DEAR DR. ROACH: My sister was trying to make a telehealth appointment with her primary care physician. The receptionist called her back to inform her that she needed to pay a co-pay of $30 for the appointment first. I didn't know that this was the new norm for these. Is this true? If this ...
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married nearly 15 years and have three young children. Until about five years ago, I would have described our marriage as good. Then he suffered an injury that left him with chronic pain and depression and caused him to emotionally withdraw from me — ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a layman, but I disagree with your recent advice about the MMR vaccination specifically for a person without rubella antibodies. I am 73 years old. When I was 18, I caught rubella. Unfortunately I was rooming with a young couple who were newly married, Catholic and ...
Dear Annie: I never thought that I would be writing a complaint to one of these columns, but here it goes. I married my husband 12 years ago, and I was excited because that meant (well, I thought) that I would be getting seven sisters. My husband is the only boy among seven girls. Well, his ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I was born in 1954, and my mother took diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriages. I had a hysterectomy last year, and my doctor told me I didn't need a Pap smear ever again. I told him I wanted one, and he said "no." Since I have my cervix, I am afraid of getting cancer, ...
EAGLE HARBOR —Once again one of the summer highlights of Keweenaw County is the Copper Country Associated Artists annual Eagle Harbor Fine Art Fair and Exhibit. Traditionally held on the second weekend of August, this year’s show is Saturday and Sunday. It marks the 64th year of this ...
