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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: HPV test causes woman to panic

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 61-year-old retired African-American woman. This past week, I just had a Pap smear (I hadn’t had one since 2021) and was told that it was positive for human papillomavirus (HPV). I’m upset because I was celibate from 2021-2024, and then in January 2024, I got married to my current husband, who lives in Africa. I was there for a week, and we honeymooned and consummated our marriage. I came back home and have since been monogamous. This week, I found out that I have HPV. What can I do? Will the vaccine help? I’ll be going back to Africa later this year to be ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

Some of the most sophisticated plays in bridge are forced upon declarer by the set of circumstances he encounters. Here is a case where South had to resort to special measures to overcome a seemingly certain trump loser. South opened the bidding with three spades, to which North responded ...

Creating a pollinator garden

My decision to start a pollinator garden didn’t come overnight. I had heard a lot about the decline in bee populations and the importance of other pollinators like butterflies, moths and birds. I felt this was an opportunity to create a garden that would not only attract pollinators, but ...

If you’re impatient, try growing radishes

Vegetable gardening from seed requires an abundance of patience. We wait to plant until the danger of frost is past — generally mid-May in Northeastern Ohio — then wait for the seeds to sprout and wait for weeks for the plants to produce fruit. But consider the cheery red radish. This ...

Calendar

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • OSU Trumbull County Extension Office, 520 W. Main St. Suite 1, Cortland. 330-638-6783. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Plant and Pest Clinic You can submit your questions by calling the Mahoning office at 330-533-5538 or emailing mahoningclinic@osu.edu. Please ...