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Nearly everyone agrees with Maurice Chevalier as he begins to sing, “Thank heaven for little girls…” But it’s the next few lines of the song that are more important. The lyrics assure us, “…for little girls get bigger every day! Thank heaven for little girls; they grow up in the …

I have an uncle who recently died of heart disease; he was only 45 years of age. The doctors told us that his smoking of tobacco was responsible. I thought smoking caused lung cancer. Is there a connection between smoking and heart disease? Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause …

COVID hit the world unexpectedly during my seventh month of working as a student journalist in Peru. When Peru airports closed to all traffic, the country gave foreign citizens 24 hours to leave. I was one of 5,000 American citizens who didn’t make it out in time. It would take …

If we always hold back and try to play it safe, then maybe we aren’t really living. Many cautionary voices clamor for our attention from far and near. “Be careful for that curve up ahead. Don’t eat this. Get more rest. Take your vitamins. Watch out for that guy over …