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Hear Her Michigan “MDHHS launches new website to increase awareness of urgent maternal health warning signs. An excerpt from the press release is below, for the full release visit the following link:  https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-mdhhs/newsroom/2023/09/14/hear-her “ A pregnancy-related death is defined as the death of a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy from a pregnancy complication, a chain of events initiated by pregnancy or the aggravation of an unrelated...

Know your Risks for Kidney Disease Kidney disease is permanent kidney damage or decreased level of kidney function for three months or more. If Kidney disease is left untreated, it can lead to kidney failure. In the United States, 33% of adults are at risk for kidney disease, that’s one in three people according to the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan. Many adults do not know they have chronic kidney disease. Little or no symptoms are shown, typically people are not seeing physicians regarding ill...

Information below from the Press Release by Lynn Sutfin, Public Information Officer at Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Governor Whitmer declares August as Breastfeeding Month Aug. 8-14 - Indigenous Milk Medicine Week Aug. 15-21 - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week Aug. 25-31 - Black Breastfeeding Week Sept. 5-11 - Lactancia Latina LANSING, Mich. – Michigan is committed to encouraging a strong foundation for life by supporting breastfeeding/chestfee...

McLaren Northern Michigan, part of McLaren Health Care and northern Michigan’s leading regional health care provider, has earned a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This highest achievable rating signifies the exceptional level of quality and safe care provided within the hospital and through its outpatient facilities located throughout northern Michigan. Across the country, 483 hospitals earned a 5-star CMS rating, representing 10.4 percent of all US hospitals, pl...

Written by: Vanessa Jerusalimiec (*Amsive Digital)  |  Reviewed by: Shelley Wyant  |  *MHP partners with Amsive Digital on news content Does Marriage Affect Health Insurance? Looking over your health insurance plan may not seem like a very romantic activity. But combining health insurance after marriage can lower your monthly premiums and make health insurance more affordable. Are You Required to Combine Health Insurance When You Get Married? When you get married, you’re not required...

Written by: Vanessa Jerusalimiec (*Amsive Digital)  |  Reviewed by: Shelley Wyant  |  *MHP partners with Amsive Digital on news content Health Insurance Options for 26-Year-Olds Leaving Their Parents' Coverage Your 26th birthday might not seem as exciting as your 21st, but turning 26 is another milestone birthday. When you turn 26, you’ll leave your parents’ healthcare plan. This is the time to explore your health insurance options and find an individual or family plan that matches y...

Written by: Vanessa Jerusalimiec (*Amsive Digital)  |  Reviewed by: Kristin Van Dusen  |  *MHP partners with Amsive Digital on news content What is the Annual Enrollment Period (AEP)? The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is the perfect time to make changes to your health care coverage. During this period, you can reevaluate your current health care coverage to make sure you have the right plan. You may choose to stay in the same plan or switch to a new plan. What is Medicare A...

Knowing your allergies is the best way to prepare for the season. Education is the best way to limit the often-stifling symptoms allergies bring about in countless people every year during the months-long allergy season. Allergies are straightforward to understand. Simply put, allergies are the body’s immune response to a usually harmless foreign body . They can be foods, pollen, dust, or other substances typically found around the house or in nature. Symptoms can range — in both type and severity — and...

80 percent of strokes are preventable. There are more than 795,000 strokes every year in the United States , and 1 out of every 4 is preventable. And with a stroke responsible for 150,005 annual deaths in the country, that means up to 120,004 deaths every year have the potential to be avoided. “It’s imperative that everyone know their risk factors and to know the signs and symptoms of stroke,” said Dr. Aniel Majjhoo, interventional neurologist and medical director of the McLaren Stroke Network, who also...

Consider nutrition’s role in diabetes this National Nutrition Month. The sharp upward trajectory of the number of young people under the age of 20 developing diabetes projects to reach 526,000 in 2060 — a 700 percent increase over today. For doctors and other medical professionals, this stark forecast sounds a cause for concern as it’s diabetes that bring a significant increase in the risk of developing heart disease, having a stroke or experiencing various other quality-of-life-limiting complications a...