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 ...
When any popular entertainment centers on some infectious disease, chances are good it’s some epidemic (or even pandemic?). As we all know, movies are not reality. When it comes to infections in the real world, some of the most common everyday problems are due to a fungus. Most fungal ...
The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease. Why? Because it combines properties of both ...
MARQUETTE — IncredibleBank and Northern Michigan University are working together to raise money for the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center with the Hope Starts Here Challenge, taking place June 11. The Hope Starts Here Challenge consists of several different outdoor athletic activities, ...
