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Everyday Lifestyle Changes Can Lower One’s Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes More than 38 million Americans live with the daily symptoms and management of chronic diabetes while another 98 million are at risk of developing the condition and considered prediabetic. Throughout the month of November and National Diabetes Awareness Month, the focus is on the fight against diabetes and bringing awareness to the steps everyone can take now to lower their risk. Signs and Symptoms Diabetes can lead to a range ...

Breathing properly is important to your overall health, as every system in your body relies on oxygen. An inadequate oxygen supply can impact stress management, energy levels, cognitive abilities, and digestion. Issues that prevent you from breathing properly through your nose can impact sleeping and lead to other issues, like bad breath and dental decay. “There can be several reasons for nasal airway obstruction, but the two main causes are structural abnormalities or inflammation due to allergies or o...

While the holidays can be a time of celebration with plenty of events, parties, and family and friend gatherings, this festive season can also be hectic — causing more stress to your heart more than you may realize. “Certain cardiac events, such as heart attacks and heart failure flare-ups, become more common during this time of the year,” said Dr. Majid Mughal , interventional cardiologist at McLaren Greater Lansing Cardiovascular Associates. “People often lose sight of the need to make healthy decisio...

McLaren Bay Region, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and Bay City’s leading provider of comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation, was named among America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers by Newsweek. The hospital was the sole facility in the Great Lakes Region to be honored. Inpatient Rehabilitation provides intensive treatment to help patients achieve their highest level of independence after a serious injury, illness or surgery, such as spinal surgeries to neurological conditions resulting fr...

Being a volunteer takes a very selfless and giving person. The holiday season is a great time to remind us all that volunteers make a big difference year round at McLaren Bay Region.  Ann Moseley is one such volunteer who has assisted at McLaren Bay Region for the past year. When she finished her medical career as a phlebotomist, she thought she was done, but another volunteer, Helen Cummings, convinced her to give volunteering at the hospital a try. “I work the front desk as a volunteer at McLaren...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports correlates higher levels of pollutant particulate matter to higher occurrences of head and neck aerodigestive cancer. The article “ Air Pollution Exposure and Head and Neck Cancer Incidence ” is the work of a multi-institutional collaboration with researchers from Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Johns Hopkins University and Mass General Brigham. The study was led by John Cramer, M.D. , otolaryngologist, member of the Head and Ne...

GQ Anthony Shields, M.D., Ph.D. , medical oncologist and member of the  Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology  and the  Phase 1 Clinical Trials  Multidisciplinary Teams at Karmanos, spoke to GQ about the imaging process for cancer screenings and his thoughts on full-body scans. Read the article here .

Mary Lou Brose never imagined having a CT scan of her back could be life-changing, but results from the test turned her world upside down.  A surgeon ordered the CT to get a closer look at what was happening with Mary Lou’s sciatic nerve, and what he found – a mass in her lung that turned out to be cancerous – brought the discussion about her back pain to an abrupt halt. “The surgeon noticed something in my lung,” Mary Lou said. “He said I was not going to have back surgery until this was taken car...

McLaren Health Care, with 13 hospitals and multiple care campuses throughout the state, has earned substantial improvement across its system following the release of the Fall 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, a national distinction that recognizes the hospital’s achievements in protecting patients from harm while providing safe, compassionate health care. Nearly all McLaren hospitals throughout Michigan improved their letter grades over their Spring 2024 Leapfrog release, including two earning ‘A’s ...

The McLaren Proton Therapy Center is pleased to welcome board-certified Radiation Oncologist Hani Al Halabi. He joins a comprehensive team of oncologists at McLaren Flint who work closely to offer patients their best chance at fighting cancer.  “I am a passionate physician, and I love what I do,” Dr. Al Halabi said. “I am an advocate for my patients and always strive to deliver the best care I can. To me that comes down to the quality of the treatment my patients will receive, and at McLaren I have...