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Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in February 2025. Hackman had been living with Alzheimer’s and depended on Arakawa as his full-time caregiver.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Mark," and his father have a strained relationship due to things that occurred when Mark was growing up. Mark is an only child, and his mother has passed away. Since I met my father-in-law prior to ...Read more

Q: My dad was never part of my life. Now I'm married and my wife is expecting our first child. I feel completely unprepared and anxious. What does it take to be a good father?

Jim: I can relate. That was me. That IS me. ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my significant other for five years and have helped raise his daughter, "Maeve," since she was a toddler. She is now 8, and her behavior -- and his enabling -- are pushing me to my breaking ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How troubling it is to listen to leaders who want our country to become a nanny state, discouraging young people from learning the importance of hard work and responsibility. ...Read more

More than 5,000 people have been infected with measles in the United States this year, as the country faces the loss of its long-held elimination status later this month.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...Read more

Pennsylvania is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades, with more than 1,400 confirmed cases and six measles-associated deaths so far in 2026, according to statistics compiled by the state....Read more

At a recent T-ball game, I was talking with another father who mentioned that his son had never played before. As we watched our children falling over trying to scoop up a ground ball, we laughed about how they were ...Read more

Federal leaders overseeing a $50 billion rural health fund missed a critical deadline to announce how much they’ll give states next year, alerting state leaders to the delay with a mass email.

A 12-sentence message from...Read more

Chris McQueen finished treatment for leukemia a year and a half ago, but the ads for fake cures never stopped.

Juice cleanses to cure cancer, “natural” cancer treatments, clinics in Mexico promising full recovery with...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 30 years. We both were previously widowed and have grown children and a large number of grandchildren. From the beginning of our marriage, we funded many things for...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 66-year-old female who's in good health. I was experiencing some dizziness and was prevented from donating blood due to a failed finger prick test. I asked my doctor to check my iron levels. All my ...Read more

I often talk about how loneliness and isolation damage health, increasing everything from heart woes to depression, sedentary behavior and dementia. And you've heard how the trio of posse, purpose and passion can break the...Read more

The measles virus has continued to spread in Minnesota's Todd County because of a lack of widespread vaccination, bringing it to the highest level since at least 1990.

In the past week, 58 confirmed infections in the ...Read more

If you’re a woman over 40, you have no doubt heard your doctor tell you to get a mammogram as part of routine screening for breast cancer. But there’s another reason, too.

A mammogram can show no sign of ...Read more

I visited a family of 19 in Sierra Leone in 2015. By the time I arrived, eight had died. The other 11 were left to live with the grief and fear of what might happen next.

I am a medical doctor and epidemiologist...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My dad's cardiologist told him he may need complex heart valve surgery. What makes heart valve surgery "complex," and how do doctors decide whether a valve should be repaired or replaced?

ANSWER: Heart ...Read more