Category: Opinion

Love will endure whatever may come

… and encouragement, I have come to realize how much my mother also struggled. She has always been in relatively good health, but since they had such a close relationship, she naturally became absorbed in what he was going through. I am sorry to say …

Letter: Let’s hold Trump to his promise

… benefits. During Monday’s farewell address, President Barack Obama again declared his willingness to support a health-care initiative that is better than Obamacare. So let’s hope the stage is set for a bipartisan approach to a more affordable and …

Lack of reform is the poison at the heart of HK politics

Mike Rowse says reflexive opposition to projects such as the Palace Museum again shows that the local political arena will remain adversarial until the people get to vote for their leader I remember the early hours of November 1, 1999, when we reached a final agreement with the Walt Disney Company after nine months of gruelling negotiations. There had been no public consultation on whether Hong Kong should have such a theme park before the deal was done, nor was there an open competitive tender.

Make North Carolina great again

… of residents. They tried to strip valuable assets away from local governments. They also thumbed their noses at health care reform. They prevented the state from setting up insurance exchanges to attract competition in the health insurance market …

Opinion Line

Thanks to Wichita, I will not become too affluent with my 0.3 percent cost-of-living increase from Social Security. The increase in water and sewer rates will make sure I stay on a healthy diet of Meow Mix.

Opinion Line

Thanks to Wichita, I will not become too affluent with my 0.3 percent cost-of-living increase from Social Security. The increase in water and sewer rates will make sure I stay on a healthy diet of Meow Mix.

Obamacare is a hard act to follow

… for all Americans that could garner broad support won’t work. Plans that would work can’t garner broad support. Health care in the United States is extremely costly, the issue of how coverage ought to be paid for is divisive, and attempts like …

Obamacare is a hard act to follow

… for all Americans that could garner broad support won’t work. Plans that would work can’t garner broad support. Health care in the United States is extremely costly, the issue of how coverage ought to be paid for is divisive, and attempts like …

Back pain: A common problem with serious challenges

This subject was discussed in this column in the Independent in the May 14, 2016, issue titled a multispecialty approach to educated and evidence-based medical treatment as pertinent to pain therapy. A recently discussed condition and treatment in a non-medical magazine presents the Primary Care evaluation and treatment and documents the opioid problem even before it was widely appreciated.

Please save Medicare benefits

… benefits the way we know them. Currently, Medicare is a “defined benefit” program that guarantees a certain level of health coverage for all beneficiaries. It pays for about 80 percent of doctor and hospital visits. Many in the U.S. House and Senate …

A vaccine commission? Bad idea

… sort would be unnecessary and politically irresponsible. At worst, it could prove incredibly dangerous for public health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Drug Administration and the medical community at large have …

Montana would feel pain of ACA repeal

Montana Medicaid Who are 61,233 Montanans that enrolled in Medicaid under the HELP Act between Jan. 1 and Nov. 15, 2016? According to data from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services: 66 percent are extremely poor with incomes below 50 percent of poverty.

Sports and events centre would revitalize downtown core

If Nanaimo is able to secure a WHL team, I am in full support of the proposed sports and entertainment centre for it will be the anchor that downtown needs to help re-build itself. Our downtown used to be bustling with people, it had energy, was vibrant and fun, a place where all of Nanaimo and its neighbouring towns would come to.

Changing public dialogue on periods

Portland teenager creates organization that delivers care packages of menstrual hygiene materials to homeless shelters and directly to homeless people. Almost half the world’s 7 billion people are female, and at any given moment, millions are on their period.

Our self-deception of happiness

… Reports show that in the past ten years Americans have actually become less and less happy. According to the World Health Organization, The US is one of the most depressed countries in the world. Studies suggest that the percentage of Americans who …

Cunanan: Know your headache

There is evidence that temporomandibular disorder may be a contributing factor to cervicogenic headache , in part because of the influence of dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint on the neck . In our office, I see patients with varying origins of headache.

Animal Services waives some fees during January

Pinellas County Animal Services is offering waived adoption fees for all adult dogs and dogs over 25 pounds until Jan. 31. Animal Services had 31 dogs available for adoption that began 2017 in the shelter. All adoptable dogs and cats receive a medical checkup, spaying/neutering, vaccinations, internal and external parasite control, heartworm tests, feline leukemia testing and microchipping, valued at $200.

Where the sick get sicker

… severe, from start to finish. It’s also the only hospital around that offers intensive care for newborns with serious health problems. And all three of Savannah’s major hospitals admit patients from around the region who are too sick or too injured …