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Meals and mindfulness: How Michigan schools are connecting nutrition and behavioral health
In northwest Michigan, educators, mental health professionals, and food service directors are teaming up to support the children they serve by connecting the dots between good nutrition and good mental health.
Traverse City-based program sends hospital patients home with healthy meals
The program also delivers healthy meals to patients via Meals on Wheels for 10 days and provides other resources to connect patients to fresh, nutritious food.
More than $9 million donated to Bronson Health Foundation will improve cancer care in the region
With more than $9 million donated, now, a community-wide public initiative is underway to support meaningful and equitable programs and services for patients undergoing cancer care at Bronson.
CARES Act dollars support Michigan children’s mental health through state’s Education Equity Fund
328 Michigan public school districts and charter schools have received dollars from the new state fund to support students' mental health and bridge the digital divide.
Saginaw health workers among first to try new tech that creates personalized diets for diabetics
Over the past year at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, employees living with Type 2 diabetes have participated in a pilot program that develops personalized diets for them based on the unique population of microbes found in their digestive systems.
Mental health millages meet crucial needs in four Michigan counties
When state budget cuts gutted community mental health budgets in 2014 and 2015, voters in Ottawa, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Washtenaw counties all approved millages that have significantly expanded mental health services.
Battle Creek NAACP session with experts offers info for those leery of COVID-19 vaccination
Given the history of abuse by the health care system in the United States, there are understandable reasons for People of Color to be cautious about the COVID-19 vaccination. Battle Creek leaders hope with more information that suspicion can turn around.
The COVID vaccines: Kalamazoo’s medical community answers all your questions
When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, "I recommend it to all my loved ones. So I recommend it to you," says Dr. Martinson Arnan said of the first and second shots produced by Pfizer.
Michigan health care professionals work to assuage skepticism as they roll out COVID-19 vaccines
Health care professionals across Michigan are doing their best to respond to Michiganders' concerns and deliver the vaccine to as many residents as possible.
Meals and mindfulness: How Michigan schools are connecting nutrition and behavioral health
In northwest Michigan, educators, mental health professionals, and food service directors are teaming up to support the children they serve by connecting the dots between good nutrition and good mental health.
Traverse City-based program sends hospital patients home with healthy meals
The program also delivers healthy meals to patients via Meals on Wheels for 10 days and provides other resources to connect patients to fresh, nutritious food.
More than $9 million donated to Bronson Health Foundation will improve cancer care in the region
With more than $9 million donated, now, a community-wide public initiative is underway to support meaningful and equitable programs and services for patients undergoing cancer care at Bronson.
CARES Act dollars support Michigan children’s mental health through state’s Education Equity Fund
328 Michigan public school districts and charter schools have received dollars from the new state fund to support students' mental health and bridge the digital divide.
Saginaw health workers among first to try new tech that creates personalized diets for diabetics
Over the past year at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, employees living with Type 2 diabetes have participated in a pilot program that develops personalized diets for them based on the unique population of microbes found in their digestive systems.
Mental health millages meet crucial needs in four Michigan counties
When state budget cuts gutted community mental health budgets in 2014 and 2015, voters in Ottawa, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Washtenaw counties all approved millages that have significantly expanded mental health services.
Battle Creek NAACP session with experts offers info for those leery of COVID-19 vaccination
Given the history of abuse by the health care system in the United States, there are understandable reasons for People of Color to be cautious about the COVID-19 vaccination. Battle Creek leaders hope with more information that suspicion can turn around.
The COVID vaccines: Kalamazoo’s medical community answers all your questions
When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, "I recommend it to all my loved ones. So I recommend it to you," says Dr. Martinson Arnan said of the first and second shots produced by Pfizer.
Michigan health care professionals work to assuage skepticism as they roll out COVID-19 vaccines
Health care professionals across Michigan are doing their best to respond to Michiganders' concerns and deliver the vaccine to as many residents as possible.
