Having lived a somewhat nomadic existence in childhood because of family commitments, I understood the chaos and the emotional energy and...

Phil was right. The groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, and he was right. For the last several months, we here in the upper...

Scenario 1: You’re in the exam room, sitting in an open-backed gown. You and your doctor have discussed your high blood pressure (stay on...

The recent statement from the family of President Jimmy Carter opens the door for a crucial conversation about end-of-life decisions for us.

Many of us can recall individuals who were destined for the Big Stage, the Big Room. These shining stars seemingly had that unique...

Once upon a time—and you know when I start with those four words, I’m taking you down a retrospective path—medicine reflected a sacred...

We live in a world of constant, unpredictable, intermittent inattention. We are bludgeoned and bombarded with a tsunami of digital...

A common medical term is sequela. You pronounce it like this: seh-QWEL-uh. And it means the after-effects of a disease. In other words, a...

Damar Hamlin, a remarkable and beloved football player for the Buffalo Bills, suffered a cardiac arrest following what would appear to be...

It’s easy to drown in a sea of nostalgia and remember the good old days, which in actual fact may not have been so good. However, the...

Photo from Unsplash Prior to the onset of the subzero temperatures here in the upper Midwest, there was a brief reprieve for many...

We humans survived on the grassy plains of East Africa millions of years ago by the power of community. The power of connectedness....

When it comes to maintenance of our cars, we here in the Midwest take the annual winter checkup seriously. If the car does not start,...

Coal mining is a profoundly dangerous profession. Before there were federally mandated safety measures, these early pioneers were aware...

The Twin Cities Marathon takes place annually typically in October and has been described as “America’s most beautiful urban marathon.”...

"Life is difficult." That's the first line of Dr. Scott Peck's iconic book, The Road Less Traveled. From that point on, the reader was...

Greg Norman was the number-one golfer in the world in 1998. He was flamboyant, he was charismatic, he was an athlete right out of central...

The dogs and I went for an early-morning brisk walk on our customary route through a wooded area adjacent to our home. Usually, my mind...

In the 1939 iconic musical fantasy, Wizard of Oz, Dorothy cradles her little dog Toto when a tornado transports them from her home state...

Let us turn back the clock several million years. We humans survived in small groups of families and clans. We sat around campfires, we...