COVID-19 and traveling
Learn what precautions to take as you seek to stay healthy and well while away from home.
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- February 28, 2020
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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
COVID-19: What’s next? What can we do?
Infectious disease experts answer your questions.
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- February 28, 2020
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COVID-19: What you need to know
The best ways to protect yourself from it and other viruses: Wash your hands and avoid touching your face.
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- February 26, 2020
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Patient Story
A stroke at 14—and a remarkable recovery
Zosia Wasylewski was “as healthy as they get” until a blood clot suddenly blocked an artery in her brain.
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- February 24, 2020
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Patient Story
‘On death’s doorstep’
Vietnam veteran Charlie Bell thanks God and his medical team for a lung transplant that gave him a new lease on life.
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- February 14, 2020
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Patient Story
Holding her heart in her hands
After transplant surgery, a woman plans to have her diseased organ plastinated so it can serve as a teaching specimen to help others.
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- February 10, 2020
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Patient Story
Crushing cancer
A teenager celebrates remission by smashing a replica of his tumor into a thousand tiny pieces.
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- January 24, 2020
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Las diez razones principales por las que debe hacer ejercicio 30 minutos al día
¿Desea romper su rutina sedentaria? Écheles un vistazo a las recomendaciones del cardiólogo-prevencionista.
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- January 20, 2020
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Top 10 reasons to exercise 30 minutes today
Want to break out of your sedentary rut? Check out these tips from a preventive cardiologist.
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- January 19, 2020
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Patient Story
‘Without that blood, I wouldn’t have made it’
After a 78-year-old deer hunter suffered severe burns, transfusions helped save his life.
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- January 17, 2020
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The flu is gaining momentum
Sudden fever, body aches, headache, respiratory symptoms? Seek medical care promptly.
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- January 14, 2020
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Patient Story
‘Look at us now’
To see Christopher Yates walk, run and jump, you’d never know he went through years of treatment for clubfoot.
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- January 6, 2020
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