An overused line from many an old gangster movie runs something like “You got a lot of nerve…” The comment had an obviously negative connotation. In the real world, those who don’t have enough functioning viable nerves have a problem. When most people think of nerve problems, they are ...

Irenaeus Frederic Baraga was born to nobility in a castle in Slovenia on June 29, 1797. He served in his native Slovenia as a priest for seven years before coming to the United States. Father Baraga arrived in the New World on December 31, 1830, and for the next 37 years he traveled the length ...

The Western diet is a joke, but the joke is on us. The foods promoted on the billboards and tv commercials are making us sick, if only because you’re being deprived of nutrients. And we all know the kind of foods we are talking about. The pop tarts and tv dinners, microwaved pizzas and soda ...

How much more is there to say about salt? A month ago, I wrote here about the ways our bodies process salt, a compound that contains sodium and chloride. And in the article that followed, I told you about the proven benefits of the DASH diet (DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop ...

MARQUETTE — We seem to live in a unique moment in time, a time where the vast majority of people think about their health constantly. With the pandemic still dominating the discourse of social media and the nightly news, it’s a topic you can’t really get away from. It feels as though ...

A famous television program from long ago portrayed a military man, repaired with all manner of artificial body parts after being badly injured in the line of duty. These high-tech replacement parts allowed him to perform extraordinary feats. The hardware implanted into his body apparently cost ...