Lupus and its impact
While most women are aware of the signs and health risks of breast cancer and heart disease, few are aware of a serious health problem that strikes mostly young women between the ages of 15 and 45. The disease is lupus. Lupus a chronic disease in which the immune system, for unknown reasons, becomes out of balance, causing inflammation and serious tissue damage to virtually any organ in the body, reports the Lupus Foundation of America. Lupus is two to three times more common among African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans than among Caucasians. Even though more than one million Americans have lupus, two-thirds of Americans report they are unaware of lupus or its potentially disabling and life-threatening consequences. In fact, approximately 1.5 million Americans have a form of lupus, enough people to fill 30 baseball stadiums. One in every 200 Americans has lupus and every half hour another person is diagnosed with the disease. Thousands die each year from lupu
» Full StoryThe same mistake again
EDITOR:This is scary. We’re a month from the election and it appears that Michigan is poised to make the same mistake again by sending Democrats like Stupak and Levin back so they can dig a bigger hole to throw Michigan and America into.
Pray for the troops
EDITOR:Hi. My name is Elaine and I’m making quilts and crocheted blankets for the troops, the VA hospital also rest homes, so if anyone could or would like to donate yarn, material, thread, and my sewing machine just broke, if anyone can find it in t
» Full StoryKindness of our neighbors
EDITOR:Friday night, Oct. 3, the trees in our yard, were decorated with rolls of toilet tissue. Why? We have no idea.
We have said before, this is the best neighborhood in Iron Mountain because of the kindness of our neighbors.
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Don’t be fooled
EDITOR:A few of my observations on the recent V.P. debate.
A typical hockey mom Mrs. S.P. is not.
I noted the high end designer suit and high heel shoes she wore (over a year’s income for me).
What a shock when she
No place like this
EDITOR:This letter is to the communities of Dickinson County. This is no other place like this.
I lost my husband on Sept. 13 suddenly and that’s when I found out what real neighbors were like and what true friends and caring families wer
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