EDITOR'S NOTE — Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back, as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug resistance worldwide. Fourth in a five-part series. ...more

December 30, 2009

Great items for your kids. ...more

September 7, 2009

Peno Hardesty of New Port Richey says U.S. Veterans Affairs medical facilities are not telling the truth. ...more

February 18, 2009

Re: Drugging of children a diversion? So, is this to say also, that the men and women of today who are taking Prozac and other meds to treat anxiety, depression, etc. are taking something that isn't needed? I am certain that there are those parents who give the child something to just calm him/her down when unruly, but there are very real cases out there that can not go with out being treated with meds. ...more

January 26, 2008

I lost my mother in May 2005 and my dad nine months later. It's a sordid tale of woe for both of them, but for my dad in particular. ...more

December 30, 2007

Dear Abby: I am in an eight-year marriage that feels like a prison sentence. I have two children younger than 5 and a husband who is mentally and emotionally unstable and has severe addiction to prescription painkillers. If I divorce him, he will have joint custody of our children and, although I want them to know who their father is because they love him, I am terrified of what he might do to them as emotionally unstable as he is. I'm convinced he is capable of murder-suicide just to get at me. ...more

November 9, 2007