New diet research focuses on methylation

Dear Doctors: I keep seeing news stories about a diet that supposedly reverses aging. It involves something called 'methylation.' Is this real, or is it just someone's new theory? It seems like instead of doing what we know works, like eating right and keeping fit, we keep hoping to find a magic formula.

Threat of the third party

WARREN, N.H. — Not that they share a mutual dislike, nor that they consider each other a threat to the nation or to democracy, nor even that they hold a decadeslong grudge, but Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt are at it again. And the fact that two old Democratic warhorses, both in their 80s, have jumped into the political fray in recent days stands as yet another example of how the 77-year-old Donald Trump has roiled American politics.

Homeowner consumed by possibility of damage

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a 24-year-old man, and I bought a trailer home about a year ago. I like that I am a homeowner, but the anxiety that comes with being one is consuming me every day. I work in construction, and I go home every day on my lunch break to ensure that nothing is wrong with it. I wake up with my heart racing, scared that something will go wrong with the electricity or plumbing — or that I might even get robbed.

Snoring roommate wants to live together again

DEAR HARRIETTE: How do I go about telling my roommate that I no longer want to room with her because she snores too loudly? Our apartment lease is almost up, and we need to decide if we want to live together again and renew it. She told me she definitely wants to room together again because I was such a great roommate. She was, too. She does a really good job at cleaning up after herself and respecting my boundaries.

Lowering BP crucial, preventing aortic dissection

Dear Doctors: Our mom had an aortic dissection last fall, and she almost died. It happened all of a sudden, and she was in good health. That makes her worry that it might happen again. Can you please talk about aortic dissection?

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

• Baseball was the game for 9- and 10-year-old youngsters who attended the Larry Guerkink annual Bulldog Baseball Camp held at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford. Those attending were Jordan Stewart, Clinton; Ryan Linn, Dill City; Chris Pool, Tucker Pool and Bill Mandrell, all of Clinton.

New movie makes us face the unthinkable

The movie 'Sound of Freedom' beat Indiana Jones at the box office Independence Day weekend. The budgets behind them do not compare, but David beat Goliath, and that's a blessing in the world today.

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