ESCANABA — The scourge to humanity that is heel pain. (Taking some dramatic license here.) But if you want drama, talk to someone in the throes of acute plantar fasciitis, the most common cause of heel or arch pain. Although we don’t have precise data, it is believed that this has been ...

ESCANABA — The numbers regarding the global incidence of diabetes are terrifying. This disease of excessive sugar in the bloodstream is well known for the many complications occurring too frequently. Some of them are well recognized and generally common knowledge, like the heart problems and ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...