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Doctor: Breast cancer rates rising among younger women

Editorial

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Aspirus Health Care experts are warning that more women in their 20s, 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with breast cancer, reflecting a national trend that researchers are working to better understand. While breast cancer remains most common among older women, studies show rates are increasing among younger women, particularly those younger than 50. Researchers believe the trend is likely linked to several factors rather than a single cause, according to an Aspirus news release. Dr. Andrew Huang, radiation oncologist for Aspirus Cancer Care and ...

Politics clouds issue

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: A recent large political postcard reminded me of something I learned many years ago in a statistics course.  The statistic you get depends on the facts you use. The particular postcard was from the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee. It purports to list items where State Rep. Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, has increased our costs of living. The item that stood out was increasing the Michigan gas tax by 64 percent, hard to believe. But apparently he did vote yes on a bill, in a package of bills, that raised the state gas tax from 31 cents a gallon to 51 ...

Questions posed

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: If U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, ever does answer questions from the people he represents, I hope someone asks him these two: One, do you pledge to honor the results of the November election? And two, does it ever bother your conscience to report the lies, cruelty and corruption of the Trump administration? And, if the questioner has not, by then, gotten ushered out of the building by his security people, we could add, “What is your reaction to learning about military casualties in the Iran war, taking place, as they do, under a commander-in-chief who ...

Has Trump broken his McDonald's promise?

Columns

The defining moment of the 2024 presidential campaign, it can be argued, came almost exactly two years ago, on Sunday, Oct. 20, when then-former President Donald Trump traded his suit coat for a yellow apron and worked the fry station and the drive-thru window at a McDonald's. His staff ...

Economy bad, costs up, wages not

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Lowest approval ratings yet on 84% of voters’ #1 issues: Economy and costs of living (Pew). People nationwide blame these on Trump’s tariffs and bad Domestic Policies. (Pew Research Center Oct. 8): Only 30% approve of Trump, 68% disapprove. Reuters/Ipsos (Oct. 5–6, 2026): Only 32% approve. This is after 22 months of total Republican majority control. Republicans voted him in and enabled his bad actions. Nobody can blame Joe, Obama or Hillary now. What else? Thirty-one percent of his own 2024 voters now disapprove of his foreign policy, Iran war, “job ...

What does Trump support?

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Remember, the Republicans running in this election back Trump. Trump just entered into an agreement with Russia to buy Russian diesel. By doing this, it gives Russia much needed revenue to fight Ukraine. If you ever doubted Trump and his Republican Party support Ukraine, I hope this is an eye opener. In my opinion, Trump supports Russia and seems to believe Russia was justified when it invaded Ukraine.