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Surveillance, surgery or radiation and how men actually choose

Your pathology report has three numbers that drive the whole decision. Learn to read them, then take the weeks you're allowed to take.

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What to wear when the invitation doesn't explain itself

A wedding, a funeral and a job interview, and the specific calls that let you stop thinking about your clothes the second you walk in.

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Getting Internet That Works Ten Miles From the Cable Line

Satellite, fixed wireless, cellular, or a phone call to your electric co-op. What holds up on a work call, and what quietly takes your money.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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The outer thigh, three seconds, and then you call 911

An epinephrine auto-injector is the easiest emergency device you'll ever use, and almost everybody hesitates too long with it.

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The infertility tests, in the order you should get them

The workup that should happen first, the options ranked by cost and conscience, and the grief that runs on a 28-day loop.

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Marrying again at seventy without splitting your family

The beneficiary forms matter more than the will, and the conversation with your kids matters more than both. How to get all three right.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

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The Parkinson's signs that show up years before the tremor

Smell, sleep, handwriting and one arm that stopped swinging. The tremor is the late arrival, and the early stuff is easy to miss.

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Fix the money, then the handoffs, then make the ask

An order of operations for the budget, the week, and the short list of people who'll actually show up when the daycare calls at 10:40.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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Buy hay by the ton, and open a bale before you pay

How to judge hay in the field, what to pay attention to besides price, and how to stack it so the bottom row isn't compost by February.

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Your migraine plan and the headache that means call 911

Most bad headaches aren't emergencies, but a few are, and the difference is mostly about how fast the pain arrived.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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The placement call comes at midnight and you get four minutes

Home study, licensing class, fire inspection, court dates, and the phone call nobody can prepare you for. What fostering and adopting really looks like.

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Nobody's mumbling, and you've known it for years

Men sit on hearing loss for the better part of a decade. What it's costing you, what the audiogram actually measures, and how to buy without getting fleeced.