Belly fat - that stuff linked diabetes, dementia, cancer and heart disease
We're looking ahead to the struggle that often comes with the holiday season and we're getting healthy for the holidays. If you don't like what the scale is saying maybe there's another number to focus on instead. We're talking about belly fat.
This new pill makes you feel fuller and want to eat less - a game changer for losing weight
In the struggle to lose weight, when it comes to taking prescription medication there's a new option on the market for people who only need to lose a few pounds. A new pill labeled Plenity may be the medication to bring those people relief.
Introducing Plenity, the medication that could make you lose weight
In the struggle to lose weight, when it comes to taking prescription medication there's a new option on the market for people who only need to lose a few pounds. A new pill labeled Plenity may be the medication to bring those people relief.
Thinking too much could cause you to die sooner
Thinking too much may be bad for your health according to a study that was recently published.
A new survey reports 45 percent of us get health advice online. That can have inspiring, and scary effects
According to a healthy Now survey from the Parade-Cleveland Clinic, 45 percent of us now get health advice from online sources. A doctor with the clinic said while that can serve as a real inspiration for many, there can also be a lot of false health claims on the Internet that could lead us astray.
More people are getting health advice from social media. Is that good or bad?
According to a healthy Now survey from the Parade-Cleveland Clinic, 45 percent of us now get health advice from online sources. A doctor with the clinic said while that can serve as a real inspiration for many, there can also be a lot of false health claims on the Internet that could lead us astray.
Following spiking trend of youth vaping rates, Oakland County officials teaming up to push back
Following reports of skyrocketing levels among teenagers who are now vaping, Oakland County health officials are teaming up with school superintendents and the Alliance for Healthy Communities to curb that rate. While the rates are disconcerting for officials, an increasingly troubling trend are the number of deaths connected to the practice. Oakland County Executive David Coulter said they're going to be providing more education and advocating for changes in public policy.
Oakland County health officials, school superintendents coalescing to tackling teen vaping
Following reports of skyrocketing levels among teenagers who are now vaping, Oakland County health officials are teaming up with school superintendents and the Alliance for Healthy Communities to curb that rate. While the rates are disconcerting for officials, an increasingly troubling trend are the number of deaths connected to the practice. Oakland County Executive David Coulter said they're going to be providing more education and advocating for changes in public policy.
Study: Adults at higher risk for depression after childhood bullying
You may know that bullying can lead to depression, but what's even more troubling is that those issues don't go away when the bullying stops.
Source of McLaren Macomb Hospital legionnaires disease still unknown
In the past month, seven people have been diagnosed with legionnaires after being treated at McLaren Macomb Hospital in Macomb County.
Childhood bullying can lead to adult depression
You may know that bullying can lead to depression, but what's even more troubling is that those issues don't go away when the bullying stops.
All the things you didn't know, but definitely should know, about mammograms
Do you know what it takes to find breast cancer early? It's the slightly aggressive x-ray called a mammogram that takes a picture of your breasts. And here are the three things you should know about mammograms: start doing it at age 40, get a 3D exam for dense breast tissue and most changes in one's breast does not signify cancer.
Here are the big three things one needs to know about mammograms
Do you know what it takes to find breast cancer early? It's the slightly aggressive x-ray called a mammogram that takes a picture of your breasts. And here are the three things you should know about mammograms: start doing it at age 40, get a 3D exam for dense breast tissue and most changes in one's breast does not signify cancer.
The Doctor Is In: Breast Cancer Screening
A Beaumont Health doctor who specializes in breast cancer screening talks about the importance of mammograms and when women should start getting them.
A Canton teacher got three opinions on possible breast cancer - the third may have saved her life
Lynn Walkuski felt a pulling under her right arm in 2016. She suspected it was breast cancer, knowing her family history with the disease. She got a first opinion and had a biopsy done. Then a second opinion and a surgeon said it was nothing. Then a third opinion, from doctor concerned the cancer was much more dangerous. She was right.
Free mammograms offered by UAW Ford for breast cancer awareness month
UAW Ford is doing its part for breast cancer awareness month offering free mammograms to uninsured and under-insured women.
Middle school teacher learns value in third opinion in her concerns over genetic breast cancer
Lynn Walkuski felt a pulling under her right arm in 2016. She suspected it was breast cancer, knowing her family history with the disease. She got a first opinion and had a biopsy done. Then a second opinion and a surgeon said it was nothing. Then a third opinion, from doctor concerned the cancer was much more dangerous. She was right.
UAW Ford offers free mammograms to uninsured, under-insured women
UAW Ford is doing its part for breast cancer awareness month offering free mammograms to uninsured and underinsured women.
The Doctor Is In: Getting a Second Opinion
The Director for the Breast Cancer Program at Henry Ford Cancer Institute answers questions from Fox 2's Facebook fans.
The Doctor Is In: Getting a Second Opinion
A local woman shares her breast cancer survival story that includes getting three doctors' opinions.