News Releases

Tune into the eighth annual Kids Come First STAR 105.7 Radiothon or stop by the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center lobby and pledge to make a difference in the life of a child during a three-day...

Additional Dose to Increase Resistance to Childhood Illness Most adults vividly remember their childhood experience with the chickenpox. From baking soda baths to a week off school, chickenpox...

Spectrum Health United Memorial announced the organization’s Excellence Award winners on Saturday, February 17 at the annual Winterfest program held to honor staff, physicians and volunteers....

Following a community-wide body mass index (BMI) health assessment that revealed 59 percent of Kent County residents are overweight and 44 percent of African/Black American participants have a BMI...

Spectrum Health and Orthopedic Associates of Grand Rapids today announced the appointment of Michael P. Mott, M.D., as medical director of orthopaedic oncology, Spectrum Health and practicing...

After a warm December, it appears Michigan weather is returning to its frigid norm. And as temperatures drop, medical experts expect cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning to rise. CO is a...

Steve Fahlen, D.O., has been named medical director of the Kelsey Campus emergency department in Lakeview. He is board-certified in emergency medicine by the American Association of Physician...

Five-year-old Damon Oakley is like many boys his age. He likes video games, Sponge Bob Square Pants and pizza. There’s just one thing that separates the Cheboygan resident from his friends’his...

The Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center for Health Professions (GRMERC) Voting Board has appointed as its President and CEO, Peter Coggan, M.D., M.S.Ed. Coggan will also serve as...

The efforts of two area groups to provide early detection of colorectal cancer have earned state recognition, and may have saved lives as well. District Health Department 10 and Spectrum Health...