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Opinion

The lost art and science of the physical exam

Columns

Remember some of the old doctor shows, there have been quite a few over the years. The patient would lie down on the exam table and the physician would place their hands on the individual’s belly to palpate their “insides,” amounting to feeling around. Of course, this was always followed ...

Letter to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Lake Linden just sent out their notes to residents. Seems they want a bump in their budget. They assure it is only on "wealthy" folks with extra homes, vacation homes, etc. What Mr. Codere forgot to mention if you rent in Lake Linden your rent is about to go up if this passes. Your ...

Is butter better?

Columns

Should you dip your bread in oil or spread butter over it? Will those who consume oil rather than butter be healthier? Will they live longer? One way to explore such a question is to compare populations that consume more oil with those that consume more butter. France and Italy immediately ...

Clarence Page

Columns

President Donald Trump and the GOP have called themselves the party of free speech. But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman's noose. We could hear it in the White House's Orwellian decision in February to revoke the ...

To Your Good Health; Dr. Roach

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you OK'd stevia, which I had heard could negatively impact our microbiomes. I am borderline prediabetic, and I had stopped using stevia accordingly. However, I hate unsweetened coffee. Can you comment on stevia's impact on our microbiomes in your column? — ...

VIctor Davis Hanson

Columns

For years, the left has advanced utter untruths for cheap partisan purposes that it knew at the time were all false. And now when caught, they just shrug and say they were lying all along. Once it was known that the first COVID-19 case originated in or near a Chinese communist virology lab ...