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Health Matters: Common foot type leads to diseased tendon

The subject of our discussion today is a gentleman we’ll call Sam. He was an average guy, 3 kids and a wife, employed in physical labor, difficult, demanding work. It was exhausting, and every day after work, he would go home and collapse onto the couch. Even as a young man, work would tire ...

Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program welcomes new residents

MARQUETTE — Six new residents joined the UPHS – Marquette, Family Medicine Residency Program on July 1. The accredited program trains resident physicians for three years in a community-based setting, incorporating inpatient and outpatient medicine experiences as well as rotations in ...

Virus reprise: When COVID-19 strikes again and again

NEW YORK — For New York musician Erica Mancini, COVID-19 made repeat performances. March 2020. Last December. And again this May. “I’m bummed to know that I might forever just get infected,” said the 31-year-old singer, who is vaccinated and boosted. “I don’t want to be getting ...

Talk with the Doc

One of the best simple exercises for many of us is to go for a walk. Because it is of such low impact, it is easy on the joints and usually the only equipment we need is a good quality pair of comfortable walking shoes. You may wish to consult with your local shoe store for some good advice in this regard. Walking offers you so many great choices because you can choose your pace, your distance, your fellow walkers (if any), and your time to go for a walk. Here’s a simple suggestion. Weather permitting, perhaps going for a walk after dinner would be your best new “dessert”. ...

Health Matters – classic

Editor’s note: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on July 23, 2019. Health and wellness is a hot topic these days. Pick up almost any popular magazine and you are certain to find at least one article on the subject. Nutrition is a particularly prominent issue in media. An ...

Climate change ups milk production

MARQUETTE — Rising temperatures from climate change may slightly increase milk production, despite the heat stress on cows, researcher have found. Dairy cows produce less milk when they get too hot, said Rigoberto Lopez, an author of the study and a professor of agricultural and resource ...