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Outdoors North: Lady Springtime may have hit the snooze alarm

Friday: Outdoors

“Meet me on the mountain when the winter lays her head to rest,” — Gary Richrath As the gray morning wore on, I was heading west across the peninsula with a cold wind putting a snap in the springtime air. Watching the sides of the road, I was surprised to see many of the small creeks and streams flowing still well within their banks despite a good deal of the snowpack now melting or already gone. In many a past springtime, these waterways would be unapproachable, consumed and swollen, flooded and roaring. The miles ahead would explain the phenomenon as the farther into big ...

Asparagus in the garden takes its time but is worth the wait

Friday: Outdoors

Asparagus isn’t the most common vegetable among home gardeners, and that’s likely because growing it is an exercise in patience. But three years of patience is a small price to pay for up to 20 years of relatively effortless tender green shoots. If you’ve never seen an asparagus plant, ...

Great Lakes fish consumption app improves Anishinaabe way of life

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MARQUETTE — A long history of Great Lakes pollution has discouraged the Anishinaabe practice of fish consumption, as eating what’s caught in Great Lakes waters means ingesting toxic chemicals. But a mobile app — GigiigooApp — is safely bringing the tradition back. A new study from ...

Health Matters: Ball of foot pain sometimes a mystery

Tuesday: Health

There is an abundance of unexplained medical conditions in the world, although our understanding has advanced tremendously. There is much we don’t know about the human body and don’t let anyone pretend otherwise. How about an explanation for “Stiff Person Syndrome” or Morgellon’s with the strange skin fibers? We don’t even understand something as common as migraine headaches. Schizophrenia and many disorders of the brain remain a mystery. How about the one where an adolescent suddenly develops pain in the ball of the foot for no reason and without injury? In the disease ...

Urology Pearls: A diet for healthier aging

Tuesday: Health

What good is living a long life if it is riddled with disease and disability? And what can you do to age well? These questions are at the center of a new way of thinking about aging: instead of focusing on the number of years a person lives and the prevention of particular diseases—such as heart disease, stroke, or dementia—the attention has shifted to promoting healthy aging with preserved functionality and a high quality of life. Can eating certain food items or adhering to a particular dietary pattern help achieve these goals? In an article published in Nature Medicine on March ...