Joint replacement surgery: an individualized decision

Body As a general internist who does primary care for adult and elderly patients, I talk to patients a lot about arthritis and joint replacement surgery. This type of surgery, also known as arthroplasty, is one of the most common types of elective surgery done in the United States.
Joint replacement surgery: an individualized decision

Choose the right flour when baking

Body By Kathy Burr, Extension Agent The baking aisle at your local supermarket has grown to include a wide variety of flours. Flour is the finely-ground, sifted meal of grains, nuts, seeds, legumes or certain vegetables— each kind of flour has a different nutritional profile.
Choose the right flour when baking

Feeling winded?

Body “Well, doc,” the patient was telling me, “I get winded so easily now. I can hardly go to the mailbox without stopping to catch my breath. It did not used to be that way. Do you think something is wrong?”
Feeling winded?

Surveillance hidden in plain sight

Body Imagine if at the height of the last Cold War, the Soviet Union had control over the largest television network in the United States. Imagine if its surveillance network tracked the opinions, interests, and movements of millions of Americans.
Surveillance hidden in plain sight

True self-care

Body During our most recent family movie night, we watched one of my favorites: Encanto. At one point in the movie, a character who has been gifted supernatural strength confesses that she fears she will crumble under the weight of all that is expected from her.
True self-care

Electric vehicle mandates increase safety risks

Body On April 17, 2021, firefighters raced to extinguish a blaze in a suburb of Houston, Texas. A Tesla Model S crashed, killing two people, and burst into flames. The Woodlands Township Fire Department extinguished the fire. But shortly after, flames erupted again.
Electric vehicle mandates increase safety risks

Laughter -- is it the best medicine?

Body We often hear the phrase Laughter is the Best Medicine. Whether it is the best medicine or not it does have benefi ts for everyone says Rhonda Herrick, 4-H Extension Educator in Kearney/ Franklin County.

This is not the baby blues

Body Transitioning to become a parent can be one of the most pivotal changes in a person’s life. Rarely are the hard moments of this change talked about enough.
BY ELIZABETH A. MILTON, LPCC, LPC-MH, MS
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