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A promise delivered: A new heart for a new mom

Promise Garell grew up with a congenital heart defect. She was born with transposition of the great arteries, where her heart vessels and her heart were not correctly transfigured, preventing her heart from providing adequate blood flow to the rest of her body. Her first surgery to address ...

‘Good Trouble’ protests set for Thursday

MARQUETTE — A bit of “good trouble” is planned for Thursday. The website, goodtroubleliveson.org, states that “Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Together, we’ll remind them that in ...

Health Matters: Many benefits to healthy muscles

Wellness is an interesting term, thrown about carelessly in the media. But it should carry significance for most adults. It incorporates physical, mental, and social factors, and will aid in providing a sense of well-being. Achieving this state should be the goal of everyone. Ignore at your ...

Baby Makrii breathes easier after innovative airway surgery

When Swina Taylor was two months pregnant, she chose a name for her baby: Makrii. In Micronesia, where Swina hails from, the name means "strong" and typically is given to boys. From the day of her birth in April 2022, Makrii Omot has lived up to that name, amazing her multidisciplinary ...

In-utero treatment saves ‘miracle baby’ after fatal diagnosis

Sara Colombo walked out of her ultrasound appointment with no hope after a Miami-based doctor gave a grim prognosis. In a few days, the doctor said, Sara’s extremely anemic fetus would be stillborn, just shy of 20 weeks. Two years later, Ulisse Colombo bounds across the Colombos’ house, ...

Mueller-Weiss Syndrome that affects feet still baffling

The world is full of medical oddities, conditions which defy our understanding. Examples abound, from chronic fatigue syndrome to Charcot joints; many “interesting” diseases can afflict the human body. One of them certainly is Mueller-Weiss Syndrome and the associated collapsing foot ...