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How Many Times Must We Save People Who Overdose? Jul. 12, 2018
A deeply humane friend recently suggested that medics stop saving people on their third opioid overd... Read More
Can't Forget About Her May. 25, 2018
Dear Annie: My family relocated the year I was entering ninth grade, and on the third day at my new ... Read More
Time to Bring Back the Asylums May. 12, 2018
What does the word "asylum" conjure up in your mind? An overpopulated mental ward with screaming pat... Read More
A Forbidden Remedy for Veterans' Nightmares May. 02, 2018
The emotional hangover from Nigel McCourry's seven months in Iraq as a U.S. Marine plagued him for y... Read More
Overdose Deaths Are the Product of Drug Prohibition Apr. 12, 2018
During Prohibition, drinkers never knew what they would get when they set out to slake their thirst.... Read More
Report From the Chemo Infusion Room Mar. 13, 2018
I write you from the infusion room at a community hospital. I'm here not as a patient but as a drive... Read More
Single-Payer a Danger for Cancer Patients Jan. 10, 2018
Today, breast cancer kills 39 percent fewer women than 25 years ago. Prostate cancer kills 52 percen... Read More
Moral Values and Customs vs. Laws Dec. 13, 2017
I'm approaching my 82nd birthday, and my daughter will occasionally suggest that modernity is perple... Read More
Trump's Weak Response to the Overdose Epidemic Oct. 29, 2017
You'd think it would be impossible to kill 100 people a day, every day, without inducing widespread ... Read More
Drug Abuse Band-Aids May Increase Addictive Behavior Sep. 30, 2017
Every action has a reaction, and every decision has a consequence. Remember that lesson you learned ... Read More
The Sadly Public Last Days of Charlie Gard Jul. 27, 2017
Charlie Gard's parents were working on the last major decision they will make for him: how he will d... Read More
That's My Spot! Apr. 30, 2017
Dear Annie: When it's snowed and you've shoveled clear a parking place for yourself, is it OK for ot... Read More
Dirty, Stained, Grimy, Sticky, Dried Out Leather -- Help Me, Mary! Jan. 05, 2017
To me there's nothing quite as lovely as soft, supple, beautiful leather. I'll take it in a handbag,... Read More
French Connection Aug. 26, 2016
Dear Annie: I have a boyfriend of one year, and we are considering marriage, but we are not official... Read More
Medicare Cuts Killing Seniors May. 11, 2016
President Obama's Medicare cuts are killing seniors. His health law changed Medicare, adding bonuses... Read More
Liberals Respect Me May. 27, 2015
During the early years of the Reagan administration, a Washington news conference was held for me fo... Read More
One Size Doesn't Fit All May. 27, 2015
Just as all morbidly obese people don't look alike, they all shouldn't receive the same treatment. E... Read More
Gingrich Is Right: Double Medical Research Budget Apr. 28, 2015
Newt Gingrich recently recalled the bipartisan deal that doubled the budget for the National Institu... Read More
Germanwings Mass Murder-Suicide Caused by Punitive Rules and Coldhearted Capitalism Apr. 03, 2015
Investigators are still putting together the pieces, but from what we know so far, it's likely that ... Read More
More on Clearing the Air on an Important Medical Treatment Jan. 30, 2015
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. — Genesis 1:3 Last week, I noted ho... Read More
