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Does adversity make you stronger? Scientists say not always

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer There’s an old saying that adversity makes you stronger. Real life shows that’s not always true, but the adage highlights an evolving debate among scientists about resilience. After traumatic events and crises such as child abuse, gun violence or a pandemic, what explains why some people bounce back, while others struggle to cope? Is it nature — genes and other inherent traits? Or nurture — life experiences and social interactions? Decades of research suggest both play a role, but that neither seals a person’s fate. Although ...

Talk wit the Doc: Impact of humor and laughter on healing and health

Humor and laughter have many medical and clinical benefits, by promoting beneficial physiological changes and an overall sense of well-being. Laughter and humor have also been shown to have long-term effects that strengthen the effectiveness of our body’s immune system. In healthcare, humor ...

MUNISING — The Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department will hold “Take Back Medication Day” events later this month. The department has partnered with local sheriffs’ offices, Communities that Care Coalitions, the Michigan Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network and the Eastern Upper Peninsula Opioid Response Coalition to create district-wide health and safety events. Medication Take Back Day addresses a crucial public health and safety issue by providing safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, the department said in a news ...

Health Matters: Development of leg ulcers a slow process

Our protagonist, Tom, was a good-natured fellow, a traffic cop for many years. He loved working with the kids, playing the conductor, but hated the prolonged periods of “just standing there.” Early on, he could do his job without difficulty, suffering only occasionally from boredom. Over ...

Lay wins outstanding Young Alumni Award

MARQUETTE — Stephanie Lay, who received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Northern Michigan in 2011, is this year’s recipient of NMU’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She provides crisis care to suicidal adolescents as a member of the behavior emergency response team at ...

Urology pearls

Sometimes I borrow from other disciplines ideas I feel compelled to use in my own writing. I find myself, while writing about medicine, reading the advice of professors of literature, writers and poets. On other occasions, I had asked questions like, What can doctors learn from symphonic ...