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Dry air is common cause of nosebleeds in the winter, especially in children

Dry air is common cause of nosebleeds in the winter, especially in children

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Dry air is common cause of nosebleeds in the winter, especially in children

Saturday, October 29, 2022
Dear Doctors: Our 7-year-old daughter has been getting a few nosebleeds each month. It started last fall, and the school nurse thinks it's from dry air. This has been scary for her, and I wonder what can be done to make them stop.
Reader feels inadequate in group of friends

Reader feels inadequate in group of friends

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Reader feels inadequate in group of friends

Saturday, October 29, 2022
DEAR HARRIETTE: My friends are more conventionally attractive than I am, and it's been weighing on my self-esteem a bit.

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Positive steps for Clinton’s hospital

Saturday, October 29, 2022
This week the City of Clinton entered into an agreement for Carrus Health to operate our hospital after AllianceHealth leaves at the end of the year.
Fairy stories, myths in a disenchanted world

Fairy stories, myths in a disenchanted world

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Fairy stories, myths in a disenchanted world

Saturday, October 29, 2022
Demons appear on movie screens all the time, but poet Richard Rohlin is convinced he has actually seen them at work when counseling young people whose search for meaning has driven them deep in experiments with sex, drugs and the occult.“The stories that I can’t tell would curl your toenails,” he...
Fit test is a good alternative for those who won’t get colonoscopy

Fit test is a good alternative for those who won’t get colonoscopy

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Fit test is a good alternative for those who won’t get colonoscopy

Friday, October 28, 2022
ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I'm a 72-year-old man, and I was supposed to get a colonoscopy last year. I was surprised when my insurance company sent me an at-home kit to do a colon cancer screening.
Woman embarrassed to share news of pregnancy

Woman embarrassed to share news of pregnancy

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Woman embarrassed to share news of pregnancy

Friday, October 28, 2022
DEAR HARRIETTE: I found out that I was pregnant about three months ago. This will be my first child, and I'm extremely happy about it.
Classroom litter boxes, other myths

Classroom litter boxes, other myths

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Classroom litter boxes, other myths

Thursday, October 27, 2022
This just in: Regardless of what your ex-wife’s hairdresser’s brother-in-law says, there’s not a single documented instance of a school district anywhere in the United States installing litter boxes in bathrooms to accommodate students identifying as “furries” and wearing cat costumes to...