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Tuesday: Health

Health Matters: Many causes for heel pain

There’s a saying in medicine that if you drive by a farm and see a four legged animal standing in the field, it’s probably a horse and not a zebra. This refers to the concept that typically, the most common reason, the typical cause, for some complaint is most likely the explanation. But ...

Urology Pearls: Finding the right words

Can artificial intelligence be more empathetic than a doctor? Can it have better bedside manners? Dr. Jonathan Reisman thinks so. In a recent article in the New York Times, with the dramatic title “I’m a Doctor. ChatGPT’s Bedside Manner Is Better Than Mine,” he writes about his days ...

Living longer can mean more dementia but there are ways to reduce the risk

WASHINGTON — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have up to a 4 in 10 ...

Talk with the Doc: Unites States of America fun facts

Let me now review for you what I consider to be some interesting and informative fun facts and history about our great United States of America. I truly believe it is very important for all of us to learn and to occasionally recall the history of our great nation. It is also very important ...

Health Matters: Foot type important to musculoskeletal health

Humans come in innumerable shapes and sizes, applicable to so many parts of the human anatomy, side to side and top to bottom. And it’s down there at the bottom upon which the weight of the human body rests. Our feet are even entrusted with the task of propelling us through space, also known ...

Donors help NMU nursing upgrade equipment

MARQUETTE — Through gifts from private donors, Northern Michigan University’s School of Nursing has acquired more advanced equipment that enhances student learning and safety while providing better career preparation for the equipment they will work with after graduation. The $50,000 in ...