Protein power 101
Learn the basics about this essential nutrient from a registered dietitian.
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- June 14, 2023
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Author:
Alyssa Allen
Alyssa Allen has worked in the communications industry for 20 years, starting as a newspaper reporter and then moving into marketing and public relations. Now, as a writer and editor, she loves to tell stories about interesting people and ideas. You might spot her around Grand Rapids with her husband and two children. They are hard to miss since they all have red hair. When she’s not keeping up with her kids, she enjoys reading, walking around her neighborhood and exploring West Michigan.
Posts from Alyssa Allen
Off to a good start with breastfeeding
From skin-to-skin to rooming in, there’s plenty new moms can do in the hospital to bond with baby.
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- April 25, 2023
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A-choo! Spring allergy season is coming
A Corewell Health allergist offers tips for keeping allergies under control.
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- April 11, 2023
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Patient Story
‘He’s a tough kid’
A 13-year-old battles from not being able to walk back onto the baseball field and basketball court
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- April 7, 2023
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Personalized sickle cell disease plans
How one doctor’s promise is making a difference in sickle cell disease treatment.
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- April 6, 2023
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How to sidestep runner’s knee
A sports medicine doctor offers tips to avoid troublesome knee pain.
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- March 9, 2023
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Patient Story
‘It is worth everything’
A Michigan family is forever grateful to the emergency doctor who saved their 7-year-old from a life-threatening allergic reaction to a walnut.
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- March 8, 2023
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Don’t dismiss postpartum pelvic pains
Customized approaches to therapy can help new moms target common problems in pelvic muscles, ligaments and tissues.
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- March 7, 2023
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Scrutinize those sweeteners
A dietitian offers helpful tips to reduce your consumption of super-sweet additives.
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- March 6, 2023
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Patient Story
A pinpoint treatment
An active 81-year-old fights prostate cancer—twice—and emerges grateful for the care and kindness he received.
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- February 24, 2023
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Patient Story
The A-fib Unit
A national pickleball competitor and local coach bounces back with help from a cutting-edge surgery to treat atrial fibrillation.
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- February 10, 2023
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The best test? ‘A well-done colonoscopy’
Evidence continues to support the call for most patients to begin colon cancer screening at age 45.
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- February 2, 2023
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