From tent to table
Explore 3 tips for healthy camp food from a dietitian who knows.
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- July 21, 2019
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Author:
Sue Thoms
Sue Thoms is a writer and storyteller who joined Health Beat after a 30-year career at The Grand Rapids Press. She loves writing stories that shine a light on the resilience and beauty of the human spirit. In addition to medical features, she writes fiction and has published seven picture books for children. Michigan born and raised, Sue enjoys exploring the state with her family―especially the lakes, sand dunes and ski hills. Contact her at susan.thoms@spectrumhealth.org.
Posts from Sue Thoms
Keep your cool in dangerous heat
Be aware of heat-related illness and follow these top tips for handling this recent blast of high temps.
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- July 18, 2019
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‘We knocked on doors, and doors flew open’
Twenty-four years ago, a little girl from Ukraine came for heart surgery. Now she pays a return visit.
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- July 16, 2019
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Patient Story
The comeback kid
The flu bug hit 3-year-old Jase so hard he ended up on life support, fighting for his life.
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- July 15, 2019
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Patient Story
‘Never, ever thought I would have a stroke’
In rehab therapy, 35-year-old Tyrone Bell gives his all, working to regain function of his left leg and arm.
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- July 8, 2019
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Patient Story
‘This is an epidemic’
A painless lump on his neck turned out to be HPV-related throat cancer, a disease affecting a growing number of people.
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- June 24, 2019
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Patient Story
‘This is not going to stop me’
When severe chest pain turned out to be an aortic dissection, Kim Lautner underwent a new procedure to repair the tear in her blood vessel.
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- June 14, 2019
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Patient Story
One family, two miracles
As a new baby makes his way into the world, his great-great-grandfather fights to survive a major heart attack.
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- June 5, 2019
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Patient Story
Her rainbow heart baby
A prenatal ultrasound alerted Amanda Rostic to her son's medical challenges, giving her time to plan his care well before birth.
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- May 20, 2019
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Patient Story
‘It’s amazing he survived’
After a car crashed through a store and struck Elias Dababneh, it took a team to save his life and set him on the road to recovery.
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- April 10, 2019
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Patient Story
The right place at the right time
When she went to a hockey game promoting stroke awareness, Nancy Weeks never imagined she would soon become a living example of early detection and treatment.
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- April 8, 2019
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Patient Story
‘A trailblazer’
A Saugatuck woman with an aneurysm deep in her brain benefits from a new surgical technique.
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- March 29, 2019
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