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Life expectancy is a measure commonly considered when it comes to the overall health of a population. In this day and age, when most of us think about which medical interventions are most important to increase life expectancy, we probably think about things like treatment of cancer, interventions to treat heart attacks, or surgeries for life threatening illnesses. While those things are all important, their overall impact on a population’s life expectancy pales in comparison to the prevention of infectious disease.
Read morePROVERBS 30: 5,6 "Every word of God is pure, he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he remove thee, and thou be found a liar."(KJV)
Read moreLet’s say that at the Friday night social down at the country club, someone you thought was a friend had one too many drinks and blabbed it around that during his and your wife’s college days, your wife was a loose-moraled fluzzie and party animal. You are extremely upset, and you challenge him to a duel. Well, that would have worked 150 years ago, but not today.
Read moreLately my teenager has been fascinated by medical dramas. Although my “doctor self” is usually rolling my eyes throughout the program, it’s often a good conversation starter.
Read moreIf I were to relate the two greatest shots I ever made, you might attribute them to pure luck, and you might be right. What’s more amazing is missing the two easiest shots I ever had in my entire hunting career. The two shots were at a deer and a turkey. Neither were moving, and both were within 15 yards!
Read moreThe saying goes “time heals all wounds”, but what happens when a wound does not heal? Wounds go through many stages while healing and complications at any step can prolong the process.
Read moreIn my 50 years of penning this column, I’ve incurred the wrath of my readership on only three occasions. The most recent related to my suggesting that herbicides might be relate to our pheasant decline. I won’t apologize for that as I just don’t know. My second falling-out related to my suggesting that SD Game, Fish, & Parks might be right in their effort to ban rifles for turkey hunting. I was deservedly bombarded by senior hunters. My third miscue occurred many years ago when I opined that a woman had no place in the guiding business. I took a well-deserved beating on that one.
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