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January 2015

Certain allergy, depression meds tied to higher odds for dementia

Class of drugs interferes with a key brain chemical, but study can't prove cause-and-effect.

Little Hats, Big Hearts delivers

Volunteers knit red caps for newborns to showcase heart month.

February is Heart Month. Expect Extraordinary.

Perhaps no other organ is as important—or as revered—as the heart. We understand. To help celebrate Heart Month in February, we've introduced a Special Edition of Health Beat that shares personal success stories and celebrates amazing advances in heart and vascular care.

Birth Center to participate in Little Hats, Big Hearts

To celebrate American Heart Month, Mended Little Hearts of West Michigan and the American Heart Association will be providing red hats for all babies born during the month of February at the Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Family Birth Center. The goal of this program is to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke, including congenital heart issues which […]

Don’t forget the sunscreen … and the triple latte

Drink up! Scientists find coffee drinkers have lower risk for melanoma.

Friday Food Rule: Raw state or growing in nature

Eat foods made from ingredients you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature.

Reducing work-family conflict may improve sleep

Having trouble getting ZZZs? Work on work issues rather than counting sheep.

Autism genes vary, even in affected siblings

Study paves way toward earlier diagnosis, treatment.

Pediatricians’ group opposes legal marijuana

‘Marijuana can be very harmful to adolescent health and development,’ noted an author of the policy.

‘Meaningful and fulfilling’

Great-grandmother sings lullabies, rocks babies as part of her commitment to volunteerism.

Have superbug fighters hit pay dirt?

Newly discovered antibiotic may defeat bacterial infections that are often tough to beat.

Vacations, viruses and vaccines, oh my!

As the Disneyland measles outbreak continues to spread, should Michiganders be concerned?