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Heroin Makes a Comeback Feb. 08, 2014
Heroin is back — with a vengeance. It never really disappeared from the drug-culture landscap... Read More
Phil, Jim, Bill and I Feb. 05, 2014
My father and I relapsed from our chronic illnesses at almost the same moment in 1994. With his hear... Read More
Hospice Care, the Key to a Dignified Death Jan. 30, 2014
A patient that I had followed for many years carried a diagnosis of advanced Alzheimer's disease. He... Read More
Difficult Toddler Making Good Progress at Day Care Jan. 26, 2014
Q: My 2-year-old has learned that aggressive behavior garners her extra attention at day care. She b... Read More
Kids and Guns and Public Safety Jan. 25, 2014
Uncle Jim used to herd a group of us kids into the car on a sunny Saturday morning and head to an is... Read More
End the Death Penalty; Let Victims' Families Beat Murders to Death. Jan. 24, 2014
To the State of Ohio, Dennis McGuire was a human guinea pig — the first inmate executed using ... Read More
Where's the Doctor? Jan. 07, 2014
People who write, legislate and complain about health care have pretty obviously never been sick, ha... Read More
Chuckle Bros
Jan. 05, 2014
The gifts of Jahi Jan. 01, 2014
New Year's Day should be a time of fresh beginnings and forward motion. But for the family of 13-yea... Read More
A Short Day Lives On Dec. 21, 2013
Solstice-wise, this is the shortest weekend of every year, when on Dec. 21, the sun, farthest from t... Read More
The Tonsil Patient: Preserve Her Privacy Dec. 19, 2013
Jahi McMath, 13, died after a routine tonsillectomy, according to doctors at Children's Hospital Oak... Read More
Husband Won't Tell Ex-Girlfriend About New Marriage Dec. 08, 2013
Dear John: My husband "Mack" and I have been married four months. We met about a year ago,... Read More
Young People Are not Supposed to Die Dec. 05, 2013
DR. WALLACE: I am not a teen, but I read your column about teens being capable of being excellent dr... Read More
This Holiday Season, Start the Conversation That Ends When You Do Nov. 26, 2013
Have you had "The Conversation?" Not about walking versus running, the bungled start of t... Read More
Who Gets What When Someone Dies Nov. 20, 2013
Today's column discusses two separate but related topics involving Social Security benefits due afte... Read More
Baby Angel Nov. 14, 2013
Autumn has always been a transitional season for me. As a child, I saw it as the time when the caref... Read More
Radical Survivor Mar. 18, 2013
It was September 1995 when my friend and colleague Rob Saltzman told me what had happened to his sis... Read More
Promise Them Anything, but Give Them Death Jan. 16, 2012
Just in case you sometimes get Mormons and Quakers confused, Mitt Romney cleared things up Monday ni... Read More
The Return of the Real McCain May. 11, 2011
For the longest time, a certain admirable, independent senator from Arizona disappeared from public ... Read More
What's the GOP Without Bin Laden? May. 10, 2011
Pity Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the Republican right wing led by the forlorn slate of candidates ... Read More
