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This holiday season Angela Coon is celebrating the fact that she is still here for her family and on the road to better health after experiencing a recent heart attack at age 51. It was in late September, and near the end of her workday, when Angela, a substitute teacher, was walking a student out to the bus that her first symptoms began. “I started to feel pressure in my chest and a tingling feeling that went down my left arm,” said Angela. “I literally said to myself, ‘I’m having a heart attack,’ and ...

McLaren Central Michigan is proud to again recognize a member of its care team with a Daisy Award, a nationwide program to recognize outstanding nurses. Inpatient unit nurse Melina Dufort, RN, is the latest recipient of the honor. Winners receive a hand-carved Healer’s Touch Sculpture, bouquet of daisies, commemorative pin, and cinnamon rolls for the department. Melina was nominated by a patient she cared for during their time in the hospital: Melina made countless differences in my stay at McLaren. I c...

McLaren Port Huron, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and organizer of the Festival of Trees holiday festivities, is set to continue another community holiday tradition when it opens its holiday train display on Dec. 9. A destination for many families during the season, the community is welcome to the hospital to experience the display firsthand. The train and its unique, joyous display are provided by through the generosity of Dr. Percy McDonald, an ENT specialist with McLaren Port Huron, whose lov...

McLaren Health Care has appointed Jessica Cromer as President and CEO of the McLaren Integrated HMO Group, the subsidiary organization overseeing McLaren health insurance providers that collectively delivers health care benefits to more than 600,000 in Michigan and Indiana. Cromer most recently served as President and CEO of MDwise, McLaren’s Indiana-based provider of health care benefits. Effective Dec. 1, she assumed the role made vacant upon the retirement of Kathy Kendall, who conceived and led McLa...

Stress has become so prevalent in countless lives that the American Psychological Association classifies it as a public health concern , and it can take many forms: depression, anxiety, and exhaustion to list a few. Often spiking during the holiday season, everyday stressors can be borne out of work pressures, deadlines, financial struggles, among many others. And the effects sufferers feel can lead to very real symptoms — and the body reacts : heart rate increases, blood vessels narrow. Over time, thes...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) becomes particularly challenging during the holiday season, when rich and festive foods can trigger symptoms. GERD Awareness Week (November 24 through November 30) highlights this chronic condition where approximately 20 percent of people in the United States have their stomach acid flow back into the esophagus, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases . Key Symptoms: The American Gastroenterological Association identifies t...

If you tell someone you have a cold, the flu, covid- any respiratory infection- you will probably get suggestions for how to manage it. Vitamin C, chicken noodle soup, over the counter remedies, are among dozens of remedies to try once you get sick, but if you want to avoid these illnesses, there is one simple suggestion most experts recommend- wash your hands.  “ Think about all the activities that you use your hands for: eating, texting, driving, opening door- the list goes on and on,” said McLar...

McLaren Lapeer Region, part of statewide McLaren Health Care and Lapeer County’s only verified trauma center, has earned reverification as a Level II trauma center from the America College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma. Reverification is earned following a thorough onsite evaluation of the hospital’s trauma processes, patient outcomes, staff credentials, and compliance to the standards set forth by the ACS. Requiring reverification every three years, McLaren Lapeer Region has maintained its Leve...

McLaren Oakland, the Pontiac hospital serving all of Oakland County through multiple care campuses, was inspired to support a scholarship helping local nursing students as it remembers one its beloved, previous leaders. Named in remembrance of one-time McLaren Oakland Chief Nursing Officer, who died in an act of violence in 2023, provides Oakland Community College nursing students with a partial scholarship as they study toward their degree. The inaugural recipients of the Dr. Calandra Green Memorial Sch...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, otherwise known as nerve pain, caused by diabetes, can have a severe impact on someone’s quality of life. This pain is often associated with tingling, numbness, and sharp pain typically in the limbs causing a burning or shooting sensation that can be quite painful and at times, debilitating for those who suffer from it. “Diabetic neuropathy occurs when the nerves become damaged from uncontrolled high blood sugar levels in the body,” said Dr. Douglas Bez , pain management ...