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Tuesday: Health

Taekwondo talent finds second chance at Mayo Clinic

A first responder pronounced Maurice Orange dead. Maurice's body lay crumpled on the hot asphalt in San Diego. His prized Gold Wing 1800 motorcycle wrecked nearby. His fiancée, Cheri, knew something was wrong that afternoon — Aug. 14, 2020. She got a call that Maurice hadn't shown up for ...

Talk with the Doc: Amazing human body cells, bones and muscle facts

Our human body is a truly amazing creation. Today, let me again briefly review some interesting and amazing facts about our human body cells, our bones, and our muscles. Human Body Cells – It is estimated that the human body has about 40 trillion cells. It is further estimated by various ...

Health Matters: Confusion continues regarding prescription foot supports

Why do so many people wear arch supports? They must serve some function since so many people use them. But what kind is best? There are a multitude of off-the-shelf products, in staggering variety, found in differing size and shape, mass and material. Is a prescription device always better? ...

Cancer is tough, Evelyn Owens is tougher

Evelyn Owens' brave battle with cancer is capturing the hearts of everyone around her. At only 6 years old, Evelyn was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. Evelyn's family traveled from their home in Oregon to Mayo Clinic in Arizona where doctors are using ...

Urology Pearls: Steps that count

How many daily steps should you take to live a longer, healthier life? A new review, published in The Lancet in August 2025, explores this question in depth—and on a scale never seen before. The authors—from Australia, Spain, Norway, and the UK analyzed a total of 57 previously published ...

Health Matters: The confusing state of foot supports

Retail footcare products are big business, available in every convenience store and pharmacy in the land. Twelve billion dollars is spent annually on these items and that’s a lot of aching feet. But how often is an over-the-counter approach truly effective? When it comes to arch supports, the ...