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About 2.5% of Americans have heart valve disease , most of whom are older adults. It refers to several conditions that prevent one or more of the valves in the heart from working right. When left untreated, heart valve disease may cause more serious problems down the road due to the heart having to work harder. One of the most common heart valve diseases, called aortic valve stenosis , is when tissues that form the valve become stiffer and narrow over time. This condition reduces the blood that can flow...

McLaren Greater Lansing’s Wound Care Center has been awarded the prestigious Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Clinical Excellence Award by Healogics, the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services. This Center has scored in the top 10 percent of eligible Healogics® Wound Care Centers® on the Clinical Excellence measure, which is the comprehensive healing rate weighted by wound mix. This award is named after Dr. Robert A. Warriner III, a pioneer in wound care and the former Chief Medical Offi...

We’ve all heard maintaining a healthy diet is important when sustaining or improving your ideal body weight, lowering your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and risk of developing chronic diseases, but that’s not all you should think about when looking at your overall health and well-being. Physicians and residents at McLaren Greater Lansing Family Medicine Residency Clinic and Multi-Specialty Clinic use the lifestyle medicine curriculum to help patients live a healthy lifestyle and reduce their risk ...

McLaren Greater Lansing, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has partnered with Lansing-based Digestive Health Institute (DHI), part of Pinnacle GI Partners. In their shared commitment of providing the community with comprehensive gastrointestinal and colorectal specialty care, the partnership enhances and expands Lansing’s regional access to this elevated level of full-service care. The largest practice of GI providers in Michigan, Pinnacle GI Partners, DHI will add nine GI providers to McLaren Grea...

Spring has officially returned — both on the calendar and in the weekly forecast. And with the excitement to head back outside and in the sun to throw a baseball, swing the golf clubs, run or hike some nearby trails, or simply be active again after a dormant winter, this return to activity can be accompanied by some muscle soreness and achy joints. Much of that discomfort can be attributed to “shaking off the rust,” but there does come a point at which the pain remains, not going away even with rest, an...

With weight loss maintaining its top spot among the annual list of New Year’s Resolutions, April and the beginning of spring is a great time to check in and gauge progress over the first three months of the year. Are you where you want to be? Are you making headway? Have you encountered adversity? Have you deviated from your original plan? Are you as committed as you were when you started? Can you recommit to the goal? The good news is that there is no deadline for these goals and no expiration date on ...

Head and neck cancer is a general term to describe a number of tumors that originate in the mouth and throat. Other cancers in the head and neck area include thyroid, skin, salivary glands and sinuses. But what are the specific cancer sites that fall into that category? Oral Cavity : Cancers found in the oral cavity are generally called mouth cancers.  The cancer can develop in the lips, cheeks, teeth, gums, the front of the tongue, the floor and roof of the mouth, and the area found behind the wis...

McLaren Medical Group, the employed provider group of statewide McLaren Health Care, has named Binesh Patel, MD, as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 31. Dr. Patel returns to McLaren Health Care after having served previously as Chief Medical Officer at McLaren Flint for more than five years until September 2022. He will assume the vacant MMG CEO role, which had been filled in the interim by Chad Grant, McLaren Health Care Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “We are excited and ...

Valencia Garza, emergency medicine technician at McLaren Greater Lansing , has been recognized as one of the Lansing Latino Health Alliance’s 2023 Outstanding Hispanic/Latino Caregivers. The award was presented to Garza, among McLaren leadership and coworkers, along with her family and friends, at the Lansing Latino Health Alliance ceremony on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. This award is given annually to a caregiver who has made a significant impact in the life of a patient, exceeded expectations in carrying...