Our primitive ancestors survived on the blistering savannas of Africa by recognizing the importance of rituals and routines. They...

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...

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...

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

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

An international chess game is brewing as Russia has positioned more than 100,000 troops close to the border with Ukraine. Any further...

A classic laboratory experiment involving rodents goes something like this. These smart little caged rats quickly figure out if they...

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A brisk horizontal wind swept through our community in September. Not quite a tornado, but the winds toppled large trees, pulled down...

Would You Do This If You Thought You'd Get Cancer? Let us imagine a football stadium. We don’t have to imagine because on any given...

Some Divisions Never Heal (and Why We Need to Put Our Differences Aside Now) Austin, Minnesota, was, in the 1980s, a rural community...

We're playing the same risky game with a deadly pandemic. We know what works. We know how to institute a game-winning strategy, but in...

Troubling times. With COVID we have taken many steps forward toward eradicating this plague, yet now we are taking steps backward as...

We have become too complacent about the risks from COVID. The results can be disastrous. Let's look at some prudent guidelines.

Mayo Clinic doctor uncovers the truth about wearing a mask Let me start with the bottom line: Those of us who have been wearing masks...

Where should you put your attention in a post-COVID world? As we slowly stumble out of the pandemic fog and try to find our way in a...

Wrong. As more states in the US open vaccination to anyone and everyone, we need to be mindful of the new rules. Just browse the Facebook...

Our nightmare of death and misery is over a year old now. We live with spikes and plateaus, shots and deniers, masks and distancing,...

For most circumstances in life, if we can anticipate an element of closure, of closing the chapter, connecting the dots and moving on, we...

For most of us, the nightmare of this pandemic started a year ago with the onset of shelter in-place and stay-at-home executive mandates....