Because of special relationships I have with books, I am reluctant to part company with them. The creaks from overloaded bookshelves told me such a moment was at hand. It was time to send old medical textbooks to the library’s used book sale.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My wife is 85 and is scheduled to have a pacemaker put in. She has been quite tight-lipped about this whole deal. I wasn’t aware that she had heart trouble.
Health-care costs are out of control in our nation. Prescription drug costs represent the fastest-growing component of these expenditures. A recent, highly publicized report on a cholesterollowering drug illustrates the complexity of this issue.