KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Three days before William "Bill" Anderson was set to marry his high school sweetheart in the summer of 1960, he lined up at the starting line of a race in Missoula. This wasn't just any race — Anderson, who had just wrapped up a college track career, was lined up ...
SULPHUR, La. — More than 45 years ago, Anita Statum essentially stumbled into working as an election commissioner, filling in for a woman who had cancer. Unlike today’s rules, the job was simply given to her. “I don’t remember who told me about it,” said the longtime Sulphur resident. “I went to her house and got the commission. I’ve been going at it ever since.” Statum, now 67, works elections even when she isn’t scheduled to do so, filling commissioner shortages at various voting precincts. She said the work fills her need to stay busy, lets her catch up with old ...
NEW YORK — Call them zombie cells — they refuse to die. As they build up in your body, studies suggest, they promote aging and the conditions that come with it like osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are studying drugs that can kill zombie cells and possibly treat the ...
LANSING — Energy experts say Michigan can make its energy infrastructure more reliable against the effects of climate change by increasing the state’s energy storage capabilities and improving technologies that detect power outages. Extreme weather events such as large storms are expected to become more frequent and intense due to human-induced climate change, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “It’s clear that the challenges are only increasing, and there are clear vulnerabilities with the (electrical power) grid,” said Dan Scripps, the chair of the ...
ATLANTA — Every day Arthena Caston prays for more time. More time to get to know her grandchildren and for them to know their “Iya.” More time to share many Christmases with her family. In March 2016, Caston, who lives in Macon, was diagnosed at 51 with early-onset Alzheimer’s ...
MARQUETTE — Roughly a quarter of surgical patients in Michigan smoked cigarettes at the time of their operations, according to a study from the University of Michigan. A study of 328,578 patients having general and vascular surgery from 2012 to 2019 found that 24.1% were active smokers, which is higher than the state average of 18.7% adults. Michigan’s smoking rate is above the national average of 16%, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. “We found that patients with Medicaid and without insurance were over twice as likely to smoke at the time of ...
