People like to pigeonhole, it’s something we humans have a tendency to. Are you a Republican or a Democrat? Are you a vegetarian or a carnivore? Some categorization is purely biologic: do you have type A blood or B negative? The same could be said for one’s foot type. Do you have a high or ...

Chronic pain is a tremendous problem in our society, partially due to our increasing longevity. Many Americans are living longer but with damaged joints and old injuries, hampered in their activities as a result. Although never intended for chronic, enduring pain, too many are surviving their ...

Every year, The BMJ, short for The British Medical Journal, publishes a special Christmas issue. In their instructions for potential authors who might be interested in publishing their work in this issue, The BMJ writes: “While we welcome light-hearted fare and satire, we do not publish ...

People are all different, unique in some fashion. This fact certainly applies to our bone structure, something which is primarily genetically determined. But your bony architecture, how all the bones line up together, goes a long way to determining what kind of problems you have as an adult. ...

As I told you the beginning of Elizabeth’s story in my previous article: at approximately 4:30 in the afternoon, Elizabeth was found lying on the floor next to the copy machine in the mail room. She was unconscious. Minutes later, when EMS arrived, she was confused and unable to communicate. ...

LANSING — Historical redlining of neighborhoods still poses health threats to present-day residents, such as increased risk of diabetes, hypertension and early death from heart disease, according to a recent study by the National Library of Medicine. While redlining has been controversial ...