Asking Eric: I want to tell these stories but something always stops me

Dear Eric: Over the past two years, I have buried both of my parents. My place in the world going forward feels uncertain and untethered, but in reflecting on their lives and long, long marriage, I ...

Dear Doctor: I’ve tried everything to reduce my waist size - nothing seems to help

I had several abdominal surgeries decades ago. Now that I’m approaching 70, I cannot seem to lose my tummy. I would like to consider a more aggressive approach. My goal is to reduce my waist size, ...
Sioux City Journal

DEAR ABBY: Observer thinks woman is lying about medical condition

DEAR ABBY: I have an acquaintance, "Tina," who I believe is fraudulently using her GoFundMe fundraising webpage. A close friend of hers set it up a few years ago to assist with medical bills related ...

Dear Doctor: Estrogen blockers I took for breast cancer caused accelerated bone loss. How do I combat this?

Unlike alendronate and similar drugs, Prolia stops working as soon as you stop taking it, so people who are on it need to take it continuously.
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DEAR ABBY: Aging mother refuses to acknowledge risk of falling

I moved across the country nine years ago to be closer to my parents as they age. They are now in their early to mid-80s. My ...

Miss Manners: The shopper cut in line and acted like I was the miscreant

My grocery store was very busy and the checkout lines were long. I paid little attention to the lady without a cart in front of me as she spoke to someone on her phone, assuming that she was with the ...

Dear Abby: Out of the verbally abusive frying pan, into the threatening ultimatum fire

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Abby: All I did was make some food for recovering cancer patient; now family won’t speak to me

Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father ...
The Sumter Item

Dear Abby, March 7, 2026: Wife is at wits end with husband's selfish vaping

My husband vapes in our home, and I have run out of ways to get it through his thick skull that this is unhealthy, not only for his health, but for mine. Even more upsetting is that he vapes when our ...
The Sumter Item

Dear Abby, March 6, 2026: Mom is on the hook for estranged son's college loan

My son took out a couple of education loans, which I cosigned when he was starting college 10 years ago. A couple of years ago, I found out (from someone else) that he never finished ...
The Joplin Globe

Aptiv Board of Directors Approves Spin-Off of Versigent

Aptiv PLC (“Aptiv”) (NYSE: APTV), a global industrial technology company, today announced that its Board of Directors approved the previously announced spin-off of its Electrical Distribution Systems ...

Asking Eric: Do strangers really need to ask about my device?

With regard to politeness, you don’t need to bend over backward to preserve a stranger’s feelings (or even a friend’s). The ...