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Tuesday: Health

Talk with the Doc: Autumn is our great U.P. fall season

Autumn, also known as our Fall season in the USA and in Canada, is one of our four great seasons, that is followed by our Winter, Spring, and Summer seasons. Of course, Autumn marks our transition from our Summer season and leads us to our Winter season. Autumn is our season when the ...

How to get a COVID-19 shot and ensure it’s covered by your insurance

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically ...

Manufacturing engineers on cusp of delivering new biotherapies

Manufacturing engineers are at the forefront of bringing new medicines derived from human sources such as cells, blood and genes to patients. They produce what are often first-of-their-kind biotherapies for diseases that previously had few or no treatment options. “The most interesting ...

Mediterranean diet might help blunt effects of Alzheimer’s

By Dr. SHAHAR MADJAR Feeling forgetful? Have an aunt or a grandpa who “isn’t all there”? Many people worry they may have dementia or that they will develop Alzheimer’s disease. What if you could reduce your risk with simple changes to your diet? An August study published in Nature ...

Foot neuroma has conservative, surgical options

By Dr. CONWAY McLEAN A variety of foot ailments can befall the average citizen in modern society. Trapped inside a shoe for a majority of our waking hours, foot pain is experienced by many. Part of this frequency is that we are walking on perfectly flat surfaces the great majority of our day. ...

Breakthrough in cancer fight: Mayo Clinic on cutting edge vs. glioblastoma

ROCHESTER, Minn. — There is new hope in the fight against glioblastoma, the deadliest and most aggressive form of primary brain cancer. Currently there is no cure, but results of a new study conducted at Mayo Clinic show patients experienced improved overall survival while maintaining ...