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Advanced technology available for kidney patients

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — UP Health System-Marquette, a Duke Lifepoint Hospital, has announced the addition of two Baxter Prismaflex systems, used for providing continuous renal replacement therapy to patients facing severe kidney dysfunction. The state-of-the-art equipment allows the ...

Talk with the Doc: A visit to the Tahquamenon Logging Museum

I recently paid another visit to one of my favorite places to visit in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, the Tahquamenon Logging Museum. I must say that I was very impressed with the museum and with everything I continue to learn about our great Upper Peninsula logging industry. It was very exciting to learn they have now updated many displays and they added two new high quality swing sets for the children to enjoy after they also learn much about Upper Peninsula logging with their parents. The Logging Museum now also offers a variety of scavenger hunts for the kids and the kids always have a ...

Loss of executive function with aging can make learning new skills hard

Technology is designed to make life easier and more efficient. People can autopay their bills, order food and download movies right on their phones or tablets. They can even ask a virtual assistant to do it all for them. But performing these daily tasks requires continuous learning, as operating systems and apps are routinely updated and new ones created. This can be challenging — and stressful — for older adults, who struggle to keep up with the changes as they begin to lose the cognitive skills needed for new learning. Broadly defined, executive function skills are those that ...

6 new residents join Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula Health System-Marquette’s Family Medicine Residency Program welcomed six new residents who began on June 30. The accredited program trains resident physicians for three years in a community-based setting, incorporating inpatient and outpatient medicine ...

Mediterranean diet proven healthiest

By Dr. Conway McLean The health of America is in danger. With the rise in diabetes and obesity, heart disease and cancer, our lives are being shortened or impaired. Our system of medicine is primarily geared towards the treatment of disease, as opposed to the maintenance of health. A hugely ...

Improv training can ease social anxiety

By Northern Michigan University Staff MARQUETTE — Some people are apprehensive about participating in improv comedy because of its unscripted format that requires quick thinking to play off unpredictable ideas presented by others on stage or in the audience. But Northern Michigan ...