Patients that psychologists frequently encounter are people who are cutting themselves. Cutting is a form of self-mutilation. Cutting is not the only form of self-mutilation that people do to themselves. They may also burn themselves, pick pieces of skin out of their body, pull their hair ...

The warm sunshine of spring is a welcome change from the cold and brutal winds of winter in the Upper Midwest. However, with more time outside comes greater exposure to sunlight – a top risk factor for skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer among Americans with 5.4 million cases ...

I am writing to share some of my experiences working with members of our nation’s Federal Civil Service during over twenty years of active duty in the U.S. Army. Every assignment at every installation where I served involved working with members of the Federal Civil Service. If we have been ...

No nice weather ever goes unpunished in our neck of the woods. We had a fabulously clement March, with nearly no snow and temperatures that were generally agreed to be “not too bad.” We didn’t receive any snow during our state high school basketball tournaments. These events are ...

Last week was truly a repeat experience for me, a true case of deja vu. I underwent my second hip replacement surgery in the past four years. I wrote my column last week on Tuesday, had surgery on Wednesday, and have recovered enough to produce new column for you this week. My second hip ...

Many, if not most, children can be naughty and will misbehave. There are some children, however, who go beyond naughty. About six percent of children will show a consistent pattern of breaking rules, being overly aggressive, and generally show disregard or lack of caring for others. Their ...