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Healthy Good Tidings: 20 Ways to Manage Your Diet This Season
Staying healthy during the holidays can be a tall order, but arranging your plate and your plans with these tips can help.
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Health Insurance for 2020: What You Need to Do Now During Open Enrollment
Open enrollment tips for buying health insurance through the Obamacare marketplace on healthcare.gov.
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Feeling the Burn? Advice on Handling Heartburn During the Holidays
Heartburn can appear as an unwanted holiday guest. Here, Dr. William Chey shares tips for managing heartburn during any season.
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Rare Diagnosis Leads Dad of 3 to Lung Transplant
Lung transplant patient and father of three, Paul DeWyse, went from 15% lung capacity to thriving after transplant surgery.
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To Smile Again: How Brain Surgery Changed My Life
Diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma in 2010, on air host Melissa Smith shares her journey through treatment and recovery.
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Organ Donation Saves Three Lives in One Family
Organ donation saves three lives in one family, after brother, sister and their mother each receive kidney transplants.
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Should You Take CBD for Pain?
CBD oil and other supplements containing cannabidiol are gaining popularity, but does CBD work for treating chronic pain?
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5 Things a Dermatologist Wants You to Know About Psoriasis
A Michigan Medicine dermatologist discusses what you should know about the common skin rash called psoriasis.
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Why It’s Important to be an Active Support Coach
Michigan Medicine experts explain why support coaches, or caregivers, are playing a more prominent role than ever in a patient’s successful recovery after surgery.
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8 Health Care Questions to Discuss with Your College-Bound Teen
The University of Michigan’s chief health officer recommends covering these key areas to help your teen take charge of their own health care.
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Free Apps Support Transplant Patients in Navigating their Health Care Visits
Two new, free apps help to navigate the complex transplant journey for kidney and liver transplant patients.
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Using Marijuana to Treat Glaucoma
Now with recreational marijuana legalized in Michigan, it’s easier for glaucoma patients to substitute traditional treatment methods for a joint. But does it..
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Pain After Surgery: Addressing Emotional Trauma During Recovery
Physicians look for the safest, quickest and least invasive way to perform procedures, but does the recent opioid epidemic indicate that health care providers may be missing a crucial piece of the pain management puzzle?
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Scleroderma Support: Patients Find Help Online
A new website is helping patients with scleroderma learn more about the condition, how to manage their symptoms and self-advocacy strategies.
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For 20 Years, Lung Transplant Recipient Said Thanks With Roses
From establishing a transplant support group to planting rose bushes, Bev Cherwinski has embraced her second chance at life.