It has long been known that truckers play a huge role in the world economy. Not only do you move everyday goods to stores near us,…
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We live in an age of anxiety – rising costs, threats from foreign countries, political polarization, and a full -blown war in Ukraine. It is no…
I started writing this quarterly column for 10-4 Magazine in February 2003, twenty years ago. At the time, I was working as a Nurse Practitioner on…
I often go for a walk over the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge on Route I-84. Perhaps some readers have traveled this stretch over the Hudson River in New…
Jimmy Durante is reported to have been the first person to use the phrase “What Am I – Chopped Liver?” in a 1954 movie. Chopped liver…
For those of us involved in a romantic relationship, we are likely aware of how much work it takes to keep our interpersonal interactions warm, positive,…
Human trafficking occurs all over the world. Most of us have heard of it but may not know how it really affects its victims and the…
When was the last time you felt gratitude simply because the sun came up? Rarely do we even think about this simple miracle because it happens…
Ouch, that sunburn really hurts! Is that an all-too familiar sentence you utter, especially during the summer months? Skin is the largest organ in the human…
Remember Sleeping Beauty? You know it was a fairy tale because she slept completely and undisturbed for a hundred years and only woke up when Prince…
What exactly is a vaccine? Remember that old saying, “Take the hair of the dog that bit you” – that was advice to get rid of…
Is she seriously writing another column about COVID? I’m afraid so. Sad to say that there is no getting around it – it is THE health…
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but here goes – for some people, COVID-19 is here for the long haul. Many are still…
I was so hoping that my column this time would be on a totally different topic – toenail fungus or sunburn, let’s say. But, unfortunately, COVID…
It’s a little risky writing about an illness that is still so much in the forefront of the news because we don’t know how the story…