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Dear Doctors: I had a bad reaction to the barbs of a prickly pear cactus. Most of the itching stopped after I found and removed 20 tiny barbs, but now there’s tingling and itching in my hands. Antihistamines help, but I’m looking for a long-term solution. I am 70, a vegan and take a low-dose B12 pill.

Dear Annie: I am embarrassed to admit this, but I am jealous of my best friend.

Lionel Richie appears to be on the mend from the unspecified health issue that prompted him to cancel a pair of concerts in June. The 77-year-old Grammy-winning “Hello” and “All Night Long” singer on Sunday thanked fans for “every message, every kind word and for all your love” on Instagram, sharing photos from recent concerts. He also seemingly addressed his health, writing, “I’m doing well, ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I raised our grandson from the time he was a baby. He is now 19, and until recently, we were very close.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: The oddest thing started happening to me when I reached my 80s: Strangers began approaching me to tell me how beautiful I am. It continues regularly at the supermarket, at restaurants or on the bus.

Pianos are everywhere, literally, in Kendra Langford Shaw’s debut novel.

In our journey thus far, a lot has been said about bias, but what about psychological trauma? What about bias and trauma? What about having implicit biases stemming from psychological trauma? It's probably a very good time to start unpacking some of that.

You stand under the clock on the main floor of the Crescent Department Store waiting for a woman you no longer love, who is shopping for a new dress to wear to a Christmas party you do not want to attend. You check your watch and glance again at the escalator. What you see stops time. It is a girl of a woman. Blonde and slight. Dressed in sharp lines of gray. A cool, Nordic beauty, so unlike the island face that greets you in the mirror each morning. She looks at you, smiles a shy smile. You feel dizzy, you cannot breathe. Your vision dims and then lights up in neon.

Ordering food from one of Rio de Janeiro’s beach vendors used to require a mix of faith and Google Translate. Now, at Barraca do Antônio on Ipanema Beach, one of hundreds of long-standing kiosks on the sand, a newly laminated menu offers a small but telling update: Beneath the words aipim frito sits the English translation, “fried cassava.”

Dear Doctors: I got bitten by a tick in April. That’s earlier than our tick season here usually starts. I went to urgent care, and the doctor said that because I was sure it had been attached for less than an hour, a Lyme infection wasn’t likely. Is that true? What should I have done?

Dear Readers: On this Fourth of July, I hope you give yourself permission to slow down.

NEW YORK — The myriad famous faces spotted en route to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s reported rehearsal dinner celebration Thursday shed light on who remained in the pop superstar’s good graces ahead of the couple’s Madison Square Garden nuptials, and who may have truly worn out their welcome. First, the bride’s best friends. Selena Gomez posted an Instagram story of herself donning a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I moved to the U.S., I found quite a bit of difference in the dinner party etiquette compared to my home country. When an American co-worker invited me and other friends for dinner with his family at home, it turned out to be extremely stressful, as I was more concerned about avoiding a cultural faux pas than enjoying the dinner.

NEW YORK – Megastars Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married, the singer's publicist announced on Friday as guests attended a star-studded celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York that followed a three-year romance.

The Chicago dog, the New York dog, the Sonoran dog, the Detroit dog, the Seattle dog.

Dear Doctors: Over the last couple of years, whenever I put on perfume or use a different skin product, I get a burning smell in my nose. It can take days or sometimes up to a week to clear. Why does this happen, and is there anything I can do to prevent it when I want to wear perfume?