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Tuesday: Health

New tax-form check box boosts Michigan organ donor registry

LANSING — Being asked if our organs can be reused after we die can feel morbid. But legislators, organ donation advocates and researchers assert that asking more people that question — and educating them about what happens if they agree — has important positive public health ...

Talk with the Doc

Cheese is reported to be one of the most popular foods consumed in the United States every year. The following was recently reported by our United States Department of Agriculture. They recently reported that the average annual cheese consumption in the U.S. was nearly 42 pounds per person ...

Health matters

Humanity comes in all shapes and sizes. Some people are tall and some short, some thin and some wide. The same variation holds true for our skeletal structure, which may manifest in a wider foot or a slimmer foot. What about a longer one versus a shorter foot. And what about the height of your ...

Urology Pearls: Intermittent fasting and the eclipse

I have written here before about intermittent fasting. The idea is simple: alternate periods of eating and fasting. The fasting periods vary according to different regimens with periods of fasting ranging from several hours to two days at a time and even longer. A common intermittent fasting ...

Health Matters: Many benefits to small incision surgery

Modern medicine is in a constant state of change, owing largely to innumerable studies and the subsequent accumulation of knowledge. New techniques are discovered, and new medicines developed, the result of research performed over the years (as well as practical experience, of course). Perhaps ...