MUSKEGON — Michigan State Police has launched an investigation into claims staff members embezzled from Muskegon Family Care, the clinic’s former CEO was terminated at the end of 2019 and the clinic will close March 31.
CHICAGO — Jenny Mason-Frey had experienced panic attacks before – sudden waves of anxiety that set her heart racing, her head spinning and made her feel as if she was going to die.
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS — Patients showing up for previously scheduled appointments at Muskegon Family Care in Muskegon Heights were told Friday that the facility is closing.
CHICAGO — The breakthrough bite took place about 30 minutes into treatment. My daughter Kate bravely raised a cracker to her mouth and, with little hesitation, took a bite. That cracker had cinnamon in it, a spice she hadn’t tried in years.
DETROIT — Daniel Ament doesn’t shake hands anymore. It’s too risky.
As influenza-like illnesses continue to make the rounds, health officials advise residents to take precautions.
featured
There are already about 3,500 more reported absences in Ottawa County schools related to flu-like illnesses than in the last flu season, according to the county’s health department.
Despite widespread fear and uncertainty over coronavirus, a vaccine expert says the bigger threat to Americans is an illness that millions of people in the country catch every year.
ZEELAND — Dee Worley and her partner of 19 years, Stacy Van Dine, met their son, Luke, when he was 9 weeks old.
Each month, local health care professionals answer your questions. This month’s column features Dr. Jennifer Sandy, of the North Ottawa Community Health System’s Bariatric Clinic.
Rob Davidson, an emergency room doctor who lives in Spring Lake, didn't hold back when he had an opportunity to speak with Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday.
A bill introduced last week in the state House would require doctors to notify patients about a way to potentially stop a drug-induced abortion after it has begun.
As a new type of coronavirus rages through China and spreads to other countries, including the United States, the public understandably has a lot of questions about the illness and how to avoid it.
ZEELAND — Zeeland Public Schools is closing Cityside Middle School for the rest of the week due to widespread illness.
For six hours in a Saint Luke’s Hospital emergency room recently, Dakota Allen worried that he might become a fatal pneumonia statistic. He’d been coughing for weeks.
One organization is aimed at providing an integrative approach to address a patient’s mind, body and spirit.
featured
This year’s strain of flu is on the increase in the community, according to Ottawa County health officials, and the rise is prompting them to encourage taking preventative measures against the illness.
featured
Some patients of the Grand Haven hospital will soon receive notification letters that their health information was improperly accessed.
Since implementing the 2018 Community Health Improvement Plan (C.H.I.P.), groups have been working to improve Ottawa County residents’ health by creating better access to care, mental health and healthy behaviors.
Each month, local health care professionals answer your questions. Dr. Matthew Schoeck of Mercy Health Physician Partners North Ottawa Internal Medicine answers your questions about arthritis.
Local health officials encourage parents to participate in “Let’s Talk Month.”
Parents can learn about vaping in an upcoming public meeting in Grand Haven.
featured
Raising awareness about vaping has become a passion for one Grand Haven Township woman.
featured
In addition to teaching the curriculum, educators have another issue they’ve been working to tackle – vaping.
LANSING —Due to the large geographic distribution and number of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) cases in humans and animals, coupled with warm weather projections, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and 12 local health departments have decided to conduct aerial sp…
Mosquitoes carrying the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis have driven at least one Friday night football game in Michigan to the daylight hours.
Memories and highlights were shared as the members of the North Ottawa Community Hospital Auxiliary recently gathered.
top story
Looking back at pictures and notes from her colleagues, Lany Schoenmaker recalled stories from her years in a local hospital.
Michigan’s ban on flavored nicotine vaping products – the first to be announced in the nation – is now in effect.
Mental health professionals, law enforcement officials and representatives from local schools will provide a variety of perspectives on mass shootings during a town hall meeting on Monday, Sept. 16. It will take place at the Grand Haven Community Center, 421 Columbus Ave., from 6:30-9 p.m.
Banning flavoring in e-cigarettes and similar devices might move the products further away from Michigan teens, but some worry that an all-out ban also strips cigarette smokers of a powerful tool to help them quit.
top story
As families prepare backpacks for the impending first day of the new school year, a registered dietitian for the North Ottawa Community Health System offers advice and tips for families looking to prepare healthy snacks and lunches.
Each month, local health care professionals answer your questions. This month, Dr. Stuart VanderHeide, of Hospice of North Ottawa Community, answers your questions about palliative care.
Nurse Patty Feenstra has been battling diseases and viruses for more than four decades. A recent case of drug-resistant tuberculosis gave Feenstra one of her biggest challenges yet.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has declared Friday and Saturday, July 19-20, to be an Action Days for elevated levels of ozone. Pollutants are expected to be in the unhealthy-for-sensitive-groups range.
LANSING — No one can tell Breanna Ramos her symptoms aren’t real — from the crushing exhaustion, to the pain that at times has sent her to the floor.
A local doctor who ran for Congress last year is heading up a new healthcare advocacy campaign.
The community is invited to celebrate North Ottawa Community Health System’s 100th birthday.
Heather Herrera’s decision to start a new career several years ago led her to caring for patients.
A community conversation on mental health issues is coming to Grand Haven.
A total of 14 diseases, including gonorrhea and flu-like afflictions, hit a five-year high in reported cases in Ottawa County in 2018, per the county’s 2018 Communicable Diseases Annual Report.
It happened the day after Christmas 2018.
PHILADELPHIA — Each new update in the nationwide surge of measles cases takes Dr. Paul Offit back to the battlefield that was Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia during a regional outbreak that began in 1990. By the time it ended the following year, more than 1,400 city and suburban resident…
After volunteering thousands of hours throughout the year, the North Ottawa Hospital Auxiliary made a donation Tuesday afternoon.
ATLANTA, Ga. — On any given morning, a steady stream of customers flows into Rev Coffee in Smyrna, mixing cups of espresso with white chocolate, frappe with coconut and drip coffee with hazelnut syrup.
More than half of U.S. companies offer workplace wellness programs to their employees, but a new study suggests they do very little — if anything — to improve workers’ health.
NORTON SHORES — The State of Michigan has suspended the license of a nurse in Norton Shores.
Health experts are telling people to get vaccinated against measles because the number of cases in our state continues to grow.
Even as Michigan health officials urge vaccinations amid a measles outbreak that now counts 41 cases, residents opposed to mandatory vaccines converged on Lansing Thursday to deliver a message of their own to lawmakers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices.
Commented