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Addressing the Loneliness Epidemic With Heart Mar. 08, 2024
One of the concerning health headlines toward the end of 2023 was the loneliness epidemic that is af... Read More
Mental Health Toll From COVID Epidemic Continues Dec. 29, 2023
"As one day blurs into the next and one month into another, the consequences of sustained stress can... Read More
Colorado's Higher Ed Joins Fight Against Fentanyl Oct. 10, 2023
Fentanyl is a scourge on society and, too often, a death sentence for those who overdose after consu... Read More
Help AG Weiser Teach Children About Death Sep. 11, 2023
Coloradans have an attorney general who fancies himself "The People's Lawyer." That requires him to ... Read More
Fauci's Advice to Wash U Medical Grads Is Also Good Advice for America May. 22, 2023
There was perhaps no one more in the crossfire of the pandemic-era culture wars than Dr. Anthony Fau... Read More
We Are Not the Ones to Define Our Times but Live Them Apr. 09, 2023
Good game, COVID-19. After three years of dodging and deflecting, the little extra line on the at-ho... Read More
Obesity Epidemic Out of Control Mar. 31, 2023
Approximately 9 million people die every year of hunger and hunger-related diseases, more than from ... Read More
Paralysis as Policy: Doing Nothing About Gun Violence Dec. 03, 2022
A new report out this week has found the gun death rate to be the highest in 40 years. No one is exe... Read More
Fentanyl-Laced Drugs Make Epidemic Deadliest Ever Nov. 26, 2021
Announced last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and reported by NBC News (amon... Read More
Decision Makers Behind Purdue Pharma's Opioid Criminality Deserve Prison Time Oct. 28, 2020
Last week's admission by Purdue Pharma of criminal responsibility for its role in fomenting and expl... Read More
The Coronavirus: What Would Joe Biden Do? Apr. 02, 2020
Many Democrats and much of the media claim that President Donald Trump has mishandled and continues ... Read More
Notes From the New Normal Mar. 25, 2020
"The old custom of shaking hands fell into disuse." The line comes from Philadelphia in the 1793 ye... Read More
'Epidemic'/'Pandemic' Distinction Requires Fine-Tuning Mar. 25, 2020
During the current coronavirus scare, I've been taking comfort in playing the piano. I'm a terrible,... Read More
American Micro-Efforts and Macro-Efforts Combat the Epidemic Mar. 18, 2020
From March 16 through March 31, the United States will conduct a calculated national experiment that... Read More
The Opioid Crisis Hits Close to Home Apr. 25, 2019
Last winter, my husband and I joined with other mourners at the funeral of a man who died in his mid... Read More
Trump Rates Close to Zero on 'War' Against Opioids Jun. 13, 2017
Police near Daytona Beach, Florida, recently came upon an SUV with the motor running and three littl... Read More
Suicide Has Become a Serious National Epidemic Mar. 05, 2015
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, rates of suicide are increasing signifi... Read More
The Real Dirt on the Growing Allergy Epidemic (Part 2) Jul. 18, 2014
Many experts are already pointing to 2014 as clouding up to be one of the worst allergy seasons on r... Read More
The Real Dirt on the Growing Allergy Epidemic (Part 1) Jul. 11, 2014
Q: I hate being allergic to peanuts. They can be hidden in so many products that it puts you always ... Read More
