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Thanks again and again,
Judy Peterson
Port Hadlock, WA
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December 2022: Protect Yourself from Respiratory Illness This Winter
January 2021: Covid-19 Vaccination News
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April 2021: COVID-19 and Collaboration
August 2021: You Are Not a Machine
October 2021: A New Remedy for Musculoskeletal Pain
November 2021: What Can One Person Do?
January 2020: Marijuana
February 2020: Zinc Acetate for COVID-19 and the Common Cold
March 2020: COVID-19
April 2020: COVID-19 Update
May 2020: Nature's Balancing Act
June 2020: Face Mask Tips and Tricks
July 2020: Coronavirus Update
August 2020: Skin Cancer Prevention for Those in a Hurry
September 2020: The Cops - Why I am Prejudiced in Favor
October 2020: Learning to Live Together
November 2020: Home Care for COVID-19
December 2020: A New Kind of Vaccine
January 2019: Be Proactive about your Mouth and Teeth
February 2019: When to Ignore the Guidelines
April 2019: Marijuana - The Package Insert
March 2019: Slow Medicine - Columbo and Me
July 2019: The Limits of Journalism
August 2019: Politics and Green Jobs
January 2018: Decomplexifying Our World - The Metric System
February 2018: Age and the Ears
March 2018: Calf Sleeves
April 2018: Germs - The Surprising Truth
May 2018: Living With Our Imperfections
June 2018: Aging Eyes
July 2018: Your Teeth Vs. Biofilms
August 2018: Labor Day
September 2018: Easy Steps for Healthy Teeth
October 2018: Topical Anti-inflammatory Medication
November 2018: Thanksgiving
December 2018: Season of Birth
January 2017: Adding Up Renewables
February 2017: Nuclear Waste
March 2017: Safe Use of Warfarin AKA Coumadin
April 2017: People and Things as They Could Be - A Picture of my Father
May 2017: Drug Side Effects
June 2017: General Medical Practice
July 2017: Stretching
August 2017: Nutrition for Road Warriors
September 2017: The Show
October 2017: State of the Art 2017
November 2017: Smartphone Tricks
December 2017: Those Who Give
January 2016: Religion and Health
February 2016: Sudden Cardiac Death
March 2016: Sharing Our Humanity
April 2016: Climate Change and Health - Win/Win
May 2016: Cows and Coal
June 2016: Memorial Day
July 2016: Future Shock
August 2016: Radiation Danger: The Surprising Truth
September 2016: Climate Wedges
October 2016: Nuclear Disasters
November 2016: Red Neighbor, Blue Neighbor
December 2016: Season of Renewal
January 2015: Lessons in Trust
February 2015: Type A Influenza - An Underestimated Threat
March 2015: Influenza type A: Not an Ordinary Flu
April 2015: Vaccination: A Heads-Up For Your Immune System
May 2015: Size, Shape, and Longevity
June 2015: High Blood Pressure - What Is It and Why Should I Worry?
July 2015: Too Much Information
August 2015: Death in the Wrong Place
September 2015: The Stories of our Lives
October 2015: Choices of Flu Vaccine
November 2015: Cookbooks and Shotguns
December 2015: Overmedication
January 2014: Resilience and Its Enemy
February 2014: Occupation: Medical Detective
March 2014: Antibiotic Abuse – Why, How, What You Can Do
April 2014: Good Doctoring - A Mission in Life
May 2014: Medicine - The Way it Was
June 2014: Medicine in These United States: 1949 and 2014
July 2014: Ode to the Bicycle
August 2014: The Story of Ralph: Protocols vs. the Person
September 2014: The Blue Marble and You
October 2014: Big Brain Cooking
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