Archive:

January 2015

Friday Food Rule: Eat when hungry

Eat when you’re hungry. Not when you’re bored.

Patient Story

Jeff gets a second chance with a new heart and lungs

His spirit and stamina lead to an amazing recovery.

One size doesn’t fit all

Weight-loss breakthroughs help, but they’re not the ultimate long-term solution to obesity.

Patient Story

Anthony Vitale, heart reconstruction

A heart unlike any other.

Patient Story

Ron Avery’s 30-mile relay race

See how our coordinated regional heart attack care network springs into action.

‘The results are amazing’

Bariatric surgery drastically cuts risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study finds.

A world-wide medical first

West Michigan woman receives newly developed heart device.

Patient Story

Sandra Guiter, congenital heart disease patient

She needed care that understood her past.

Patient Story

Nicole experiences the lifesaving benefit of heart research

No one would have suspected she had heart disease.

Lack of exercise more deadly than obesity, study suggests

Just a 20-minute brisk walk each day can lower odds of early death, researchers add.

Patient Story

Jodi gets her groove back

Cardiac rehab builds confidence for patients overcoming heart disease or surgery.

Why avocados are magical

New study claims the green fruit is a 'bad cholesterol' buster.