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Transplant reunion: Mom hears late daughter’s transplanted heart

CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana woman heard the heartbeat of her late daughter inside the chest of a 68-year-old Illinois man who received it in a transplant operation. Amber Morgan and Tom Johnson met for the first time Saturday, four years after he received a heart transplanted from the body ...

Talk with the Doc: Veterans Day is this Friday, Nov. 11

This Friday, on November 11, 2022, we celebrate our annual USA Veterans Day. The date of November 11th is very significant because it was on 11/11/1918 that an armistice was declared between the Allied Nations and Germany. This really was the beginning of the end of World War I. A ...

New findings on the function of fat

By Dr. Conway McLean, DABFAS, FAPWHc The battle of the bulge is being waged on America’s streets and in the homes. Judging by the advertisements, the headlines, and the variety of weight loss products available, it is a titanic conflict. Billions of dollars and many lives have been lost in ...

NAMI schedules November meetings; tree-planting grants awarded

MARQUETTE — The National Alliance on Mental Illness Alger/Marquette offers free, confidential peer support groups in person and on Zoom, for individuals living with mental illness, and friends or families living with an individual with mental illness. NAMI will hold in-person support groups Monday, Nov. 14 and Thursday, Nov. 17 from 7-9 p.m. at Superior Alliance for Independent Living, 1200 Wright St., Suite A, Marquette. Enter to the left of the main door where there will be a NAMI-meets-here sign. NAMI will hold a Zoom support group Thursday, Nov. 10 from 7-9 p.m. Zoom date ...

Self-experimentation yields information

Roger A Lewis, a physicist from the University of Wollongong, Australia, had an interesting question: what amount of energy input (calories) does he need in order to maintain his weight. There are several websites that attempt to provide an answer to this question. But the answers differed ...

Hypermobile joint disease rarely recognized

By Dr. Conway McLean, DABFAS, FAPWHc Do you remember the kid in school who entertained everyone with his stupid tricks? He was the one who could place both elbows well behind his head or fold himself like a pretzel. Entertaining fellow, but possibly the victim of a serious, potentially ...