What’s lurking in your body? Mayo probes health risks of tiny plastic particles
Similar to natural elements like iron and copper, people can ingest, absorb or even inhale microplastics and nanoplastics and their chemical additives. A landmark study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine links microplastics and nanoplastics found in plaques of human blood vessels to a potential increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death.
Dawn Kessinger: Share a meal — No-dread grilled cheese
I used to dread making grilled cheese sandwiches.
Reminisce: The wizard of Wapakoneta turned trash into tools
What can a couple of fruit cans, wood from store cases, piano wire, type lead and other found items make? In 1935, 25-year-old Jacob E. Zint created a seismograph using items intended for the trash. One of only three seismographs of that caliber in Ohio, his sturdy homemade machine made clear and accurate recordings of earthquakes as far as China and Guatemala.
Amphitheater to host Solar Smash Bash
LIMA —All Saturday long, Lima residents and visitors will have the chance to get set for the April 8 total solar eclipse with a fun-packed event.
Lima Public Library Book Reviews
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Real Life Mama: While you’re waiting, don’t let doubt creep in
I am in a season of waiting right now, and I can tell you one thing, I am not very good at it. Patience may be a virtue (my mom preached that to me over and over again as a kid), but it is certainly one that is still under construction for me.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Advances in multiple myeloma treatment
March is Myeloma Awareness Month. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that most often occurs in people older than 45. It’s the second-most common blood cancer and the most common blood cancer in Black people.
LSO to set the stage for eclipse
LIMA —The Lima Symphony Orchestra is set to finish its season with a special performance.
Warning signs of colorectal cancer in younger adults
Colorectal cancer, the third-most common cancer in the U.S., has been rising among younger people for the past two decades. It is not one type of cancer but two cancers: colon cancer, which starts in the large intestine, and rectal cancer, which begins in the last part of the large intestine, known as the rectum.
New research could aid blood cancer patients
DENVER — A process of taking patients’ own cells and reprogramming them to fight cancer has been a last-ditch option for blood cancer patients when nothing else worked, but a new study underway in Aurora is trying to determine whether more patients could benefit from trying the procedure sooner.
