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Ultrasound can help with essential tremor

Ultrasound can help with essential tremor

Ultrasound can help with essential tremor

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I am considering an ultrasound treatment for essential tremor, which has affected my hands and also my voice. Can you please talk about tremor and about how this procedure works? Will it also help the tremor in my voice?
Person dissociates while in large groups

Person dissociates while in large groups

Person dissociates while in large groups

DEAR HARRIETTE: Whenever I find myself in large gatherings or social events, I constantly feel like I’m dissociating. It’s as if I’m present physically, but mentally, I struggle to connect with others, and everything around me feels distant and surreal.
Trump co-defendant alleges Georgia

Trump co-defendant alleges Georgia

Trump co-defendant alleges Georgia

At this stage of things, most of the developments in the criminal cases against former President Trump involve this appeal or that appeal, or this hearing date or that hearing date. But in Fulton County, Ga.
Challenges made to state migrant arrest

Challenges made to state migrant arrest

Challenges made to state migrant arrest

Human rights activists were ready to challenge Texas’ latest state immigration law. The day after Gov.
The real power of the write-in campaign

The real power of the write-in campaign

The real power of the write-in campaign

CONCORD, N.H. – There is a phony political contest going on here, just below the radar, that Joe Biden can only lose.
Next-door neighbor can hear couple’s arguments

Next-door neighbor can hear couple’s arguments

Next-door neighbor can hear couple’s arguments

DEAR HARRIETTE: My next-door neighbor and I have become close over the years, which is currently creating a bit of a situation. We have thin walls in my apartment building, and I have noticed recently that she and her husband have been screaming at each other way too often.
The many, many ways to share a story

The many, many ways to share a story

The many, many ways to share a story

My nephew, Beau, keeps me on my toes. Keeping on my toes is a good way to develop balance and agility. It is also a good way to fall on my face and embarrass myself. But since I don’t spend a lot of time with teenagers – and not nearly enough with Beau – I am trying.
Who is willing to get the job done?

Who is willing to get the job done?

Who is willing to get the job done?

When Donald Trump said, “They’re coming from ... all over the world. They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” he got it exactly wrong.Yes, immigrants are “coming from ... all over the world” to the U.S., but there are not enough of them.

Riverside appeals to non-golfers

Christmas is over, but there is always a lengthy wish list when it comes to seeing a community strive to reach its potential.Everyone has heard before that it reaches a time to determine what is a “want” and what is a “need.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1838, Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time.In 1912, New Mexico was admitted as the 47th U.S. state.In 1973, U.S. daylight saving time was implemented yearround in response to the 1973 oil crisis.In 2021, rioters broke into the U.S.