DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and non-physician staff in the hospital where I work. Even out in public, if I run ...
When I turned 60, I knew something wasn’t right. I lost weight. I felt drained. I had no appetite. I had a gut feeling — literally, abdominal discomfort — and a sense that something serious was going ...
Despite my father previously being diagnosed with liver cirrhosis (permanent damage and advanced scarring of the liver) and receiving a liver transplant in 2013, my own liver issues went undiagnosed ...