People are fed up with our health care, doctors included. US policy makers struggle to placate the powerful health care lobbies. The cost of health insurance is dominating the average American’s paycheck, more so than ever before. Meanwhile, the number of “medical bankruptcies” occurring ...
LANSING — State health officials are sounding the alarm about the rising prevalence of syphilis among men, women and infants. Since 2012, syphilis rates in Michigan have increased an average of 11% annually. They rose 25% between 2020 and 2021, according to the Department of Health and ...
At approximately 4:30 in the afternoon when everyone was going about their business, a shout for help was heard from the mail room. Josh, the office manager, and other office employees, rushed over to the scene. They found Jennifer standing next to the copy machine, holding the outgoing mail ...
“You’ve got a lot of nerve!” goes the cliche, referring to someone who is acting outrageously. Is it possible for there to be differences in how many nerves people have? Nerves are interesting structures, having a unique function in the body. Their job is to transmit information quickly, ...
Confusion reigns for many Americans on the question of what does a foot doctor do and what do they treat. Podiatrists are physicians trained to treat the foot, ankle, and lower leg. This necessarily includes the care of various skin conditions, orthopedic issues, sometimes pain from ...
Let us first take a look at what causes kidney stones, and who of us are at risk to develop these very painful kidney stones in our body. Kidney stones are a byproduct of our body’s inability to adequately flush waste products out our body when we urinate. When certain minerals in our urine ...
