People are living longer than ever before, although this doesn’t mean they are necessarily healthier. Many experts say our diet is killing us and, indeed, diabetes and obesity are at record levels. Cardiovascular disease continues to claim record numbers. One very unfortunate consequence of ...

At the gym, I see people pulling and pushing. They are lifting dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells. They do push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. I look at them with admiration as they look the part, as if they came out of Men’s Health magazine, or have just left the set of an action movie. ...

Our health care system is in crisis mode. Millions of Americans go through their daily lives without any form of health care insurance. Physicians are calling for strikes and pushing to unionize, proposals once considered heretical. Private, for-profit, privately held insurance companies profit ...

Copper Shores Outreach & Education is hosting a free two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29 at the MUB Alumni Lounge on Michigan Tech’s campus. This two day workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, teaching ...

MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation Board of Directors is proud to announce the approval of $548,477.49 for year two of its Proactive Pediatric Mental Health Grants to organizations addressing pressing mental health needs of youth across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. These grants ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Beginning mid-September, flu vaccines are available at no-cost to eligible Veterans though VA medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics, as well as through in-network community retail pharmacies and urgent care walk-in locations. Veterans are encouraged to get ...