MARQUETTE — There’s nothing like almost dying to wake you up to the multiple realities of America’s health care system. I nearly died in April from a still-unidentified collapse and its complications, including pneumonia, blackouts, heavy bleeding, liver damage and ICU delirium during ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Public Library is starting a caregiver-child book club. Elementary-aged children and their caring adults are welcome to read a book together and then come to the library to discuss the book at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The program will begin with “Rise of the Earth ...
Men who worked in stressful jobs that they felt required high effort but provided low reward had twice the risk of heart disease as men who were free of such stressors, a study has found. The combined effect of job strain and effort-reward imbalance was similar to the magnitude of the effect ...
NEW YORK — A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says. A report from First Street Foundation released ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Andrea Nissen is trying to prepare her 65-year-old husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, for a solo flight from Arizona to Oklahoma to visit family. She worries about travelers and airport officials misinterpreting his forgetfulness or habit of getting in people’s personal ...
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep older adults eating healthy. They’re all over 60, and between enjoying butternut squash soup, sandwiches, oats and ...