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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: There is a lot of talk about a coming Golden Age in the political realm. There’s also a religious book by the same title, but it is about Jesus Christ returning to Earth. ...Read more

It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her.

Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother, Barbara Cole, 86 at the time, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Stewart, then 59, a lawyer, was ...Read more

Kansas saw another bump in measles cases over the past week during an outbreak that has, so far this year, not yet spread to the Kansas City metro.

The state saw nine new cases, bringing the total number from 37 to 46, ...Read more

The health program that treats Sept. 11 first responders has started resuming enrollment of new participants and approving treatments for ailing patients after on-again, off-again Trump administration cuts had hobbled the ...Read more

POLSON, Mont. — When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances are they’ll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in closet.

Prisoners, some ...Read more

It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her.

Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother, Barbara Cole, 86 at the time, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Stewart, then 59, a lawyer, was ...Read more

Many notes of reflection on the passing of the pope. This from my friend F in Wisconsin:

“When he was a teenager, he loved to play basketball. Then, in his 20s, he had life-threatening pneumonia and part of a lung ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I am a 55-year-old father of a 7-year-old child. My social skills and experience are rusty due to graduate school and post-graduate training years (12 years, to be exact) without much social interaction. I ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a female who is 63 years old. My blood pressure is 110/70 mmHg. I'm 98 pounds, and my heart doctor believes that I might be one of those people who produces cholesterol. My total cholesterol is 241 mg...Read more

Your morning cup of coffee may help you mentally kickstart the day. But it can also help you get moving internally. For about a third of folks, drinking coffee, even decaf, promotes a bowel movement. (Caffeinated coffee is...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What is the difference between physical poverty and spiritual poverty? – P.S.

A: Man’s spiritual poverty is even more wretched than his physical poverty. His failure to ...Read more

MIAMI — A Broward County high school has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis, one of the deadliest, but treatable, infectious diseases in the world.

The bacterial infection, also known as TB, spreads when people ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised Wednesday to rule that church-run schools have a right to operate as public-funded charters.

If so, the decision could transform K-12 education ...Read more

NEW YORK — The health program that serves 9/11 first responders and survivors is still hobbled by deep cuts made by the Trump administration — despite a White House vow to quickly reverse reductions it made earlier ...Read more

As a wealth manager, I often guide clients through unexpected financial and health care challenges, including receiving a life-altering medical diagnosis.

According to the National Institutes of Health, 85% of Americans ...Read more

Chewing gum in one form or another has been around for thousands of years. For centuries, gum consisted of the latex, called chicle, of the sapodilla tree. After World War II, a variety of waxes, plastics, and synthetic ...Read more

The delicious date, otherwise known as nature’s candy, is changing its reputation. Usually seen as solely a dessert add-in or party appetizer, it’s becoming easier and easier to find them in grocery aisles in snack ...Read more

It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic for treatment. Today that’s not necessarily true. Instead of giving small doses (called fractions) per ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn’s disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is the typical treatment?...Read more

People who get a common surgery on a Friday have a significantly higher risk of complications, readmission to the hospital and death as compared to people who got the same types of operation on a Monday, say researchers ...Read more