American healthcare is a system in crisis. Many Americans have no health insurance and are one injury away from homelessness. Debts resulting from medical care too often lead to bankruptcy or worse. And though there are a multitude of factors at play, many experts believe it is due in part to ...

LANSING — Transgender individuals in Michigan worry about continued access to gender-affirming medical care following the Ohio Legislature’s successful effort to restrict such care for minors. Sen. Jonathan Lindsey, R-Allen, says he wants Michigan to pass a similar law to protect young ...

Lately I have been working on a new book, “The Dieting Doctor.” It is the third and last in a series of books, all of them are collections of essays. The first book, “Is Life Too Long?” included essays about life, death and “other trivial matters.” The second, “Take Love Twice ...

The complexity of the human body is unparalleled, from top to bottom, inside and out, science has learned much about how we function, how we think, and how we move. Still, many mysteries remain. One example would be our gut biome: what do all those bacteria do and what is the interaction with ...

LANSING — Tuberculosis continues to be a health problem in Michigan, but officials say the infectious disease is largely under control in the state. Numbers from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, show a 5% national increase in cases in 2022, with figures in ...

It is very important for all of us to know our personal family medical history, especially the medical history of our personal first degree relatives. A first degree relative is defined as a parent, a sister or brother, or a child. Because of the increased risk of developing various cancers ...