By Dr. Conway McLean, FAPWHc, FAMIFAS Viral infections are big news these days, what with a nasty cold going around and some potentially deadly strains of influenza circulating this flu season. Then, of course, there’s Covid, which is still causing illness and hospitalizations, primarily ...
Dear Annie: I am a waitress, and there is a lady I work with who is six months pregnant. Every time she takes a break, she goes in the back and smokes cigarettes and sometimes she smokes weed. She has been smoking ever since I started four months ago, and I kind of knew that she was pregnant, but I never said anything until she told me. I’m a mind-your-own-business kind of person, but I have witnessed a family member who suffered from asthma and died from it. Although it may not be the primary cause (or maybe it is; I’m not sure), I know smoking while pregnant increases the ...
LANSING — The Great Lakes Commission is accepting proposals to support in-person outreach and voluntary watercraft inspections in coordination with this year’s regional Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz. The commission anticipates up to $85,000 in Great Lakes Restoration ...
In Haifa’s downtown, at the foot of Mount Carmel, there are two falafel shops across the road from one another. One is nicknamed The Elders, the other The Sons. The road is so narrow that the owners can almost touch each other. They can watch their opposing falafel-maker and measure the ...
How well do you think? Seems a strange question perhaps, but scientists are concerned with aging and the consequences thereof. With our aging population come many health problems; time is unkind to the human body, the nervous system included. It should be obvious to most, the brain is an ...
The U.S. Congress first named the month of March as Irish American Heritage Month in 1991 and the president issued a proclamation for this to be recognized in March of every year in the future. It is estimated that there are approximately 32 million USA residents who claim to have Irish ...
