News Releases

Seven-year-old Rebekah Ross of Eaton Rapids was doing everything right. She was sleeping in a dark room set at a comfortable 70 degrees. She often enjoyed a light snack before bedtime and avoided...

National Colon Cancer Awareness Month wraps up next week but a national push to eat more fruits and vegetables is just beginning – and the two themes dovetail nicely, says a medical expert. A...

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital today announced the appointment of Michael Racine, M.D., to its medical staff. Racine joins Pinar Cemeroglu, M.D., Dan Postellon M.D., Michael Wood, M.D. and...

Kids in Action Enrolls 24 Families in Pilot Program Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Michigan Medical, P.C. (MMPC), Kent/Michigan State University Extension and the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids...

Daniel H. Farkas, Ph.D. Named to Lead Effort to Improve Treatments, Enhance Research Spectrum Health and Van Andel Institute (VAI) today announced a $6 million joint venture that will offer 21st...

Parents in the Grand Rapids area will be rewarded for publicly exhibiting good parenting skills as part of a campaign sponsored by Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Members of the Child...

Butterworth Campus Front Lobby Closes for Expansion and Remodel Spectrum Health will close its Butterworth Campus Main Lobby Entrance on Michigan Street March 11, 2007 for construction. The...

Michigan Community Blood Centers Blood Drive on March 28 Michigan Community Blood Centers (MCBC) will hold their blood drive with Spectrum Health on Wednesday, March 28, 2007. The MCBC blood bus...

Spectrum Health Reed City Campus has been named a recipient of the Total Benchmark Solution Best Acute Care Hospitals Award for 2005. It is based upon quality measure data provided by U.S. health...

Patients More at Risk for Stroke Than Cardiac Arrest While most of the focus during heart month in February is on preventing or recognizing heart attacks, a heart rhythm abnormality is growing...