Op-Ed
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US has serious problem in the Red Sea as it tries to manage Middle East conflict
A decade ago, the Houthis were a ragtag group of fighters based in the north of Yemen that most people hadn’t even heard of. Today, the movement-turned-de facto government in Yemen is causing so much trouble in the Red Sea that some of the world’s largest shipping companies are no longer sailing through its waters.
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To Your Health: Tips to improve bladder health
With the holidays approaching, many of us are thinking about how we’ll celebrate. Amid another COVID surge, safely gathering with family may be at the forefront of many minds.
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To Your Health: Fiber good for more than gut health
Did you know the average adult should eat 21 to 38 grams of fiber every day?
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To Your Health: The facts regarding diabetes
November is American Diabetes Month, so with two days left in the month, we still have some time to spread some awareness about a disease that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) affects 34.2 million Americans.
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To Your Health: How health care systems can grow responsibly
Health systems play a big role in the growth of health care in the U.S. When health systems thrive, they can offer capital and resources to bring more services, technologies,providers and models of care to communities that may be limited or underserved in the care they receive.
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To Your Health: Staying balanced and preventing falls
Last Sunday I had a wonderful time fishing a terrific trout stream in western Pennsylvania with two wonderful and gracious friends. The creek is well known and renown for having big, healthy fish.
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To Your Health: Keeping your brain healthy
As we age, we need to take better care of ourselves to maintain our health.
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Their view: Did the Supreme Court tip its hand on the blockbuster gun case?
For years, cities across the country have limited who may carry a gun in public. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether these limits violate the 2nd Amendment. The effect could be staggering — the difference between a few hundred guns and hundreds of thousands of guns on the streets of Los Angeles, New York…
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To Your Health: Added sugars add up quickly
If you have little ghosts or grand-ghouls who went trick-or-treating over the weekend, I hope you all had a happy, and safe, Halloween.
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To Your Health: Protect against mosquito-borne illness
If you’ve been following the local news over the past few weeks, you know county and state environmental authorities have been spraying to control the population of nuisance mosquitoes.