MARQUETTE — As the redetermination process reaches the one-year mark, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services renewed Medicaid and Healthy Michigan Plan coverage for an additional 137,685 people whose eligibility was up for renewal in April, bringing the total to more than 1.6 ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on Feb. 25, 2000. At one point in my life, when I lived on Mount Carmel, Israel, it would have taken me about 15 minutes to drive to his home. He would have to take a two hour walk to reach my place. I guess it would have ...
The human body is a complex thing, making it prone to many pains and pathologies. Quite often these are due to our bipedal, upright status. Standing and walking on two legs, our entire body supported by just two feet, encourages all manner of painful conditions that develop slowly, over time. ...
NEW YORK — Brenda Edwards considers the four bedroom ranch-style house where she has lived for 20 years her forever home. It’s where the 70-year-old retired nurse and her 79-year-old husband want to stay as their mobility becomes more limited. So she hired an interior designer for $20,000 ...
Here is another recipe from my upcoming book, “The Dieting Doctor.” The name rugelach means “Little Twists” in Yiddish. These are delicious, crescent-shaped baked confections made by rolling a triangular piece of dough around a filling. The shape is somewhat similar to that of a ...
The incidence of obesity has risen remarkably over the last century. The obesity epidemic began in the US in the mid-70’s, eventually spreading across the industrialized nations, all having adopted the Western diet of fast foods, ultra-processed foods, and sweetened foods. In lockstep with ...