symptoms

Recent data suggests nearly half of us are addicted to our smart phones. "Nomophobia" is a real thing, and here are the symptoms and potential solutions to healthier smartphone usage.

Veterinarians in the Northland have noticed a big increase in dogs that are sick with kennel cough.

Remember the day when you got a sore throat and you didn't know it was strep until it felt like you were swallowing razor blades?  Then you'd look at your throat in your mirror and see white streaks, are you with me?  How is it that the strep illness has changed to the point you don't get a sore throat anymore.

The flu is in the news again this year as cases across the country continue to mount at alarming rates.  In Minnesota alone, over 900 people have already been hospitalized  this season.  This flu season is already being compared to the deadly pandemic of 2009 and, sadly, the recent flu related deaths of young otherwise healthy people in Minnesota are not the only such cases in the United States.