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Tuesday: Health

Artificial turf trend continues in high schools amid safety considerations

LANSING — Artificial turf fields are becoming a hallmark at high schools across the state with the Michigan High School Athletic Association reporting around 100 high schools now playing on them. AstroTurf, one of the largest artificial turf installers in the state, notes that 14 of the 16 ...

Health matters

Modern medicine has made many advances benefitting our health and wellbeing. Our understanding of disease has progressed tremendously, more so in some fields than others. An examination of life expectancy is evidence of these advances. Prior to the development of antibiotics, before we knew ...

Talk with the Doc

Next week, the annual Christmas Holiday will be celebrated throughout the world. It is time when many families and friends will get together as 2024 winds down to the end of the year. It gives us a time to reflect on this past year and look forward to 2025. As we all know, in our great ...

Health Matters: The lost art and science of the physical exam

Remember some of the old doctor shows, there have been quite a few over the years. The patient would lie down on the exam table and the physician would place their hands on the individual’s belly to palpate their “insides,” amounting to feeling around. Of course, this was always followed ...

Urology Pearls – Part 3: From stones to solutions

This is the third and last in a series of articles about research studies concerning kidney stones. My goal hasn’t been to merely describe the latest research about the prevention and treatment of kidney stones, but to show how researchers and doctors try to simplify their management ...

Do weighted blankets help you sleep better? Here’s what to know

NEW YORK — Rhonda James was skeptical when her husband ordered a weighted blanket for her online. But five minutes after she wrapped it around her body, she zonked out. “It felt like a really big hug,” said James, a banker in Charleston, South Carolina. As outside temperatures grow ...