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By Al Norman There was a very disturbing story in The Salem News out of Topsfield at the end of April. According to news accounts,...

By Dr. Jean E. Keamy Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is the surgical procedure that uses a laser to reshape the corneas of individuals with...

By Al Norman In 1934, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt first pitched the idea of a Social Security program to Congress, he referred to “three...

By Dr. David Rideout, M.D. As we get older, it is important to have health screening tests to diagnose and treat possible life-threatening conditions. Here...

By Al Norman I recently attended a rally on Beacon Hill on the subject of raising tax revenues in Massachusetts. More than 400 people crammed into...

One raw, late-winter day many years ago, arborists took down a grand, ancient pine in our yard. I don’t remember all of our reasons for this but, once it was cut, signs of internal rot made it clear that the tree would have come down anyway, probably tumbling huge limbs onto somebody’s house. The decision to cut it down had been a good one.

By Al Norman Over a period of seven years, I criticized former Governor Deval Patrick for rarely mentioning the elderly in his annual State of...

Before there was Dr. Atkins, there was William Banting. He invented the low-carb diet of 1863.

By Mike Festa For those with Medicare, October marks the beginning of the yearly Medicare open enrollment period, which officially begins on Oct. 15 and...

I talk with a lot of veterans who are disappointed they don’t qualify for a Veteran’s Pension, and dismiss the whole subject from their minds.