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HIGH SUICIDE RATE WORRIES CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WORKERS

MARQUETTE — Mental health problems in a male-dominated industry – construction – are often overlooked, and its workers have disproportionately high suicide rates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics The agency says the suicide rate among construction workers is four times ...

Urology pearls

At the gym, I see people pulling and pushing. They are lifting dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells. They do push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. I look at them with admiration as they look the part, as if they came out of Men’s Health magazine, or have just left the set of an action ...

Health matters

Our healthcare system is in crisis mode. Millions of Americans go through their daily lives without any form of healthcare insurance. Physicians are calling for strikes and pushing to unionize, proposals once considered heretical. Private, for-profit, privately held insurance companies profit ...

Urology pearls – classic

EDITOR’S NOTE: This material was originally published in The Mining Journal on February 14, 2017. Necessity is the mother of frugality: without the means to live large, one has to live on less, and to own little. But for many, I have noticed, frugality has become a fashionable choice: Some ...

Health matters

Times are hard for many Americans, many of whom are struggling to pay their bills and put food on the table. And things don’t appear to be returning to the glory days any time soon. The challenge of paying for health insurance and medicine plagues many Americans. A single medical emergency ...

Are tomatoes a healthy fruit?

Prepare to be shocked by these revelations about food that will challenge your opinion around its classification. Could tomatoes belong in the fruit aisle, and should cereals be shelved next to canned soups? Find out where you stand in these heated debates about food classification. Do milk ...