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Thursday: Boomers & Beyond

Archaeology Fair set for history center

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center will host an archaelogy fair from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21. Attendees are invited to join an international celebration of archaeology at the MRHC on Spring Street in Marquette and enjoy hands-on learning for all ages. Multiple ...

Lessons from the brink

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 ...

New book club starting at Negaunee library

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 ...

Stressful, low-reward work may double heart disease risk for men

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 ...

Some US airports strive to make flying more inclusive for those with dementia

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 ...