by Colleen Steffen | Feb 23, 2024
Haven’t you loved the several brighter, warmer days we’ve had this month? With the daffodils already starting to poke up, it makes you feel like spring is just around the corner. But that little taste of sunshine, as pleasant as it has been, might also have shown you...
by Colleen Steffen | Oct 17, 2023
What’s your go-to Halloween costume? Do you go scary in honor of the Spooky Season? Book or movie character? Pun? Just a sweatshirt and an old Target sack? (Looking at you, teens who don’t want to dress up but do want to trick-or-treat—and go for it, we...
by Colleen Steffen | Mar 3, 2023
OK, so maybe we wouldn’t classify this as a medical problem, but when you get one … it sure isn’t great. We’re talking about earworms, those songs that get stuck in your head. When you’re driving, when you’re in the shower, when you wake up in the middle of the...
by Colleen Steffen | Dec 7, 2021
In some ways, perhaps, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas was in the Before Times: Adweek recently reported that online holiday sales are a full 10% higher than last year. But in the ways that matter—or at least should—it still feels wrong. Indiana only...
by Colleen Steffen | Dec 28, 2020
Internists Associated began, as it remains, a family affair. Cindy Allen, a nursing student from Greencastle, met Steve Allen, a medical student from Brazil, Indiana, at IU. They married in 1977, then moved to Muncie for Steve’s residency at Ball Hospital. Before they...
