ESCANABA — Another reader asks “My mother has really bad bunions. Her big toe is sitting on top of the other toes. It looks terrible and causes her pain. My bunion is really mild. Is surgery the only treatment?” Dr. McLean responds: As recently discussed, bunions can lead to a variety ...

ESCANABA — America is aging, with more people becoming “senior citizens” than ever before. The U.S population is older today than it has ever been. And with these years come certain inevitable concerns, illness and disease being chief among them. Thoughts will typically turn to ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Detroit Regional Office in partnership with the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center and its community-based outpatient clinics offers tele-benefits calls each Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET to answer VA benefits questions. VBA can ...

ESCANABA — The years are hard on the harly diagnosis of artery disease rareuman body. Examples of this fact are plentiful, from chronically aching knees to the wrinkled skin of our later years, there being many consequences to the passing years. Some of these changes are blatantly obvious, ...

ESCANABA — Bunions are part of the American lexicon, a term used with great comic effect in numerous shows and movies. Exactly what it is may be unclear to many, but most Americans at least realize it is some kind of foot deformity. Various misconceptions exist as to the specifics of a ...

ESCANABA — Modern humans are prone to a host of maladies. One of the most common and potentially debilitating diseases is diabetes. It is an unusual condition in that there is a great variety of manifestations resulting from the condition, with numerous organs potentially affected. Most have ...