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Sackler Family Donations Carry Taint of Lives Destroyed by Purdue Opioids Feb. 14, 2019
The Sackler family name, once synonymous with philanthropy benefiting elite institutions, is now mor... Read More
Enabling a Friend's Self-Destructive Behavior Feb. 13, 2019
Dear Annie: I have a 75-year-old friend who was brutally beaten by an intruder. "Jim" allowed the st... Read More
Extra Credit Feb. 13, 2019
Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands wanted to better understand the p... Read More
Proof Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong for America Feb. 10, 2019
I knew Mike Root. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no Mike Root. My uncle Mike Root died a few days ... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Feb. 09, 2019
Daytime was gutted by two major soap star deaths. Kristoff St. John (Neil on "Young and Restless" fo... Read More
The Thorny Problem of Finding Who's to Blame for Drug Overdoses Feb. 08, 2019
As prescription and illicit opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, lawsuits a... Read More
NFL's Kaepernick Still Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' -- Despite Reform Action and Lack of Evidence Feb. 07, 2019
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's attorney accused the musical group Maroon 5 of crossing th... Read More
One Deadly Drug Raid, Two Red Herrings: Neither Gun Control nor Uncritical Support of the Police Can Stop Violence Required by War on Drugs Feb. 06, 2019
After a drug raid killed a middle-aged couple and injured five narcotics officers in Houston last we... Read More
Medicine Goes to the Dogs, Precisely Feb. 06, 2019
Precision or personalized medicine is the mantra these days. It's the idea that medical science can ... Read More
Maybe Money Isn't Everything Feb. 03, 2019
Dear Annie: Both of my parents recently died, and my younger brother was named trustee of their trus... Read More
'You Are What You Eat' Has Never Been More True Feb. 01, 2019
As covered last week, preventable causes of death in this country have grown more common, to an all-... Read More
Why We Lost the Afghan War (Again) Feb. 01, 2019
Dec. 11, 2001: Three months after 9/11, two months after George W. Bush ordered bombs to begin raini... Read More
Pregnancy and Drugs: Do Effects Linger? Jan. 31, 2019
DR. WALLACE: Last year, I was dating a guy who was heavily into cocaine, and pretty soon, I joined h... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Jan. 26, 2019
The late David Canary (Adam on "All My Children") was larger than life and sweeter than sugar. I fir... Read More
Assign Seats for Those Who RSVP Jan. 25, 2019
Dear Annie: Whenever I invite my siblings over for a family dinner, one sister waits until the very ... Read More
Act Swiftly and Urgently to Help Depressed Friend Jan. 25, 2019
DR. WALLACE: My best friend has been depressed ever since her boyfriend was killed in an automobile ... Read More
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
Loved, Lost and Laughed At Jan. 23, 2019
Dear Annie: I was married for 30 years to a man I loved deeply. I know perfectly well he is not perf... Read More
Clean Up Before Listening Up Jan. 23, 2019
Next time you see a doctor and watch him wash his hands before the exam, maybe ask if he'll give his... Read More
A Speeding Auto Can Be Deadly Jan. 19, 2019
TEENS: It's Saturday night, and you're out riding around with your friends. You're singing and havin... Read More
