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The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is partnering with Wayne State University (WSU) School of Medicine, CrossFit Petoskey and McLaren Northern Michigan to offer cancer survivors 12 weeks of physical activity classes. These free classes are provided as part of an exercise program introducing the sport of CrossFit to cancer survivors. The CAPABLE team seeks 20 cancer survivors to participate in the Cross-Training and Physical Activity: A Better Life Experience (CAPABLE) program. Previous exercise ex...

Kelly Jakubik, RN, the nurse manager on the hospital’s intensive care unit, is the 2024 McLaren Flint DAISY Nurse Leader award winner. Kelly and her peers were honored at a May 9 ceremony. For more than 20 years, the DAISY Foundation has recognized the compassionate patient care nurses provide. The DAISY Nurse Leader Award, however, recognizes those who do not provide direct care, but who create an environment where compassionate, skillful care thrives. Many hospitals across the country bestow this awar...

Vanessa Whipple, RN, a caregiver on the hospital’s cardiac stepdown unit, is the 2024 Margaret McLaren Nursing Excellence Award Winner.  McLaren Flint honored Vanessa and 12 other nominees at a May 9 ceremony. The excellence award is named after Margaret McLaren, RN, who served as Superintendent of McLaren General Hospital and its predecessor, the Women’s Hospital, for 27 years. When McLaren General Hospital opened in October 1951, the facility was named in her honor, making it the first hospital i...

McLaren Oakland, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant to aid its expansion of its women’s health services through the purchase of a 3D mammography unit. Providing images of greater clarity, the advanced technology of 3D tomosynthesis mammography allows McLaren Oakland diagnostic radiologist to more accurately detect breast cancer in its earliest stages for women served through its hospital imaging department. Sponsored by Michigan United States Senator Debbie ...

Know your stroke risk factors and start addressing them to lower your chances now. In the United States and across the globe, the prevalence of stroke is rising among young adults, making it critical that everyone to understand their risk factors and how that risk can be lowered or, in many cases, prevented. Anyone can take steps now that will begin to lower their risk, which include—according to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion—quitting smoking, managing blood pressure, keeping bod...

Experiencing a stroke can be an overwhelming life event for not only the patient, but for their loved ones, too. Daniel and Sherl Kah know that all too well, after Daniel suffered from a first stroke in 2011, followed by another in 2015. After his second stroke, Daniel was put on medication and sent to a nursing home for physical and speech therapy. But, Sherl began looking for something more, something that would help once Daniel was released. She discovered McLaren Flint’s Stroke Support Group . The M...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute , in partnership with the Detroit Tigers and McLaren Health Care, the official health care system of the Tigers, continues the tradition of “Pink Out the Park” during the Saturday, June 8 game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Comerica Park. This special event has raised awareness for breast health for the past 12 years, celebrating survivors and honoring the legacies of those who have fought courageously. Breast cancer survivors will take part in a special pre-g...

If you ever visit the McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital on Collins Road, you may hear, over the intercom from time to time, a lullaby play. That lullaby means that a baby was just born in the labor and delivery unit, called the Birthplace . It’s a busy floor with lots of love, laughter and cries (from both babies and adults), where mothers are celebrated. Every day is Mother’s Day on this floor. Delivering an average of 100 babies a month and over 1,250 babies each year, the Birthplace offers many featur...

McLaren Central Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, along with other leading local organizations are recognizing Red Dress Day as part of the National Day of Remembrance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, a solemn commemoration of the prevalence of violence against indigenous women and girls. In partnership with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Central Michigan University, Zonta Club of Mt. Pleasant, and RISE Advocacy, McLaren Central Michigan will display red dresses to further r...

There was one detail in George Goetz’s tattoo that his wife had a big problem with.  Amy Goetz was fixated on a mole near the center of the body art featuring Native American Chief Keokuk. “My wife always noticed the mole and said it was changing and that I should get it looked at,” George said. For ten 10 years, George’s wife watched his mole for changes, insisting he have it looked at. And, for ten 10 years, it seemed to slip George’s mind when he visited a doctor. That is, , until December 2022....