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Dear Dr. Roach: As a 69-year-old female, when my cholesterol reached 250 mg/dL, I was prescribed and started taking 10 mg of rosuvastatin daily. I soon noticed a constant ringing/buzzing in my ears. Six months later, my cholesterol was down to 183 mg/dL. Another four months have passed, and the tinnitus is worse than ever and keeps me up at night. I’m also experiencing daily headaches. Realizing coincidence isn’t causation, I do wonder whether a link of any kind between statins and tinnitus has been investigated. I saw an ear, nose and throat doctor and an audiologist; my hearing ...

Horoscope: Wednesday, October 7

You’re connected, you click, and you’re off to the races with new chapters, agreements, roles and adventures. Aries (March 21-April 19) You’ll make a strong impression by combining things that usually seem incompatible. You might treat something silly with elegance, bring some wildness to a formal setting or respond with restraint when people expect drama. Taurus (April 20-May 20) There are ways you feel trapped. Even though, technically, you could get out of the arrangement, the consequences make it seem like there’s only one choice. Is that really so? This is the time to ...

What you can do to keep liberty

Make sure you don’t read the news like you read a history book. You can shape the outcome of the trends shaping today’s top stories. Over the last several weeks, we’ve dug deeply into the topic of liberty. We’ve seen how rare freedom is both historically and globally. We’ve examined America’s Christian roots. We’ve discussed why liberty requires virtue, not license. And we’ve looked at how socialism and Islam threaten it. But these grand themes can feel disconnected from your day-to-day life. Sure, things need to change, but these problems can feel too overwhelming ...

Journalists woven into communities

Across Pennsylvania, from small towns to major cities, a common thread quietly weaves communities together. It draws attention to a local high school’s championship hopes, the detectives who solved a decades-old cold case, a proposed data center seeking approval in a township or the celebration of a hometown business reaching its 100th anniversary. That thread is local journalism, and it is an essential part of the fabric that binds our communities. National Newspaper Week offers an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the role local news organizations, both print and digital, play ...

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson dies at 70

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ’80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70. A statement shared by his family on his official Insta­gram account confirmed Jackson died Monday, three days after his 70th birthday. No cause of death was provided. “Freddie was more than a legendary voice. He was a kind, generous soul who loved his fans, his family, his friends, and his music with everything he had. For decades he gave us the songs that became the soundtrack to our love stories, our ...

Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest,’ dies at 102

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North by Northwest,” has died. She was 102. Saint, whose acting work lasted well into her 90s, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, confirmed family representative Jeff Sanderson. Saint had one of the most spectacular debuts in Hollywood history, as the love interest of Marlon Brando’s tormented Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront,” and her first trip to the Academy Awards ...