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Anticoagulation is a must for patient with pulmonary emboli

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am struggling with a decision process due to a lack of consensus among various physicians. I was fortunate back in January at 66 years of age to survive bilateral pulmonary emboli with syncope when my wife successfully performed CPR. The underlying cause is undetermined as ...

Presidents can no longer be trusted with pardons

Ours is a system of “checks and balances.” The president can do this or that, but the courts and Congress can put a stop to it (depending on the circumstances and relevant rules). When the courts rule that the executive branch can’t do something, Congress can write a new law saying the ...

Are Trump’s Epstein files like Nixon’s Watergate tapes?

Mr. President, we know you are not a saint and more than 77 million Americans were fine with that on election day. As bad as the Epstein files may be for you, it is more important to “let it go” and trust that the American people will judge you appropriately. But a word of caution: Do not ...

Engaged and estranged

Dear Annie: I’m in a strange situation with my childhood best friend, “Lila.” We’re both 32 now, and while we’ve stayed close over the years, something shifted after I got engaged last spring. Lila has always been single, and she’s made it clear she doesn’t believe in marriage. I ...

A second opinion is needed for kidney stone in older woman

DEAR DR. ROACH: About a year ago, a test revealed that I had an 8-mm stone in my kidney. My kidney doctor was not worried about it. I have had no infections or symptoms, and I have normal kidney function. My general doctor recommended a urologist. All three doctors thought that it was 50-50 ...

Epstein case exposes divisions in MAGA unity, but for a good cause

He’s back! Just when you might have thought we would not have the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s to talk about anymore, he plunged back into headlines last week — and his former close friend and associate, President Donald Trump, was not happy about it. Epstein is a sore ...