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Tuesday: Health

Bird songs may ease the blues

LANSING — The Great Lakes region’s more than 300 bird species may provide valuable mental health benefits. A recent study from Carleton University in Ontario shows there are fewer mental health-related hospitalizations in Michigan areas with high bird diversity. Previous studies have ...

Talk with the Doc

As you know, the date of Oct. 31 is always the annual date for the celebration of Halloween in the U.S. Our Halloween activities will certainly have the kids carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, going out to do their trick-or-treating, and having fun showing off their Halloween ...

Health Matters

We live in a new and rather strange world, unlike any other in recorded history. The changes in technology and culture, society in general, are occurring at an ever-increasing rate. Humans are traveling regularly, crossing the globe on a daily basis, intermingling like never before. The ...

Happy cows are healthy cows: Why Michigan cows produce the most milk

LANSING — Michigan ranks No. 1 in the country for producing the most milk per cow — and has been for the past few years. Although not the nation’s biggest overall milk producer, the state’s specialty in dairy has led farmers to find the most efficient way to get more milk from their ...

Urology pearls

Some quotes hit me hard. Here is one: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” This dialogue is taken from Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. And as I am reading it, I think about all the things besides ...