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Health in the New Year Jan. 04, 2019
'Tis the season when we all think about resolutions for the new year. The top ones include losing we... Read More
Are We Brave Enough for the New World of Reproduction? Jan. 03, 2019
A new medical device may change almost everything we think about making babies. It may also sweep aw... Read More
Too Much Attention? Dec. 26, 2018
The rate of diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children has nearly doubled ov... Read More
Holiday Pounds Dec. 21, 2018
Oh, those dreaded 3 to 4 pounds that creep up over the holidays. Extra food goes down easy with the ... Read More
A Celestial Superstar Dec. 20, 2018
Week of Dec. 23-29, 2018 Many years ago, a friend was taking a basic astronomy course to fulfill her... Read More
Sounding the Snooze Alarm on the Sleep-Deprived Dec. 14, 2018
I left off last week's conversation with the mention of some of the results of the largest experimen... Read More
The Body Does Not Demand Marijuana Dec. 12, 2018
DR. WALLACE: You stated in a recent column that marijuana is not a physically dependent drug and tha... Read More
You Can't Fail This Test Dec. 07, 2018
TEENS: The holiday season is soon to be here, and it's a time when some of us overeat. Luckily, more... Read More
A Wake-Up Call for the Sleep-Deprived Dec. 07, 2018
What is a person to do when two essential habits of busy health-minded Americans come into conflict ... Read More
Cancer and Sugar Dec. 07, 2018
You've probably heard the adage that you shouldn't feed cancer cells sugar. Maybe you've wondered if... Read More
Don't Dismiss Climate Change Dec. 05, 2018
A federally issued 1,600-page report on the dangers of climate change has been quickly dismissed by ... Read More
Vaccine Rates Get Shot in the Arm Dec. 05, 2018
Since 2015, when California legislators banned nonmedical vaccine exemptions, more and more kinderga... Read More
Political Climate Surrounding Climate-Change Debate Must Improve Dec. 04, 2018
The Trump administration on Black Friday released a legally mandated update to the federal governmen... Read More
Can Vitamin D Help Prevent Diabetes? Nov. 30, 2018
Three in 4 Americans have a vitamin D deficiency, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic... Read More
NASA Touchdown Nov. 30, 2018
Touchdown. The Mars InSight successfully landed on Mars on Monday after a seven-month journey. It's ... Read More
The AgriCULTURE Attitude Nov. 21, 2018
Thanksgiving — let's eat! America's most food-focused holiday traces its roots back to the abu... Read More
The Costs of Caregiving Nov. 21, 2018
A new national poll reveals what many already know: caregiving costs, in time, money and health. Acc... Read More
Dietary Supplements and the Search for the Magic Pill Nov. 16, 2018
In the 1985 Academy Award-winning film "Cocoon," three residents in a retirement home discover that ... Read More
Improve Forecasts Before 2019 Hurricane Season Nov. 16, 2018
We depend on accurate, timely weather forecasts to let us know when inclement weather is expected or... Read More
Neil Armstrong's Words Vindicate Film Omission Nov. 05, 2018
We saw "First Man" over the weekend. At first, we were hesitant to see the film because of director ... Read More
