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Letter: Blood test can help predict developing Alzheimer’s

Letters to the Editor

New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® found that a simple blood test can help predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s-related cognitive impairment up to a decade before symptoms appear. As an Alzheimer’s Association Policy Ambassador on Maui, I know what that could mean here. At last month’s Maui Walk to End Alzheimer’s, families told me about two barriers, the cost of testing and the lack of specialists in our rural community. About 31,000 Hawaiʻi kūpuna live with Alzheimer’s, and an affordable blood test could ...

Laura Hollis: How did we get here?

Columns

Half the nation is still reeling from the results of last week's elections. While there was an overall impression that it would not be a good night for Republicans, virtually no one expected it to be the slaughter that it was. In Congress alone, Republicans lost 40 seats in the House of ...

Letter: Open letter to Trump: War history’s disgrace

Letters to the Editor

You are letting Vladimir Putin play you for a fool. Moscow is floating maximalist, insulting demands: ordering Ukraine to surrender fortified territory Russia never captured, demanding veto power over Ukraine’s domestic laws, and insisting on gutting NATO’s presence across the Baltics. Doing Putin’s bidding does not make you look like a master negotiator. It makes an American commander-in-chief look submissive, compromised, and afraid of a dictator who is running on empty bluster. Russia is not winning; they are bleeding out and collapsing from within. Independent tracking and ...

Jamie Stiehm: Democrats float to the top of the dome

Columns

On a richly colored autumn afternoon, the Capitol was all abuzz, and I went forth expecting the breaking news of the day to be on the House side, with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's impeachment vote. Crestfallen after, I walked into the night and realized the more lasting story of the day was ...