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Tuesday: Health

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 ...

Urology pearls

In my last two articles, I told you about highly restrictive diets such as the Twinkie Diet. I wrote: Highly restrictive diets “will result in weight loss, perhaps even rapid weight loss, but they come with a hefty price: poor nutritional value. They ignore the complexities of the human body ...

Health Matters

Nerves are an amazing component of human anatomy. Their ability to send a signal nearly instantaneously is what allows you to move and think. Modern science has developed a moderately detailed picture of how they work (when in a normal condition, i.e. ‘healthy’). But, as a generalization, ...

US opens COVID-19 vaccines to children

NEW YORK — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. While the Food and Drug Administration approves vaccines, it’s the ...