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Due, no doubt, to the large number of hikers and bikers in this area, my article in The Chief last month on Lyme disease and ticks brought a flood of...

Feeling confused these days about swine flu? Well, join the crowd – even the experts are adrift on a sea of uncertainty. That’s because influenza viruses are genetic shape-shifters, able...

With snow and bugs gone from the high country, the cool days of autumn bring out the backpackers and climbers like no other time of year. It is also, unfortunately,...

Ever wonder why medical practitioners are so keen to wrap a pneumatic cuff around your upper arm and take your blood pressure? Well, high blood pressure is harmful, of course....

With snow at record depths on the hills, the skiers and boarders are back, and so, alas, are the walking wounded, stumping along our streets on crutches, their fractured ankles...

Every generation or so there comes a medical breakthrough of such huge significance that it captures public attention all over the world. In 1921 it was the discovery of insulin,...

We’ve all heard of natural rhythms, the daily, monthly and yearly cycles that govern our planet. And while some people try to live in harmony with such things, as a...

Its name is derived from a Greek word meaning “have an itch,” and psoriasis more than lives up to the description.  The primary symptom of this inflammatory skin disorder is...

For most people, acne is as unwelcome a fact of teenage life as homework and curfews. With an incidence among adolescent populations as high as ninety-five percent in some Western...

Grain is normally an important source of nutrition, but for those with celiac disease it can actually do nutritional harm. Celiac disease is a chronic disorder caused by an intolerance...