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Tuesday: Health

Health Matters: Entering a new age for man-made body parts

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 ...

Hitting the hay

MARQUETTE — “How do I give myself the best chance of staying healthy?” Since the rise of COVID-19 two years ago, everybody has had a renewed focus on the topic of health. It’s a daily discussion in the media, in the chambers of Congress and in doctor’s offices around the world. ...

Probe: Alzheimer’s drug approval ‘rife with irregularities’

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer’s drug took another hit Thursday as congressional investigators called the process “rife with irregularities.” The 18-month investigation by two House committees detailed “atypical ...

Sports can break your heart in more ways than one

Editor’s note: This material is presented using a first-person method. MARQUETTE — I spent last Saturday evening the same way that many others did—in a heightened state of stress and anxiety. For over three hours, I paced back and forth, I bit my fingernails and ate far too much greasy ...

Urology pearls

Not all diets are designed with the goal of weight loss in mind. Some diets aim at preventing this or that ailment, other diets attempt to improve individuals’ quality of life, or to extend life. What if you could obtain more goals than merely losing weight by using a single, highly effective ...

Health Matters – classic

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on June 2, 2020. Bob was a hard working fellow, with a job requiring demanding, physical labor, and therefore considerable pounding to his body. He took pride in doing a good job and was glad he was able to. Thankfully, he ...