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When You Shouldn’t Ignore Stomach Pain These symptoms could be a sign something more serious is going on. Everyone experiences stomach pain at some point in their lives. Most of the time it’s not serious and can be managed at home with over-the-counter medicines or by improving diet with additional fiber and increasing the daily amount of water intake. However, some symptoms are important to keep an eye out for, as they can indicate a serious health condition. “We always look for alarm symptoms in gastr...

The Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) has once again awarded KSP , McLaren’s Specialty Pharmacy, as a 2023 Pioneer in URAC’s Leaders in Performance Measurement (LPM) recognition program. As a URAC-accredited organization, this distinction shows that KSP continues to demonstrate a commitment to improving health care quality and well-being through performance measurement. As a specialty pharmacy, KSP provides needed medications and therapeutics at an affordable cost for patients with comp...

Unit Assistant, Colleen Dick was honored with the first McLaren Greater Lansing’s Extraordinary Employee of the Season Award. This award acknowledges any employee in the hospital system for the extraordinary work they do. Colleen’s nomination stated: “Colleen has been one of the backbone workers here at McLaren Greater Lansing for years. I haven’t met someone who doesn’t automatically reply that they love working with her. She trains all of the unit assistants (UA) and nurse assistants (NA) for our floo...

Radiation therapy is a highly effective treatment for cancers including in the breast, abdomen, and lungs, but treatment in these areas also exposes the nearby heart to radiation. Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing is using innovative techniques that help prevent damage to the heart. Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) “DIBH consists of taking a deep breath and holding it for 15-20 seconds throughout the treatment,” said Lisa Mulder, radiation therapist at Karmanos Cancer Institute. “T...

Prostate cancer was a health threat that was always there, in the back of Bill Fegel’s mind.  His father had it. So did two of his uncles, and one of them died. “My uncle lost his battle with it because he didn’t catch it early,” Bill said. “So, I was monitoring to make sure that didn’t happen to me. Last year, my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) started climbing quickly.” Bill had a biopsy on December 22, 2023. He had to wait three agonizing days, until Christmas passed, to finally learn he had pro...

Though summer is only a week old, extreme heat has already been grabbing headlines across the country. With more higher-than-usual-temperature days expected — and several months of warm weather remaining — the risk for heat-related illnesses will not be disappearing any time soon. Certainly, heat-stroke is the most serious form, but the many heat illnesses exist on a spectrum of increasing severity. Recognizing and acting on early signs and symptoms of these illnesses can ease the risk of symptoms progr...

The 2024 list of Crain’s Detroit Business Health Care Heroes contains two Karmanos Cancer Institute leaders: Boris C. Pasche, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, and Michael Dominello, D.O. Advancements in Care Hero Dr. Pasche , president and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, was named an Advancements in Care Hero for his co-invention of the Therabionic P1 device. He and his co-inventor, Alexandre Barbault, started studying the use of low-level radiofrequency electromagnetic fields to treat cancer in the...

Dr. Nicolas J. Mouawad, a vascular surgeon with McLaren Bay Region and the hospital’s chief of vascular & endovascular surgery and vice chair of its department of surgery, has been recognized for his exceptional care, earning inclusion on Newsweek’s America’s Best Vascular Surgeons 2024 list. In its first ever listing, the magazine evaluated publicly available clinical data and quality metrics and surveyed medical experts to develop this inaugural list featuring its top 200 vascular surgeons from ar...

Jessica McGillis, NP Jessica McGillis, NP, has spent her career in health care, but was always looking for ways she could progress her career that would allow her to advocate for her patients. Starting in high school, her career would take from a certified nursing assistant to advancing her education to earn her degree as a family nurse practitioner and able to provide direct care to the people of her home community. Meet Jessica. Why did you choose a role in health care as your profession? I grew up in...

McLaren Lapeer Region, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, as a result of its recent skin cancer screening event, identified several cases of potentially severe skin cancer. One of the most common forms of cancer, catching skin cancer in an early stage is vital in making treatment more effective and possibly lifesaving. Of the 56 screenings performed at the free May 22 event, 31 attendees were referred for a more thorough diagnostic screening after physicians identified suspicious, potentially cancer...