Sandra, a tall, athletic 14 year old, was thought to have escaped the family curse until she started playing basketball on the team. Not long after starting practices, she began to experience an obvious throbbing pain from her big toes, after all the running and jumping involved in a typical ...
I had written here before about the benefits of physical activity. In my last article, for example, I told you about the results of a recent study that showed that the risk of mortality associated with obesity is significantly reduced, or almost completely eliminated, by high levels of ...
There are certain medical conditions that are part of life, the human existence. For example, arthritic joint pain is experienced by most humans at some time in their life. What about the common cold? Nearly every one of us gets one at some point. As most Americans know, a cold is a viral ...
The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter in the U.S. While trends are improving in Florida, Texas and other Southern states that bore the worst ...
MARQUETTE — Without laws to prevent it, Michiganders with disabilities are not guaranteed equal consideration for needed organ transplants, advocates say. This discrimination has been an issue for those with developmental disabilities nationwide, said Nicole Patton, the manager of state ...
Let us again pay tribute to all our Firefighters emergency medical technicians who do so much for those who are in desperate need of emergency action that can be potentially be life-saving. We all owe so very much to all of our local Firefighters and EMTs who serve us all so very well in all ...
