Every day mattered to improve the odds for two tiny twin newborns—and they're now thriving.
266 These tips and tools can help you keep healthy choices top of mind.
1 While battling a rare condition, a college student is full steam ahead on his dreams.
193 Dust off your running shoes and don your jacket—a little physicality is the best way to ward off midwinter miseries.
61 Have you decided 2021 is going to be the year to quit smoking once and for all? You’re not the only one.
89 In the midst of cancer treatments, debilitating pain and a new diagnosis, Megan Brightbill finds hope through music therapy.
38 At 13, Sarah Conway lost her leg to cancer. Now a student in college, she's chosen a career in medicine.
162 People are becoming more comfortable talking about bathroom basics. Turns out, that's good for our health.
38 Natural, plant-based foods can lower your intake of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats—and ultimately strengthen your fight against chronic disease.
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Alexa cuddles her newborn son. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
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Wearing glasses, he had 20/130 vision by January. By summer, it was 20/80. That means Grayson must be 20 feet from an object that a person with no visual impairment person could see at 80 feet. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
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Cody Allan Wright, 23, hugs his mom, Brenda, for the first time in months since COVID-19 restrictions. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
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"I am really happy with the formation of my face," Erin said. "And the airway obviously is way better. This is by far the best end result I have ever had out of a surgery." (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
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With strums of her guitar, Erin Wegener brings peace and healing to patients like Renee Teeple. Renee needed months of cancer treatments and music therapy helped her relax. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
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A group of Spectrum Health medical experts have collaborated to bring a unique lung cancer treatment to West Michigan: photodynamic therapy. (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
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Kayla Lammers, 6, scratches the chin of a life-like Allosaurus named Allie. Child Life team member Alyssa Cosier described the dinosaur visit as "pure happiness." (Chris Clark | Spectrum Health Beat)
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The special package, flown in express from Europe, is a ‘bag of life’ for Lilly who’s undergoing a bone marrow transplant thanks to a stranger’s heartfelt donation. In this special Health Beat series, Lilly takes us through her journey as a way of promoting the gift of life.
Who are the people behind the lab coats, scrubs and name badges? What experiences have made them who they are today? This series shows the human side of the caregivers who are proud to call Spectrum Health their work home.
A pediatric plastic surgeon pioneers a technique to repair cleft palates that leads to better speech and jaw development for children.
