A new, patient friendly MRI machine has come to town. ...more

March 9, 2009

Firefighters have ongoing courses on how to stay safe when battling a blaze or assisting with other emergency situations. ...more

March 5, 2009

One recent study shows that searching the Internet may keep older brains agile. The study comes at a time when medical experts are forecasting that Alzheimer's cases will quadruple by 2050. ...more

December 12, 2008

Uterine fibroids are common benign tumors of the uterus. They are made up of the same tissue as the uterus itself. They are three to five times more common in African-American women than in women of other racial groups. Many women with fibroids have no symptoms, but about 30 percent will experience abnormal bleeding or symptoms of pelvic pressure, as well as pressure on the bladder or rectum. ...more

November 22, 2008

Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy - unless you're overweight. ...more

October 17, 2008

Ancient columns always show signs of ruin, and so it is with my spinal column. ...more

August 29, 2008

The best way to sanely experience the tunnel of an MRI machine is to keep your eyes closed. I did that for the longest time before curiosity got the best of me. I opened them for an instant, freaked out and shut them again quickly. The white wall of the machine seemed 2 inches from my face, even though it wasn't really that close. ...more

June 21, 2008