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Dear Doctor: Can you please explain why we keep hearing different things about when to get screened for colon cancer? I think it just changed again, and it’s kind of confusing.
Read moreDEAR HARRIETTE: I am having a hard time forgiving my father for not telling me that my grandfather was in the hospital a few weeks ago.
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DEAR ABBY: I’m a girl of 23 who has never had a boyfriend. Now that I finished college and am a journalist, I have met some guys, mostly from high school and places like that. One of them, who went to my middle school, recently asked me on a date. Another one from high school asked me out, too, in the same week. (Neither one ever talked to me in the respective schools.) Even if I wanted to go out, I’m a little nervous because I’ve never been on a date. What do you think I have to do? I know I shouldn’t care about what my family and friends say, but they are gossips. -- FEELING WEIRD IN MEXICO
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DEAR ABBY: I am a 40-something single mother of two teens. A 24-year-old neighbor with a young daughter moved in next door a couple years ago after her divorce. She recently joined the workforce, and being a single working mother for the last year and a half has been a difficult adjustment for her. When she sees me outside, she comes over to vent. She seems incapable of just giving a friendly wave and going about her day.
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“Do you have time for this?” my husband, Peter, asked.
Read moreDEAR HARRIETTE: I’m in the process of moving into my brand-new home, and I’m already seeing that a million things were done incorrectly. We built our house to look exactly like the model home that we viewed in our subdivision.
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Dear Doctor: I walk about two miles to my job when the weather is good. Lately, I get cramps in my left calf and right thigh, but they go away if I rest.
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DEAR ABBY: Twenty years ago, I reconnected with a childhood friend. When we were in high school together, she used to love telling stories, not all of them true. Most were harmless and cast her as the center of an interesting adventure.
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