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Your digestive system, from beginning … to end

5 steps from your mouth to, well, you know.

Heart failure–there are options

Find out what you need to know about advanced heart failure treatments.

Vascular surgery expertise shines

Surgeon talks about exciting ways he gets to help patients.

Dancing the night away

It was another record-breaking year for the Hope College Dance Marathon to benefit Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Have a concussion? Track your brain blood flow

Study shows scans reveal reduced circulation in brains those who have not recovered from head injuries.

Second that emotion

Look at the bright side of life because studies show positive feelings have tangible health benefits.

February is Heart Month. Expect Extraordinary.

Perhaps no other organ is as important—or as revered—as the heart. We understand. To help celebrate Heart Month in February, we've introduced a Special Edition of Health Beat that shares personal success stories and celebrates amazing advances in heart and vascular care.

Patient Story

Jeff gets a second chance with a new heart and lungs

His spirit and stamina lead to an amazing recovery.

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.

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.