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The Columbia Protocol For Suicide Prevention

April 3, 2019

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Almost anyone can intervene to prevent a suicide, and a simple interview using the Columbia Protocol shows when and how.
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Columbia Protocol, Health, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mental Health, Psychology, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Teen Suicide

Another Insurance Product On The Menu

November 12, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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More companies are offering employees “critical illness insurance.” Is it a financially healthy choice?
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Critical Illness Insurance, Disability Insurance, Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, Health, Health Care, Insurance, Saving

Another Shot At A Lyme Vaccine

July 18, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Advocates for Lyme disease patients are surprisingly skeptical of efforts to create a new vaccine or to revive an old one.
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Health, Lyme Disease, Lymerix, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Companies, Post Lyme Disease Syndrome, Vaccines, Valneva SE

A Conservative Case For Roe v. Wade

July 13, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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There is a conservative case that can be made in front of a conservative Supreme Court in favor of preserving Roe v. Wade.
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Abortion, Health, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Pro-Life Movement, Reproductive Rights, Roe v. Wade, The 14th Amendment, The First Amendment, The U.S. Supreme Court

Zika Disappears

June 5, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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The Zika epidemic seems to be winding down, possibly due more to luck than anything else.
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Brazil, Health, Infectious Disease, Puerto Rico, The U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Vaccines, Zika

Supporting The ‘Right To Try’

April 20, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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More good than harm is apt to come from granting a terminally ill patient the “right to try” unproven therapies.
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Congress, Expanded Access, Food And Drug Administration, Health, Health Care, Medicine, Right To Try Legislation

New Glasses Reveal A Spectrum Of Joy

October 3, 2017

By Aline Pitney

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A new product opens up a rainbow of color, and maybe also of opportunity.
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Color, Color Blindness, Color Vision Deficiency, CVD, Enchroma, Health, Keratoconus, Vision

Nap Time

February 13, 2017

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Some courageous schools help teenagers cope with overloaded schedules by making time and space for a midday nap.
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EnergyPod, Health, High School, Naps, Sleep, Teenagers

Congress Takes Up Zika Again

September 8, 2016

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Lawmakers got back to wrangling over Zika this week, with an increasing chance something will pass before Election Day.
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Congress, Health, Infectious Disease, Marco Rubio, Politics, Zika

Zika Becomes A Political Virus

August 4, 2016

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Ebola may have hurt Democrats in 2014. They apparently hope to weaponize Zika in time to help themselves this November.
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Congress, Florida, Health, Infectious Disease, Politics, Puerto Rico, The Department Of Health And Human Services, Zika