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Tuesday: Health

Center for Rural Health Launches U.P. healthcare provider talent survey

MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Center for Rural Health today announced a talent survey for Upper Peninsula healthcare providers. The objective of the project is to better understand regional healthcare talent needs as a means to improve NMU’s strategic alignment across ...

Health Matters

A typical scenario plays out as follows. Chest pain is experienced, perhaps someone has abdominal pain, or a joint hurts, and so they go to their primary care provider’s office or maybe an urgent care clinic. There are a thousand and one reasons an American presents for medical care. The ...

Student leads epilepsy awareness effort

MARQUETTE — Liz Preston recently discovered what many other Northern Michigan University students have come to realize: that if they present an ambitious idea they want to pursue, NMU personnel will typically lend an attentive ear, support and helpful resources that will increase their ...

Talk with the Doc

In just two days, on Thursday, we will be blessed to celebrate our annual Thanksgiving Day. This is a special time when many of us will have the opportunity to be thankful as we gather together with family and friends. Certainly, many of us also have much to be thankful for as we enjoy our ...

Health Matters

The human body is prone to all manner of maladies and morbidities. From a stubbed toe all the way to a heart attack, medical care is required for a plethora of conditions, illnesses, and injuries, resulting in a list of ailments that is (unfortunately) nearly endless. Most of the medical ...

Urology Pearls: Chapter 3 – Strokes of genius

At 79, Joe turned from a healthy man into an interesting medical case. The change seemed sudden. It came about as a series of twitches or involuntary movements. The twitching initially lasted for a minute or two and then reappeared, every month or so, lasting longer, for up to 10 minutes at a ...