If you’ve ever needed a body scan after an injury, or potentially for cancer, you know what it feels like to be very still inside a tight tube. Some hospitals are now adopting new technology designed to capture sharper images in a quarter of the time.
More than six million Americans have heart failure, meaning the heart can’t pump enough blood to support the rest of the organs in the body. For years, doctors have used left ventricular assist devices, or LVADs, to help the patient get stronger.
It’s common medical advice for men to take it easy for a few days after getting a vasectomy, and apparently, March Madness is the perfect time to do it.
It may seem like only yesterday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a State of Emergency for Michigan, but as of March 10, it’s officially been three years of COVID-19.
Dr. Mohanad Saleh is the first to perform this new feeding tube procedure in Michigan, and he said it is reducing complications and getting patients home sooner.
The Ingham County Health Department said that in their new campaign, they will be directly communicating with their audience through targeted marketing and communication.
A group of researchers with the Michigan State University College of Nursing want to change the conversation about virtual reality and find out if it can be used to improve mental health.
The high cost of insulin has led many people to skip or reduce their doses to save money, which can result in dangerously high blood sugar levels and organ damage.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer in the United States. Now, new technology is detecting more potential cancers than ever before.
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day. If your heart speeds up or feels like it’s banging against your chest, that could be a sign of atrial fibrillation - or AFib - and it could put you at risk of blood clots, strokes, and heart failure.
The funding for these school-based health centers is part of a $25 million investment to increase access to high quality health care resources for students across the state of Michigan. In addition to Grand Ledge High School and East Lansing Public Schools, Springport Public Schools and the Concord Community School District will also get state money for new health centers.
The federal government has almost $7 billion earmarked for cancer research in this year’s budget. But think about this: every year, only a small portion of that money goes to childhood cancer.
There are 49 counties in the state without a single child psychiatrist, with most of northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula experiencing the same shortage.
The PACT Act has expanded services for military veterans exposed to toxic chemicals and has resulted in a surge of patients enrolling in VA health care services.