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Keeping trick-or-treaters happy is worth considering, regardless of whether you want more or fewer come Halloween.

Strategies to attract or deter trick-or-treaters

August 18, 2019 at 12:50 p.m.

Seasoned trick-or-treaters in Coppell, Texas, already have Jeff Logan's house on their route. To lure the uninitiated, Logan flashes a strobe light down the street and uses a boombox to...

In addition to omnipresent disposable gloves, other medical equipment that may contain latex includes bandages, blood pressure cuffs, catheters, orthodontic elastics, stethoscopes, syringes and tourniquets.

Latex allergies, and products, becoming more common

August 7, 2019 at 7:31 a.m.

Lisa Batchelder of West Orange, N.J., first noticed it as a young adult. "When I carried a plastic bag on my arm, I got welts on my skin," she recalled....

The study found that couples who make mindful decisions about milestones like having sex and moving in together have happier marriages than those who "slide" into those situations.

Study: Many prior failed relationships can hurt marriage

July 26, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

Now 31, Rodney Jordan said his brief marriage at age 22 was doomed before it started. When he wed, he said, he had had many failed relationships. Jordan, a 6th-grade...

Grooms playing bigger role in wedding planning

June 17, 2018 at 10:23 a.m.

For generations, wedding planning was the bride's thing. She and her mother spent weekends trying on dresses and debating chicken Marsala versus chicken Parmesan. The groom's job was narrowly defined:...

Therapists ask patients post-treatment to redefine "sex."

Sex after prostate cancer

August 19, 2019 at 2:50 a.m.

"Give it to me straight, doc." That's what urologists say the patient asks when he gets his prostate cancer diagnosis. "Am I going to have sex again?" The patient hears...

Sister Kathleen Ryan (center), an Aurora nun of the Dominican Order, teaches immigrants to read at the Dominican Literacy Center. Pictured with her are (from left) Maria Dominguez, a secretary and interpreter; Alison Brzezinski, tutoring coordinator; Elisa Barocio, secretary and interpreter; and Sister Jane Ann Beckman, tutor and citizenship coordinator. Classes start up again after Labor Day.

Sister Kathleen Ryan, Dominican Literacy Center director

June 18, 2018 at 8:51 a.m.

"There are two kinds of people — battery chargers and battery drainers," said Amy Manion of Sugar Grove. "Sister Kathleen (Ryan) is a battery charger. She inspires the students and...

Brand loyalty’s role in buying

June 18, 2018 at 8:37 a.m.

Photographer Robert Scoble, 49, of Half Moon Bay, Calif., swears by Scottevest vests because they have pockets aplenty for the tools of his trade. "I'm loyal to the brand," said...

Make hand washing a lifelong habit and consider every cough and sneeze a germ missile.

Teach healthy habits before school starts

June 17, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

Heather Von Bank's first line of defense in the war of germs is common sense. She taught her sons Charlie, 4, and Max, 1, to wash their hands often, keep...

Cultivating relationships in college trump choice of school

June 17, 2018 at 11:29 a.m.

Her parents sent her to college with invaluable advice, said Ashli Stempel: "Always sit in the front row. You never know who you'll meet." Sure enough, during the first lecture...

How to make new friends when you’re an adult

August 19, 2019 at 2:47 a.m.

Trenton Davis is a California engineer who moonlights as a stand-up comedian. Davis, 36, says his life is full — "I have a girlfriend, daughter, job, my comedy" — but...

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