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Mary Free Bed Adds Employee Number 1,000
December 17, 2012 It's a fun day at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital today, as they welcome employee number 1,000!
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How Healthy Are We
December 17, 2012 How healthy do you think you are? Good? Pretty good? Not so good?
Here in the US, we're.....not so good, but, not so bad, at least compared to other countries.
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Flu Season Hits West Michigan Early
December 9, 2012 We have good news and bad news about the flu season so far.
The flu is hitting earlier than average, but this year's vaccine is proving to be very effective.
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Spectrum Health Approved to Perform Lung Transplants
December 4, 2012 The health care system in West Michigan continues to offer wonderful, quality care, and it never stops growing.
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Tisha UnArmed Demonstrates How To Go Through The Drive-Thru With No Arms
We've previously shown you Tisha getting dressed and making a sandwich. Now she demonstrates how she goes through the drive-thru at McDonald's. Probably the most amusing part of the video is the fact that Tisha does
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10 Food Myths You Probably Believe
All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don't spend enough time questioning what's actually been said. We've picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them.
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Are You Going To Get A Flu Shot? [Poll]
November 2, 2012 The changing seasons and approaching holidays bring a lot of anticipation.
Food! Fun! Family! Flu shots?!
Are you going to get a flu shot this year?
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Breast Cancer Suvivor Celebration is November 8th
October 23, 2012 Steve Ford will be in Grand Rapids, Thursday, November 8th for the "On The Wings of Hope Survivor and Grantee Celebration" for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation celebration dinner.
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Letting Your Dog Lick Your Face Can Make You And Your Dog Sick
Non-dog owners will often cringe when they see a canine take a big lick of human face.
And there may be something to their revulsion. According to a new study published in the Archives of Oral Biology dog owners have high rates of a type of dangerous mouth bacteria.
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Spectrum, Saint Mary’s Honored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
October 9, 2012 Health care in Grand Rapids has never been better. Congratulations to the three major hospitals, in addition to the Michigan State College of Medicine, the VanAndel Research Institute, the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, and more, for making West Michigan such a quality area.
The quality and growth certainly hasn't gone unnoticed. MLive.com reported this week, the organ transplant programs at Spectrum Health and Saint Mary’s Health Care are among the 174 transplant programs in the country honored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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What Are the Best and Worst Cities in America for Heart Health?
Do you remember that episode of Seinfeld where a hypochondria-fueled George Costanza thinks he's having a heart attack after watching a segment on PBS called “Coronary Country”? Well, maybe George had a point. It turns out there are plenty of reasons to be fearful of heart disease, the leading killer of people in the United States.
Recently, the folks at Men's Health set out to find exactly where in America the dreaded heart disease resides the most.
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Lifelong Friends Celebrate 100th Birthday Together
We’d like to introduce you to the world’s most adorable best friends -- Joseph Katz and Al Spiegel from Florida. They have been buds for 91 years, and they’re still going strong!