Delighted to read in the Post-Dispatch that Washington has a new (and very  encouraging) position on human stem cell research – finally many stem cell lines  previously ineligible for federal funding will now qualify for federal dollars. This will allow…

Like most issues confronting our country, you can’t solve the problem if you can’t actually articulate the problem. There is no “right” to smoke any more than there is a “right” to live without its affects. These are not rights…

Dear Sir:

Thank you to Ms Holzemer for her informative letter concerning negative economic effects as a result of restriction of smoking in the workplace. As with all of the arguments against restricting smoking that are trotted out perennially by the…

LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

I read with vivid interest the story about an AED (automatic external defibrillator) saving the life of Referee Gary Gustafson, who collapsed at the Championship Collinsville-Schnucks Holiday Classic basketball game on Tuesday,…

Why is it that people who are not able to defend themselves are the ones who are taken advantage of and treated the worst? It is because it is easier to mistreat them. They do not have the power to…

I’m a semi-retired senior citizen, who lives within about seven blocks of his place of employment. This summer I decided to walk to work on numerous occasions, rather than drive.

Having been a stickler for exercise and physical fitness for most of my life, which now…

While not a medical expert, I have had PSA tests for fifteen years, had biopsies for suspected PSA flagged cancer on several occasions, sweated out the wait until I received the test results, and have increasingly wondered about the value and validity of…