Every human being deserves basic care, to be treated with respect and dignity. Care should not be based only on ability to pay. Investing in our people enables them to stay in the workforce and care for their families. As a new administration looks at dismantling the Affordable Care Act, I ask that they/we take […]

This is in response to the Associated Press article “Can hospital doctor’s gender influence chance of survival?” (Page A7, Dec. 20). I believe that the study to which the article was referring was published this month in JAMA Internal Medicine. The lead author was Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, not Dr. Ashish K. Jha as The Associated […]

My wife and I were dismayed to read the article “In Boothbay, controversy blooms in Botanical Gardens plan” (Maine Sunday Telegram, Page A1, Dec. 4). Unfortunately, this story contains misinformation and misconceptions. We have been members of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens since 2005 and have served as advisers and consultants. The Gardens has built […]

Seven years ago, I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and told by a local doctor that if I were his father, he would not put me through chemotherapy and radiation. In essence, I was a dead man. Fortunately, I got a second opinion at Massachusetts General Hospital and seven years later, I am cancer-free. Just […]

Bah, humbug – er, handbag. After reading CD’s (Cynthia Dill’s, certainly not Charles Dickens’) cautionary tale of two biddies, I was tempted to gift her with a centrifuge to whiz and whirl all the alcohol out of her fellow swappers’ libations – in a phrase, ‘fuge the ‘nog. (“Lesson in gracious giving emerges from Yankee […]