Opinion

Jennifer May, M.D. is a contributing Prairie Doc columnist. She practices rheumatology in Rapid City, South Dakota at Rapid City Medical Center and serves on the Healing Words Foundation Board of Directors, a 501c3 which provides funding for Prairie Doc programs.

Jennifer May, M.D. is a contributing Prairie Doc columnist. She practices rheumatology in Rapid City, South Dakota at Rapid City Medical Center and serves on the Healing Words Foundation Board of Directors, a 501c3 which provides funding for Prairie Doc programs.

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Auto-immune Disorders: Self attack!

Jennifer May
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Recently I met a new patient who had waited several months for her appointment. At this first meeting, I was quickly able to diagnose Rheumatoid arthritis. Like others with this disease, her joints were swollen, and she was stiff getting up and moving to the exam table.

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Letter to the Editor

News Staff
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Dear Friends, As another year comes to its inevitable end, let us remember with grateful hearts all our loved ones that have left this life to celebrate in another. We are so appreciative of all the memorials and donations that were given to the Fullerton Cemetery Association this past year.
View From the Sideline

View From the Sideline

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View From the Sideline

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
The other night I was driving home late after a basketball game. I was out covering a road game, so I had quite the journey ahead of me. As I left the town and got more into the middle of no where, it amazed me at how dark the sky was, and how bright the stars were.
Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan’s Anecdotes

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Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
I was thinking about childhood memories of Christmas. There were things we did every year together as a family. We traveled every year from northwest Indiana to west-central Illinois to see both my mom’s and dad’s families.
Beth’s Bits

Beth’s Bits

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Beth’s Bits

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
One Christmas down, two to go. When I was growing up, we would have at least 10 days off for Christmas. If you read my column regularly, you know my parents were teachers. They had the same schedule I did. We would go to my grandparents, about 3 hours away across Nebraska and see one side.
Representing You

Representing You

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Representing You

Loren Lippincott
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
It was December of 1965 when cartoonist Charles Schultz’s beloved Peanuts gang first made the leap from newspaper comics pages to television screens across America. It was that year that CBS first aired “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” It became an instant classic and has been aired every year since.
Representing You

Representing You

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Representing You

Deb Fischer
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
In 1946, a new tradition was born in Nebraska’s Christmas City. A Methodist minister and a drama teacher in Minden put their heads together to dream up a new Christmas pageant.
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Capitol View

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Capitol View

J.l.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Remember the Christmas bonus? Probably a thing of past given the changed face of the workplace. Perhaps your “bonus” allows you to work from home. Be grateful the next time you slide in behind your computer, in your jammies at some odd hour to complete a project.
The Prairie Doc

The Prairie Doc

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The Prairie Doc

Jill Kruse
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Myths are just stories we tell ourselves and others to make sense of the world around us. Myths convey beliefs or values and attempt to tell truths. In their effort to tell the truth, myths may exaggerate or misrepresent things.