Health & Fitness

Published May 22, 2019

Staff, students learn emergency bleed control

ROCHESTER HILLS — An emergency or accident victim can bleed to death in less than 10 minutes after a major injury, according to Oakland University officials. “Time is of the essence,” Darcy Leutzinger said May 16 at OU. Leutzinger is the president of Premier Safety Group, which was ired by OU officials to train students and staffers in emergency bleeding control.

Published May 21, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak celebrates completion of medical building framework

ROYAL OAK — On May 17, developers, business leaders, city officials and ironworkers gathered for the “topping off” of the six-story Henry Ford Health System medical outpatient center on what used to be the Royal Oak City Hall parking lot.

Published May 21, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Too much sitting spells joint, back and health damage

METRO DETROIT — Henry Ford physical therapist Jim Tavrazich said it’s time to take a stand against too much sitting. “It is a problem,” said Tavrazich, the supervisor for Henry Ford Medical Center Rehabilitation Services in Southfield, and Henry Ford Medical Center Rehabilitation Services and Athletic Medicine in Novi.

Published May 20, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Henry Ford nurse receives Clara Ford Nursing Excellence Award

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Stephanie Gibson, a Shelby Township resident, recently received an award for her compassion and determination to make hospital visits as comfortable as possible during a vulnerable time for patients.

Published May 20, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Shelby resident receives Nightingale Award for excellence as nurse

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A Shelby Township resident was recognized recently for her work dedicated to helping stroke survivors as a nurse at Beaumont Hospital, Troy.

Published May 20, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling cancer survivor campaigns for e-cigarette regulations

STERLING HEIGHTS — Heather Hall has fought three bouts of cancer, and she doesn’t want anyone else to experience what she has gone through. “Being diagnosed at 21 years old, I was a senior at Central Michigan University when I was diagnosed with bone cancer,” she said. “I underwent a 13-month chemotherapy (session) and surgery that replaced my femur with a titanium rod.

Published May 17, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Social walking/running club enthusiastically enters fourth year

MOUNT CLEMENS/CLINTON TOWNSHIP/HARRISON TOWNSHIP — “We are a social group with a running problem.” Those are the words of Jason Davidson, one of the organizers of the Macomb County-centric group City Sneakers — a walking/running club bred from participants’ longing to find support, motivation, encouragement, accountability and friendship in others who share the same lifestyle hobbies.

Published May 8, 2019

Southfield Sun

Southfield receives funding for West Nile prevention

SOUTHFIELD — Before mosquito season is in full swing, the city is taking measures to thwart diseases spread by the insects.

Published May 8, 2019

Troy Times

Siblings aim to save lives with CPR

TROY — Would you know what to do before help arrived if someone suffered cardiac arrest?

Published May 8, 2019

Troy Times

Learn how to be heart healthy at the Troy library

TROY — Did you know that eating heart healthy does not mean low- or no-fat?

Published May 8, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Organ donation offers hope, new leases on life

METRO DETROIT — Nothing compares to the searing grief of losing a loved one, but learning that their organ donation saved or improved the lives of others can help temper the pain.

Published May 7, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Sinbad to highlight St. John Guild Dinner fundraiser

DETROIT — It will be an evening of comedy, philanthropy and delicious food. On May 29, the Guild of St. John Hospital and Medical Center will again gather to assist the hospital’s mission.

Published April 30, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

RARE to host infant safety expo

ROSEVILLE — New and expecting parents are invited to the Recreational Authority of Roseville and Eastpointe to acquire some resources and learn some tips for keeping their infants safe.

Published April 25, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield resident with MS takes to the streets

WEST BLOOMFIELD — A West Bloomfield man with multiple sclerosis and his team of four families affected by the disease raised $70,000 for the Walk MS event at Comerica Park in Detroit April 13, making them the top fundraising team.

Published April 23, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Township woman wants to spread awareness of rare condition

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Karen Glugla chooses not to focus on the negatives associated with her condition.

Published April 23, 2019

Rochester Post

Fundraiser to be held for teen battling rare bone disease

ROCHESTER HILLS — As she glides across the ice in front of a panel of judges, you’d never guess that 15-year-old Alyea Rourke is in excruciating pain. “It feels like my bones are being hit with a hammer or being pulled. It’s terrible,” said Alyea, a competitive figure skater at Onyx Ice Arena in Rochester. “I used to be a normal teenager, and one day it all completely changed into this terrible nightmare.”

Published April 23, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

McLaren, Macomb Food Program partner to serve residents in need

MOUNT CLEMENS — The McLaren Macomb Foundation has partnered with the Macomb Food Program to provide emergency food at no cost to patients receiving care from the McLaren Macomb Medical Outreach Clinic, or MOC.

Published April 17, 2019

Rochester Post

From addiction to recovery: A long road ahead

ROCHESTER — Like many with an opioid addiction, Amanda Krauskoff was first given the drug that immediately sent her life into a downward spiral by someone in the medical field — her own doctor. Krauskoff, who has struggled with anxiety and depression her entire life, now has to battle an opioid addiction.

Published April 17, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Learn CPR as classes continue in Grosse Pointe Woods

GROSSE POINTE WOODS — On Christmas morning in 2015, Grosse Pointe Woods Detective Ryan Schroerlucke and his wife were taking their 1-month-old daughter, Cora, who was fighting a bad cold, to the emergency room.

Published April 16, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Mind Over Matter 5K to shine light on mental illness, suicide

ROYAL OAK — The U.S. suicide rate is at a 50-year high. Most people’s lives have been impacted by mental illness or suicide in some way, and a local event wants to break the stigma surrounding those topics and also unite those in the throes of grief in a positive way.