DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 43-year-old female. Ever since I was 5, I have eaten a lot of salt. I never had a sweet tooth. I had my pituitary gland checked. I thought I might have an iodine deficiency. The gland was OK. I am an avid exerciser, lifting weights five times a week and running 6 miles, five…

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on what you can do for others and good things will happen in return. The joy you spread and the ideas you share will lead to an interesting relationship. TAURUS (April 20-May 20)): Avoid arguing with people you have to deal with regularly or you will be faced with…

Girl Scout Cookies sold in Hampton Roads are safe. The Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast wants to assure local cookie connoisseurs that no cookies sold in Hampton Roads are among those being replaced by the manufacturer because of quality issues.

Think you could identify a pinot noir wine in a blind taste test? Don't answer until you've considered the recent news from a court in southern France. A judge found that fraud within the Languedoc wine industry led Eamp;J Gallo to buy millions of dollars worth of faux pinot - it was mostly merlot and…

It’s shaping up to be another star-studded weekend in the Library of Congress Theater on Mount Pony.

Women in the United States have been accustomed to having a cervical cancer screening test (or Pap smear) every year with their annual exam. Pap smears have improved the health of American women, resulting in a 50 percent reduction in the rate of cervical cancer since 1975.

Fad diets. Conflicting nutrition studies. Health claims on foods that don’t seem all that healthy.

Let's celebrate daylight-saving time March 14 with light, fruity desserts! 

Fad diets. Conflicting nutrition studies. Health claims on foods that don’t seem all that healthy.