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This is the story of two normal families, average folk, working people. And they had some similarities, these two families. They both gave birth to sons, and both had a family history of foot problems. As to what sort they were, this is typically unknown, only the vaguest of histories is ...

Gift of life

By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Universities from across the state of Michigan have spent the month of February in friendly competition as they participate in the Gift of Life Michigan Campus Challenge. The challenge pits colleges from across the state against each ...

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Has anyone ever mentioned, in casual conversation, amongst acquaintances or business associates, their chronic skin wound? Not exactly a hot topic in social circles, is it? Most sufferers of this too-common condition are embarrassed about their non-healing or slowly healing skin injury. ...

Talk with the Doc: A brief history of Bishop Baraga

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 ...

Health Matters: Ketogenic diet as a neuropathy treatment

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 ...

Giving the gift of life

MARQUETTE — We live in a time where it feels as if we only see the worst in people. As politics and cultural disputes become more and more common, the idea of taking care of strangers can seem like a relic from a long-gone era. However, there is hope. The recently released statistics from ...