In less than two weeks, we will celebrate the Fourth of July throughout the U.S. and this clearly is my favorite time of our wonderful Upper Peninsula summers. We all have the opportunity to celebrate our great country with numerous local parades and spectacular fireworks displays after ...
MARQUETTE — While forests are known to enhance the water quality of nearby watersheds, oftentimes people don’t recognize a forest’s role in providing clean drinking water, according to a new study from Michigan State University. And no organizations interviewed for the study ...
In my last column, I told you about Professor Mark D. Haub, a professor of human nutrition from Kansas State University, who decided, in 2010, to embark on The Twinkie Diet. His goal was to demonstrate to his students “ ... that in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most, not ...
Being able to comfortably and safely stand and walk should be considered an important skill. Don’t take it for granted. Those deprived of safely being able to stand up from a chair, to stand in place without falling, to walk, can tell you. There’s a decrease in both quality of life and in ...
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging Michigan residents to take steps to avoid tick bites while enjoying the outdoors this summer. Tick-borne diseases, particularly Lyme disease and anaplasmosis, are increasing across the state. “Preventing tick ...
Editor’s note: This classic “Talk with the Doc” column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on Aug. 6, 2019. It was a significant learning experience for me and I am sure for many of us, when we finally understood the power of personal persistence. Personal persistence may be generally defined as follows: “Continuing to work toward a worthwhile goal you have decided to do for yourself until you finally accomplish that goal to your personal satisfaction.” Of course, there are many terms we may use to define and think about persistence, such as; “stick to it,” “keep ...
