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Tuesday: Health

Urology Pearls: Will the gluten-free diet set you free? (part two)

In my last article, I asked, Should you go on the Gluten-free diet? I wrote that the trend is gaining momentum with a growing number of people consuming gluten-free food products. Gluten is a mixture of proteins found in wheat, barley, rye, and oats. Gluten gives the dough its elasticity and ...

Sources of support

MARQUETTE — While few people have the proper training to identify someone who is at risk for a suicide attempt, a renewed discussion of these issues has led to an increase in funds around the state to help to facilitate education and training so people can help to save lives. One example of ...

Talk with the Doc: March is Women’s History Month

The Library of Congress, along with numerous other United States governmental agencies, joined together to declare the month of March as Women's History Month. This declaration was done to recognize and celebrate the vital role of women who have made so many significant contributions throughout ...

Health Matters: The mysterious midfoot pain

This is the story of Sue, a middle-aged, hardworking individual with a busy family and healthy social life. Sue had recently turned 50, a traumatic age, and it wasn’t going well. She recently learned she had high blood pressure and was pre-diabetic, with dire warnings from her primary care ...

Urology pearls

Should you go on the Gluten-free diet? The trend gains momentum with a growing number of people consuming gluten-free food products. A Nielsen survey form 2015 showed that 21% of people prefer to buy gluten-free products. The book ‘Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and ...

Health Matters – classic

Editor’s note: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on July 20, 2020. Humanity comes in all shapes and sizes, the variety of which never ceases to amaze me. There’s the obvious stuff, like age, sex, hair and skin color. Then there is the important stuff, like an ...