up eating Atlantic lobster. This is according to the advocacy group Seafood Watch, which warns that the ropes used for lobster fishing can “entangle critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Daughter moves out without telling

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Daughter moves out without telling

Thursday, October 6, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: My 23-year-old daughter signed a one-year lease with her boyfriend and moved out of my home without telling me. I discovered that she had left by finding her bedroom completely empty. I am hurt by the way she decided to handle everything.

Skeptics might walk in polio sufferers’ shoes

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Skeptics might walk in polio sufferers’ shoes

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

If you want to understand the impact of polio – if you want to comprehend the heartbreak polio victims feel about the return of infantile paralysis – if you want to sense the bewilderment that polio victims feel about vaccine skepticism – then walk a mile in Stacy Smith’s shoes.

Hybrid schedule throws off family balance

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Hybrid schedule throws off family balance

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

DEAR HARRIETTE: i have been so busy between work and family obligations that i have forgotten some key family dates and even some work responsibilities. I feel like i am barely treading water when it comes to getting things done, which is crazy since i'm the one who is usually on top of things.

Owning dog protects against mental illness

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Owning dog protects against mental illness

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

DEAR DOCTORS: My wife read somewhere that when kids grow up with a do in the house, it can keep them from getting schizophrenia. I know that having a pet can help kids develop responsibility, but preventing mental illness seems like a stretch. Is this based on psychology — or something else?

The crime issue returns to forefront

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The crime issue returns to forefront

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

This New York Times headline captures an important inflection point in the current political campaign: “G.O.P. Redoubles Efforts to Tie Democrats to High Crime Rates.”With less than six weeks left before the midterm elections, battle lines are drawn.