Health & Fitness

Published April 23, 2019

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

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.

Published April 10, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Slow and steady is how to start the race

METRO DETROIT — On any given weekday, it’s not an uncommon sight to look out a window at the C & G Newspapers building and see a tall, slender woman in bright and cheery athletic gear stride by. Brooke England-Wagenknecht is a veteran graphic designer in C & G’s art department who spends her days juggling time in front of the computer with motherhood. Sometimes, she needs to literally and figuratively run away from it all.

The Society of Active Retirees offers classes on a variety of topics.

Published April 5, 2019

Farmington Press

SOAR offers seniors a ‘health club for the brain’

FARMINGTON HILLS — For the past 15 years, the Society of Active Retirees has provided seniors with the opportunity to add a vital intellectual component to their lives.

Published March 29, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores woman overcomes medical issues to help others

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In early 2018, Jeritha Brown was in renal failure, and dialysis couldn’t even keep her kidneys cleaned properly.

Published March 29, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Twelve steps to peace through yoga

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Each pose in yoga activates something in the brain or the body, according to Maria Menozzi, of St. Clair Shores.

Published March 29, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Measles exposure confirmed in Macomb Township

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The Macomb County Health Department has been notified that an individual with a confirmed case of measles visited Bank of America at 45194 Romeo Plank Road in Macomb Township March 19.

Published March 26, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Senior wellness expo returns to Macomb County

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The 16th annual Macomb County Senior Wellness and Retirement Expo is coming back with a slew of vendors from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Macomb Intermediate School District building, 44001 Garfield Road in Clinton Township.

Published March 26, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Students learn how to get healthy with some help from the Lions

ROSEVILLE — Teaching kids to stay healthy isn’t fun and games — except when it literally is fun and games.

Published March 25, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Shelby Township boy battles inoperable brain tumor

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A young boy from Shelby Township is inviting everyone to join him at his fundraiser for local charities and families with cancer. At 2 1/2 years old, Drew Akash, also known as “Super Drew,” is battling a brain tumor he was diagnosed with at 9 months old.

Published March 19, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Drink in the health benefits of nature

METRO DETROIT — Have you ever wondered if your trusty family physician gets miffed by that old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? We’ve got it on good authority that she doesn’t. In fact, your doc would be pleased as punch — a very nutrient-rich punch — to hear that you’re getting in daily servings of apples, berries and, especially, green vegetables.

Published March 19, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Lymph node transplant helps Royal Oak woman regain control, abilities

ROYAL OAK — While Royal Oak resident Sherry Boston had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery, she called her lymph node transplant surgery, which cut the swelling in her right arm due to lymphedema in half, her “happiest” surgery.

Published March 18, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Make managing your health the priority during National Nutrition Month

METRO DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging Michiganders to make informed diet choices during March, which is National Nutrition Month.

Published March 14, 2019

C&G Newspapers

More measles cases confirmed in Oakland County

METRO DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Oakland County Health Division confirmed a total of 38 measles cases April 5. The cases follow an announcement made March 13 by the Oakland County Health Division confirming a case of travel-related measles.

Published March 13, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Giving CBD oil a try

METRO DETROIT — It’s an all-natural product that can reportedly treat chronic pain, ease anxiety and bring sleep to those suffering from insomnia — with few to no side effects or drug interactions. But about half of those who hear about this supposed wonder drug won’t even try it because of its association with marijuana. It’s cannabidiol, better known as CBD oil.

Published March 8, 2019

Madison - Park News

School presentation to educate families on importance of sleep

MADISON HEIGHTS — After five years on a waiting list, Hiller Elementary in the Lamphere Schools district has received a grant to host a popular program that seeks to promote healthy sleep habits among students and their families.

Published March 5, 2019

Troy Times

Troy library program will examine using cannabis to manage pain

TROY — A cannabis health consultant will share information at the Troy Public Library on how cannabis (marijuana) products can be used to alleviate pain.

Published March 4, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Society to raise funds for Huntington’s disease research

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — For a decade, the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Michigan Chapter has been holding a special event to help raise funds toward finding a cure.