Lifestyle

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently began experiencing swelling in my legs, feet and hands, as well as fatigue. Testing led to a diagnosis of pericardial constriction. Can you explain what this is and how it’s treated? Is there anything I can do to reduce the swelling?

March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn about your nutritional needs during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

FINDLAY — Yung Gravy is coming to the University of Findlay.

‘A Night in Seussville

LIMA — Amy Grant had to reschedule her performance at Lima’s Veterans Memorial Civic Center in September, but now that she has recovered from a bike accident in July, she has been back on tour and is ready to hit the venue this Friday.

A stack of yellowing index cards two inches high catalog Bertha R. Beam’s donations to the Allen County Museum. From programs for the Ziegfeld follies to a net used to keep flies off horses, Beam’s donations were many and various.

FICTION

She was 10 when I met her – a super shy little girl. And, I will be honest, I was a little nervous about whether we could ever develop a very meaningful relationship. I mean, by ten, I figured she probably had it all figured out, and well, who was I to come in and change any of that?

Like a lot of runners, I ate a lot of sweet potatoes back when I was training for distance events that required a diet full of healthy carbs and muscle-loving antioxidants. Even now that I don’t run so long or so far, I still love the orange-fleshed tubers because they’re so easy to prepare, play well with other ingredients and are a relatively inexpensive source of stuff that’s good for the body such as beta carotene and vitamin C.

“What have I done to cause my 18-month-old son to reject me?” asks a new dad. Whenever he tries to hold his son, feed, dress or change him, the child puts up great resistance and screams hysterically for his mother.