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New leaders: Superior Health Foundation adds two new board directors

MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation welcomed two new board directors at its meeting in early January. Fredi de Yampert and David Jahn joined the now 14-person board of directors. De Yampert will represent Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga Counties, while Jahn will represent Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac Counties. De Yampert currently serves as the vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college of health sciences at Finlandia University. She acts as the chief academic officer for two colleges and two schools within the university. Earlier in her career at ...

Urology Pearls – The Index Card Diet: the final chapter

A few weeks ago, I told you about the book “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated” written by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack. “The Index Card” claims that the best financial advice for most people would fit on an Index Card. “If you’re paying for ...

Health Matters: Psoriatic arthritis leads to foot pain

Skin problems come in all shapes and sizes, afflicting most Americans at some point in their lives. Often, these are predictable, the blistering rash produced by a poison ivy patch. Skin lesions can be deadly, the obvious example being a malignant melanoma. On occasion, they are a reflection ...

Aspirin is not a wonder drug

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on October 19, 2021. Not very long ago, an arthritic knee or aching head were to be suffered through, endured, with no options for pain relief. With the advent of modern pharmacology and the rise of the pharmaceutical ...

Urology pearls – classic

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on Nov. 22, 2016. Urologists are a curious, creative bunch. And a curious mind often stumbles upon ideas never before conceived. I will tell three short, true stories about urologists and their extraordinary ideas. Two ...

Health matters – classic

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on June 2, 2020. Bob was a hard working fellow, with a job requiring demanding, physical labor, and therefore considerable pounding to his body. He took pride in doing a good job and was glad he was able to. Thankfully, he ...