For the past 2 years, I have been working on a book of essays about food and diet. I have not yet given the book a title, but I can tell you that it will include short stories that will demonstrate how the digestive system works and how our brain processes taste, smell, and texture; it will ...

Readers who regularly frequent these pages are probably familiar with the topic of wound care. These chronic skin lesions occur for a host of different reasons, from clogged arteries to vein disease, injury to aging. Another common cause for these challenging entities is iatrogenic, a term ...

MARQUETTE — As mask requirements and other safety measures decline, most people are less worried about coronavirus, some health officials say. But that also means we could expect a more severe flu season. “More masking does help reduce transmission of several different pathogens, ...

Autumn, also known as our Fall season in the U.S. and in Canada, is one of our four great seasons, that is followed by our Winter, Spring, and Summer seasons. Of course, Autumn marks our transition from our Summer season and leads us to our Winter season. Autumn is our season when the ...

Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11. Elementary school-aged children already received kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s original vaccine, a third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older -- two primary shots plus a ...

The first discussions of creating a military space service occurred in 1958, and the idea was also being considered in 1982 by then President Ronald Reagan. The 2001 Space Commission argued for the creation of a Space Corps between 2007 and 2011. When it was initially created, the United States ...