Ask Dr. K: Antibiotics are safe to treat urinary tract infections

February 9, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Dr. K: I’m a 42-year-old woman. This year I’ve had four urinary tract infections. Each cleared up with antibiotics.

Dear Abby: Dietary restrictions force woman to fend for herself

February 9, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: I was recently diagnosed as gluten intolerant.

Kolasa: Exercise and osteoarthritis

February 8, 2012 - 2:50am

Q My uncle died of complications following hip-replacement surgery. Are there any ways to prevent or delay hip and knee surgeries?

Ask Dr. K: Hot flashes in men are caused by low testosterone

February 8, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Dr. K: I’m a 75-year-old man who recently underwent prostate cancer surgery. I’ve begun to have what I think are hot flashes.

Hax: Moving beyond loss of spouse not something children can force

February 8, 2012 - 2:50am

Q My father-in-law died seven years ago yesterday.

Dear Abby: Man’s ex-girlfriend has warning for his fiancee

February 8, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: My boyfriend, “Brady,” broke up with me in November. Five weeks later he became engaged to someone else.

Ask Dr. K: Acupuncture proves useful in treating pain

February 7, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Dr. K: A friend keeps telling me to try acupuncture for my low back pain. But I don’t understand how a bunch of needles will help.

Dear Abby: For workers on graveyard shift, daytime is bedtime

February 7, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: I just read the letter from a fellow frustrated night shifter, “Working a 40-Hour Week at Age 73” (Dec. 20).

Dear Abby: Savings bond gift matures into mother/daughter battle

February 6, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: I’m 30 years old and have a close relationship with my mother, but something is bothering me.

Dear Abby: Savings bond gift matures into mother/daughter battle

February 6, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: I’m 30 years old and have a close relationship with my mother, but something is bothering me.

Hax: Co-worker’s inappropriate questions merit curt reply

February 5, 2012 - 2:50am

Q I have a co-worker in her 30s who is married, looking for a house in the suburbs, planning to have a baby, etc., and she is constantly asking me inappropriate questions.

Rosemond: Research on rewards in the classsroom is wrong

February 5, 2012 - 2:50am

The media recently reported “new” research findings to the effect that rewards often backfire and self-esteem is not the wonderful, uplifting personal attribute once thought.

Dear Abby: Woman is put out with man who won’t fix what’s broken

February 5, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: My live-in boyfriend is a total ditz when it comes to challenges.

Ask Dr. K: If you’re worried about your drinking, it’s time to act

February 5, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Dr. K: I’ve always enjoyed an occasional drink, but often lately I’ve been reaching for a glass of wine to help me relax.

Focus on Family: Newlweds face cancer crisis

February 5, 2012 - 2:50am

Q My wife and I have been married for less than a year, and I was just diagnosed with cancer.

Lauderdale: Starting a vegetable garden

February 4, 2012 - 2:50am

February is here and vegetable gardening time is upon us. I plan on working on some vegetable gardening this weekend myself.

Dear Abby: Mom uses illness to compete with girl for son’s attention

February 4, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: I’m 18 and my boyfriend, “Jordan,” is 17. We have been together a year and a half and rarely fight.

Hax: Leave gory pre-relationship details in the past

February 3, 2012 - 2:50am

Q I’m madly in love with my caring, funny and stable boyfriend of over a year.

Dear Abby: Bride wants to keep friend’s lecherous husband off guest list

February 3, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: Over the years I’ve stayed in touch with my childhood best friend, “Claire.” We talk a few times a year and I attended her wedding 10 years ago.

Ask Dr. K: Proper equipment, correct warm-up prevent sports injuries

February 2, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Dr. K: My teenage son plays several school sports. He loves them, but I’m concerned about sports injuries.

Dear Abby: Care providers show respect by using a patient’s name

February 2, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: “She Has a Name in Georgia” (Dec. 2) complained that the care staff at the assisted living community where her mother lives calls her “Granny,” “Grandma” and “Mamma.” She found it disrespectful, and I agree with her.

Kolasa: Providing healthy choices

February 1, 2012 - 2:50am

Congratulations to the caterers that have pledged to serve healthy foods and beverages at events sponsored by Vidant Health.

Ask Dr. K: Treating tennis elbow requires patience to ease pain

February 1, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Dr. K: I’m an avid tennis player. Unfortunately I’ve developed tennis elbow. What can I do to treat this problem?

Hax: Rude assumptions about wife’s income open for comebacks

February 1, 2012 - 2:50am

Q My wife is a doctor, and I am a freelance writer.

Dear Abby: Woman in love with fiance’s twin is now in double trouble

February 1, 2012 - 2:50am

Dear Abby: I am 26 and have been dating “Mike” for four years. We met in our senior year of college and recently became engaged.