The 2024 Christmas edition of BMJ (British Medical Journal) was just published. It brings with it the same characteristic light-hearted, joyful, yet still scientific, spirit of the holidays. There were several articles in this year’s BMJ Christmas edition but one in particular caught my ...

Our more common serious diseases, unlike those of yesteryear, are those of longevity and lifestyle. Consequently, they get a lot of attention, whether it be in the form of research dollars or media headlines. We all know the usual suspects, heart disease, cancer, diabetes. But there are other ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...