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Tuesday: Health

Tobacco causes Buerger’s Disease

By Dr. Conway McLean, FAPWHc, FAMIFAS A 48-year-old woman presented to her podiatrist with complaints of some numb toes. Her left 4th and the 5th toes were painful and discolored, even tending towards black. This individual did not have diabetes or hypertension, and she didn’t smoke ...

Brain fog, other long COVID symptoms the focus of new studies

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions. Monday’s announcement from the NIH’s $1.15 billion RECOVER ...

Talk with the Doc

Scientific research has shown that older adults consuming drinks with caffeine have less risk for Alzheimer’s disease. This expert research on caffeine and Alzheimer’s disease is from the University of South Florida and the University of Miami, as previously reported in the Journal of ...

Health Matters

Our healthcare system has many failures and inadequacies, and consequently many complaints. Arguments for the benefits of one healthcare system over another continue to rage, with nationalistic tendencies dominating one’s perspective. The United States, despite having the highest per capita ...

Hemingway Days celebrated

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — On his 68th birthday, a white-bearded Wisconsin man won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West’s annual Hemingway Days celebration that ends Sunday. Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, prevailed Saturday night at ...