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Expensive injection to treat cancer

Dear Dr. Roach: About six years ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I chose to have a high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), which ultimately wasn’t successful. I was told that surgery after an HIFU was a high-risk option, so I chose to have radiation therapy to reduce the surgical risk of side effects like incontinence. Prior to the start of the treatments, I was given an injection of leuprolide, presumably to interfere with testosterone production. There’s also an injection that is scheduled for a couple of months after the completion of the radiation. I asked if the ...

Horoscope: Monday, June 15

Sometimes you’ll be the one pursuing with persistence, and sometimes you’ll be the gatekeeper. Aries (March 21-April 19) You’re comfortable making choices that might seem unusual to other people because being true to yourself matters more to you than fitting in. Other people’s opinions change, and people drift in and out of your life, but you’re the one who has to live with yourself every day. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Talking with the people you love will feel especially enjoyable. You reply quickly because you care. Like a pro, you keep conversations light, comfortable ...

Boat strikes will cost US our humanity

From the start, the Trump administration’s boat strikes on alleged drug smugglers have been deemed illegal. But new evidence shows they are also costly and ineffective. For nine months, the U.S. military has used fighter jets and missiles to destroy small boats in the waters off South America to supposedly stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States. But the bombing campaign has been a failure on many fronts. The cocaine keeps coming, and the tax dollars keep going. It is just as easy to get drugs today as it was before the operation began, according to public health ...

The ‘60 Minutes’ controversy

The late broadcast journalist David Brinkley once observed: “Objectivity is impossible to normal human behavior. Rather, we should strive for fairness.” Fairness is at the heart of the ongoing shakeup at CBS News and especially at the legendary “60 Minutes”. Since television is a business that requires high ratings and credibility to attract advertisers and make money, it is more important what viewers think about a program than what those producing it think about themselves. Correspondent Scott Pelley violated a cardinal principle, not just in journalism, but in any job. He ...

The humanities take a swipe back

Last year Microsoft Research reported on the 10 jobs most threatened by artificial intelligence. Should I, dear reader, be running scared? Historians are No. 2 on the list. The report says 91% of what historians do is pretty much covered by AI queries. Uh-oh. I majored in history in college and went on to get a master’s. In the movie “Animal House,” Bluto laments throwing “seven years of college down the drain.” I guess the good news is maybe I only wasted six. Eventually, I pivoted to writing, with five novels published and another coming next year. And of course, ...

Gene Shalit, longtime ‘Today’ show movie critic, dies at 100

NEW YORK (AP) — Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and affection for groan-inducing puns, has died. He was 100. Shalit’s family announced the death Friday to NBC News, saying in a statement that he “passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life.” Shalit joined “Today” as a contributor in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973, later settling in for his segment, “Critic’s Corner.” When he left the show in 2010, he was one of the last ...