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Time to Reverse the Odds of Preventable Death Jan. 25, 2019
For the first time since records have been kept on such things, the odds of someone accidentally dyi... Read More
Vitamin D and Diabetes Jan. 25, 2019
Vitamin D may play a significant role in helping people with prediabetes not develop the disease. In... Read More
Our Devices Getting Creepier, Nosier and More Invasive Jan. 16, 2019
Electronic gadgets are now part of all of our lives — from the handheld devices we carry and c... Read More
Illiteracy in the Old Jan. 16, 2019
Roughly 90 percent of Americans age 65 and older use prescription drugs, with an average 20 prescrip... Read More
Signals From Outer Space Jan. 15, 2019
We're taking a break from the increasingly ridiculous game of chicken playing out in Washington and ... Read More
Poor Response Times Jan. 09, 2019
A national study comparing ambulance response times for cardiac arrest calls found that patients who... Read More
At the Edge of Space, Photos of a Snowman Jan. 08, 2019
Let's pause from the chaos of the U.S. federal government — with its breakdowns and shutdowns ... Read More
My New Year's Gift to Conservatives AND Liberals Jan. 06, 2019
Happy New Year. In my next column, I'll get back to the business of debating politics. Today's colum... Read More
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
