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Today is Wednesday, March 30, the 89th day of 2022. There are 276 days left in the year.
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‘Best of’ column addresses video gaming
Dear Readers: Every year I step away from my column briefly to work on other creative projects. (Anyone interested in my personal essays and photographs can subscribe to my free newsletter: amydickinson.substack.com).
The effectiveness of vaccines is complicated
Dear Dr. Roach: I was wondering if you could explain why some vaccinations seem to completely protect against a disease, while others do not. For example, smallpox was completely eradicated by vaccination, and the hepatitis B vaccine is good for life and 98% to 100% effective, according to the World Health Organization. Yet we need to have the flu vaccine each year. I understand that is partly due to different strains of flu that come through, and of course we have the coronavirus vaccine, which ... I hope you can see where this question is going. I think an understanding of the vaccines we have and how they work would be extremely beneficial to all. -- M.S.
Be maximally confident about minimally invasive surgery
Q: My father is slated to have robotic surgery to fix a leaky mitral valve in his heart. They say it’s going to be minimally invasive. What does that mean? And is it really safe to have a robot poking around inside a person’s heart? -- Gerry F., Franklin, Tennessee
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Today is Sunday, March 27, the 86th day of 2022. There are 279 days left in the year.
Ask Amy: Mom wonders if boyfriend is too curious
Dear Amy: Should I have to tell my boyfriend every single place I go during the day? He’ll get home and ask me how my day was and what I did during the day. Sometimes I just want to go get out of the house.
Definitive therapy reasonable for this patient
Dear Dr. Roach: What is the endgame of hyperthyroidism? I am a 54-year-old female, diagnosed in September 2020 with hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease. My endocrinologist started me on 10 mg of methimazole and 100 mg of metoprolol daily (my heart rate was above 100 beats per minute).
Prairie Doc Perspectives: Time Heals All Wounds
The saying goes “time heals all wounds”, but what happens when a wound does not heal? Wounds go through many stages while healing and complications at any step can prolong the process. The first step is stopping the bleeding.
Today in History
Today is Wednesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2022. There are 297 days left in the year.
On Transparency and Trust in Topeka
Ordinary life in the United States today is regularly shaped by all sorts of complicated corporate, governmental, and bureaucratic systems. Few like this, but fewer still are willing or able to reject the goods which systems of specialization provide. For some, the way to hold onto the ideal of ordinary citizens truly governing themselves despite this complexity, is “transparency.”