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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: 3 scores used for testing bone mass

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a woman of 54 with somewhat limited mobility due to back pain. Perhaps for this reason, my primary care physician ordered a DEXA scan in 2023 and again in 2026. I was alarmed when the recent scan showed osteopenia in five of the six areas that were tested. I thought the 2023 scan was normal, but when I revisited it, I saw that I had osteopenia then as well. But in the 2023 report, they had only looked for a Z-score of less than -2 as an indicator of a problem, whereas in 2026 they used the T-score. Had I realized that I had osteopenia three years ago, I’d have ...

Released Time will expand to new schools

WARREN — The Released Time program that has been offered to several school districts in Trumbull County since 2022 will expand to include more districts for the upcoming school year. The program is Bible education during school hours at an off-campus site where public school children learn about the Bible one class period per week. Don James, board president for the local Released Time, said the School Ministries of Trumbull County program has students from local school districts leave school for a certain amount of time and go to an off campus site to learn about the Bible. The ...

Religion news

SUPERHERO WEEKEND: Rock of Grace Church in Vernon will host Superhero Summerfest with a family night 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday and a special service with the children at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. PATRIOTIC CONCERT: Grace Methodist Church, 1725 Drexel Ave. NW, Warren, will host a lawn concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday with the Cortland Community Band. There will be patriotic selections for America250. Proceeds from the event will help fill children’s shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. CHURCH HOSTS LADIES EVENT: Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534, will ...

DEAR ANNIE: Odd one out needs to get out into the world

DEAR ANNIE: I’m 29, living in New York City, with a job I love and a great group of friends — none of whom are single. Half are married or engaged, the other half coupled up in serious relationships. I’m generally OK being single, but going out as the perpetual third wheel is wearing on me. I’ve thought about making new friends; I’ve even thought about moving cities. I’ve also caught myself secretly hoping my coupled friends break up, which I know is terrible. How do I find my people? —- Odd One Out DEAR ODD ONE OUT: The odd seat out can feel isolating. Don’t be too ...

HINTS FROM HELOISE: Grammar skills fall by wayside

DEAR HELOISE: As a retired high school English teacher, I read with interest the letter concerning how written and spoken English standards have deteriorated in the United States. Based on my experience, my students in middle school would tell me that there was little to no exposure to grammar skills or learning to speak in front of a group. There wasn’t any diagramming of sentences or speech units. Most of this is due to state education departments who apparently no longer feel that grammar skills and being articulate are necessary — and that students will somehow learn on their ...