I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but here goes – for some people, COVID-19 is here for the long haul. Many are still…
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I was so hoping that my column this time would be on a totally different topic – toenail fungus or sunburn, let’s say. But, unfortunately, COVID…
It’s a little risky writing about an illness that is still so much in the forefront of the news because we don’t know how the story…
Perhaps this is an awkward time to talk about colon cancer, right after this holiday season of eating and celebrating. Actually, any time is an awkward…
You probably have never heard as much about measles as you have in the past several months. If you were born after 1968, you didn’t hear…
Is there ever a good time to talk about dying? It’s always an uncomfortable topic, even if you are young and vibrant and in the best…
With any luck and a good map, we are all on the road to retirement. I recently arrived in this special place – 3 months and…
I have recently retired from teaching college students to be registered nurses (RNs) and registered nurses to be nurse practitioners (NPs), but emails keep coming to…
Yoga has been around for 5,000 years. Having started in India with Hindu and Buddhist roots, it became more popular in the United States in the…
There’s a pill for just about everything nowadays. Pills to make you feel happy; pills to calm you down. But, many of these pills can be…
Who doesn’t like to save money on a good bargain? Much of the time, it doesn’t really matter if the purchase is of great quality; we…
It would be more relaxing and pleasant to focus this article on the other meaning of cataract – waterfall – but this month I’ll be talking…
Who among us has not been affected by addiction? Whether it be someone you know, a family member, or perhaps even yourself, most of us have…
Winter’s chill and darkness are settling in around us, even as the festive lights of the holidays try to twinkle through the dismal pall of dirty…
According to the Pew Research Foundation, as of 2015, 66% of people in the U.S. own a smart phone. Smart phones allow one to access the…
