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Navigating the health care landscape can be daunting. Our experts share their insights—and their views—on today’s most pressing health care topics, from advanced-care planning to the cost of health care—and what you need to know about those hospital quality rankings.
Let your light shine
Throughout her career, Dr. Rima Shah has had to push past—and through—bias and discrimination.
Doctors by day, rockstars by night
Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital hosts its first staff talent show.
A long and storied road
At age 26, love and hope helped carry Ayde Kuyers on the 2,200-mile journey from Mexico City to Michigan.
From lowest lows to highest highs
Real-life experience makes for a much-loved nurse. Maybe that's why Nikki Coy soars in the world of nursing.
Knowing war, finding peace
Data analyst Nicholas Kraska, a one-time Air Force mechanic during the Kosovo War, recalls the service and sacrifice of friends and family.
‘I would not trade this job’
Community health workers like Terri Price empower clients in underserved populations to achieve health for themselves and their families.
With Molly and Grace
Childhood cancer blinded Grace Schmid in one eye, but a wise mother has been there to guide her every step of the way.
Keeping the faith
Chaplains help patients and families journey through beautiful beginnings, hopeful healing and peaceful endings.
Endurance race takes on barriers to health, recreation
More than 150 fitness fans—one-third from Gerber Memorial—lift logs, hike muddy hills and push physical limits to highlight wellness.
Dr. Abraham Verghese on healing and empathy
The acclaimed physician and author speaks about the rituals and sacredness of doctor-patient relationships.
