Human Interest

  While college administrators and professors accept disgraceful behavior, we as taxpayers, donors and parents should not foot the bill. Let's look at some of that behavior.

When it comes to traumatic brain injury (TBI), you can’t have too much information. Traumatic brain injuries affect millions of Americans each year, and each TBI experience is unique.  Be sure to know the signs and symptoms of TBI as well as how you can prevent yourself and your loved ones from experiencing it.

Dear Dave,

I know you’re big on bargains and saving money. How do you feel about warehouse clubs, like Costco and Sam’s Club?

Jessica

Dear Jessica,

We have both of those in our neighborhood, and I’m a big fan. There are definitely some good buys and great bargains to be had in places like that. To be honest, my wife is probably a bigger fan than I am. I suspect we save more money from her trips than mine to those spots.

Dear Dave,

When it comes to making a will, would it suffice to sit down and write it all out on a piece of paper, then have it notarized?

Joyce

Dear Joyce,

I would never advise someone to write their own will, unless, of course, they’re an attorney in that state. Laws can vary from state to state, and some states may not look upon a document like that as being official under law. Some even require witnesses, and a notary might not be good enough.

Utah Governor Proposes Tearing Down “Wall of Zion”; Takes Lead in National DUI Catch-22

(Catch-22:  a dilemma or difficult circumstance from which there is no escape due to mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.)

President Trump Misunderstands What Government Drug Price Negotiations Entail
By Peter J. Pitts

President Donald Trump recently pledged to let federal officials negotiate the prices of drugs covered under Medicare.  He claims this will save taxpayers billions of dollars.

Kids Grow Green: Cashing in Cabbage:  Kids across America are growing, and some are earning, a lot of “green” participating in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program. This year, more than 1.5 million third graders in 48 states have gotten hands-on gardening experience growing colossal cabbages with high hopes to win “best in state” and receive a $1,000 scholarship towards education from Bonnie Plants.

Colon and Rectal Cancers Rising in Young People

Scientists are reporting a sharp rise in colorectal cancers in adults as young as their 20s and 30s

“80% by 2018” is a shared goal of the American Cancer Society to have 80% of adults aged 50 and older regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.

SALT LAKE CITY (March 1, 2017) - Colorectal cancer is the nation’s second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Doctors are seeing an increase in millennials being diagnosed with colon cancer.