Opinion
A few years ago, I purchased a small box of tree-ripened peaches directly from a farmer. They were perfectly ripe, ready to eat fresh, and I wanted to make peach cobbler. My paternal grandmother often made fruit cobbler by putting tablespoonfuls of drop biscuit dough onto a fresh fruit filling. Her...
Yesterday, my sister-in-law Ann called me for advice. She’s suffering from allergies.
“My nose is so stuffed up, I have to breathe through my mouth. I’ve been taking a decongestant, but it isn't working. Can you develop an immunity to Sudafed®?”
“When you got the last box of Sudafed®, did you pick...
When Donna was first diagnosed with blood clots in her lungs 20 years ago, she took a common blood thinner for over 10 years with no problems. Then her doctor told her that she could stop taking it, so she did. Five years later, Donna was back in the Emergency Department with trouble breathing....
Q: I always get a sheet of printed information with every new prescription and refill. I usually throw them away without reading them because the print is too small. Why do I get these?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants you to be informed about important facts about your medicines so you...
Q: What’s the difference between enriched and fortified foods, and how did they get that way?
Starting in the 1920s, the federal government addressed several diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies by encouraging manufacturers to add certain nutrients to specific foods.
The earliest example of...
What would you do to save a life?
Would you dash into a burning house? Dive into deep water? Take down a mass shooter? Many of you would go to extraordinary extremes - even at great personal peril - not only for your fellow man but for any creature in distress whose continued existence rested with...
: Help ban sale of animal-tested cosmetics in the U.S.
By Peri Gallucci
Dear Editor,
While there are many wonderful cosmetics companies that do not test on animals, there are still some companies that use these cruel and unnecessary tests for their products. Non-animal test methods and thousands of...
I opened my email this morning to read an article by none other than the New York Times regarding the wisdom of “coronavirus absolutism.” Their lead on the article is:
“In a public health emergency, absolutism is a very tempting response: People should cease all behavior that creates additional...
Rep. Keith Goehner, R-Dryden, represents the 12th Legislative District in the Washington State Legislature.
To say 2020 was a tough year would be an underestimate. If you had to rely on the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) it may have been exceptionally difficult.
Last spring it is estimated that ESD lost up to $576 million in unemployment funds to a Nigerian fraud ring.
In...
Dave Tikker, Executive Director Washington Secondary School Athletic Directors Association State B Basketball Co- Director
As I sit here in my home in Spokane, hoping for a timely return to school and activities, it’s hard to maintain a positive attitude about where we have been and where we are going as a state. Businesses such as restaurants and gyms have been shut down, most schools are in virtual learning mode...
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