Biting research

Studies here indicate mouthpieces may lower stress hormone, delay fatigue

We've all seen the movie scenes when someone -- a woman giving birth, a wounded soldier getting battlefield surgery -- is given something to bite on to help endure the pain. Read More

80 years of get up and go

When I called Bill Boulter in the early afternoon last Thursday, I started the conversation by asking if he had worked out already. "Oh, yeah, three hours," he responded. Read More

CT scans require caution

What's wildly popular but has a disturbing dark side? No, not embattled golfer Tiger Woods. We're talking about recent reports that high-tech CT (computerized tomography) scans raise your cancer risk more than anyone ever expected. Read More

New drug may hold promise for lupus sufferers

For the first time in a half-century, a new drug appears to offer hope to sufferers of lupus, the chronic, autoimmune disease that plagues an estimated 2 million people, mostly women, in the United States. Read More

Help teens get handle on piles of paper

NEW YORK -- There's a reason why a new book about helping disorganized teenagers was published midway through the school year, rather than in September. Read More

Husband's child complicates estate

My husband died suddenly last year and I am the executor of his will. I recently found out that during a problematic time in our marriage, when my husband stayed with friends in another state until our marriage issues could be resolved, he may have fathered an illegitimate child while we were separated. Do I have to mention this to my attorney? Will my children and I be penalized for their dad's mistake? Read More

PBS series explores U.S. identity

Every now and then, a television project comes along that underscores the importance of genealogy, something many people are passionate about. Read More

Time spent together, away from kids, key to successful marriage

Remember the days when you used to get dressed up and go out on dates? When you ate at nice restaurants and spent hours talking about nothing in particular? Read More

Parents’ guide to new movie releases

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On the go

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'I love you' more than for Valentine's Day

My mother used to say, "Love makes the world go 'round." As a child, I thought she was misinformed or maybe even delusional. I was fairly sure it was money that made the world go around. Since our family didn't have any, we had no control over the world. Read More

Life skills workshop Feb. 15

The Junior Girls Day Out Community Project, a local nonprofit agency, will hold a life skills workshop 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Academy of Cosmetology in North Charleston. Read More

Book compelling in explaining crisis

HOW MARKETS FAIL: The Logic of Economic Calamities. By John Cassidy. Farrar, Straus. 400 pages. $28. Read More

A critic's inside view of festival

PARK CITY, Utah -- It's nobody's fault, really it isn't, but there's a gap between the way the just-concluded Sundance Film Festival is written about in news reports and the way I experienced it as a critic on the ground, a gap that seemed especially large this year. Read More

Dock Street reopening celebrated

Renowned French soprano Natalie Dessay and violinist Geoff Nuttall, director of chamber music for Spoleto Festival USA, will be joined by chamber musicians Pedja Muzijevic (piano), Christopher Costanza (cello) and Caroline Blackwell (viola) for a special gala concert April 1 to celebrate the reopening of Charleston's historic Dock Street Theatre. Read More