Community Health
Some health issues can affect everyone in a community. It is important to be informed on these topics so you can make positive decisions that affect your family and yourself. The environment, local healthcare trends, and information about local providers are some of the topics that will be covered here.
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- Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow 03.08.10 The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
- Health Department and Charlevoix Area Hospital co-sponsoring H1N1 vaccination clinic 02.22.10 Charlevoix Area Hospital and the Health Department of Northwest Michigan are co-sponsoring an H1N1 vaccination clinic at the hospital from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26.
- H1N1 clinics scheduled 02.15.10 The Health Department of Northwest Michigan has received a grant from Michigan Department of Community Health to continue providing H1N1 vaccination.
- Funding continues H1N1 vaccination initiative 02.12.10 The Health Department of Northwest Michigan has received a grant from Michigan Department of Community Health to continue providing H1N1 vaccination.
- Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable 02.03.10 About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
- FDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds 01.20.10 Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk.
- Swine flu not as catchy as other pandemic strains 12.30.09 How contagious is swine flu? Less than the novel viruses that have caused big world outbreaks in the past, new research suggests.
- Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency 12.22.09 Drugmaker MedImmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time, federal health officials announced Tuesday.
- Medical marijuana spurring Mich. cottage industry 12.20.09 Michigan voters' approval last year of a law permitting medical marijuana use in the state has created a fledging cottage industry of marijuana growers and a growing number of patients who want a share of their crop.
- Emergency Room and MHA Keystone: obstetrics 12.14.09 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital is now participating in two recently expanded statewide patient safety collaboratives focused on protecting mothers, newborns and emergency patients.
- Swine flu vaccine rules loosened, more change seen 12.03.09 Michigan health officials say they're loosening guidelines for who gets the swine flu vaccine and hope to make it available to the general public soon.
- Northern Michigan Regional Hospital earns stroke recognition 11.18.09 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital recently received three awards from the Michigan Department of Community Health at the Annual Stroke Conference held at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
- CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill 11.13.09 Swine flu shots remain in demand across the state with some clinics temporarily running out of the vaccine. Some schools, however, are balking at giving swine flu shots altogether.
- Appointments now available for H1N1 vaccinations at Health Department offices 11.13.09 H1N1 vaccinations will be available by appointment beginning Monday, Nov. 16, at health department locations in Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties.
- Duplicate of WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide 11.12.09 Northern Michigan Regional Health System and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids have agreed to explore a potential affiliation.
- H1N1 clinics set for first week of November 10.30.09 With a shortage of the H1N1 vaccine, the Health Department of Northwest Michigan is changing its distribution strategy.
- Poll: 7 of 10 MI voters don’t plan swine flu shot 10.20.09 A poll says seven of 10 Michigan voters aren’t planning to get the swine flu vaccine or are unsure.
- Web tool helps advise when flu needs a doctor 10.07.09 Wondering if swine flu’s bad enough to require a doctor’s attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use.
- Govt: 1 swine flu shot enough for older kids 09.22.09 Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection against swine flu — but younger kids almost certainly will need two.
- Health Department recommends breastfeeding and immunizations 08.12.09 Breastfeeding and immunizations are two of the best ways parents can help their babies stay healthy, according to public health nurses at the local health department.
- Congress can learn from Mass., Tenn. health plans 08.03.09 Congressional lawmakers can look north to Massachusetts and south to Tennessee for guidance as they craft a national plan to restrain costs and cover the nation’s estimated 50 million uninsured.
- FDA says Zicam nasal spray can cause loss of smell 06.17.09 Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said Tuesday.
- SimpleCare program offers alternatives to those without health insurance 06.16.09 Internal Medicine of Northern Michigan has taken a pro-active approach to affordable health care by joining the SimpleCare network, a program in which physicians cut out the middleman.
- Local organizations help those with diabetes 06.09.09 Several Michigan health organizations are offering free resources and assistance to persons with diabetes who are unemployed or without health insurance.
- Free skin cancer screenings 04.23.09 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital is hosting free skin cancer screenings.
- Northern Michigan Regional Hospital discontinues color coded wrist bands 04.23.09 As of June 1, Northern Michigan Regional Hospital will no longer use color-coded wristbands to alert staff to specific patient conditions.
- Study says uninsured are costly for all 04.23.09 The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.
- Duplicate of Organ Donation: Recipient Stories 04.23.09 Northern Michigan Regional Health System and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids have agreed to explore a potential affiliation.
- Gift of Life: Organ Donation 04.23.09 Three doctors at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital were honored recently for their efforts with patients and families in organ donation.
- Health Vein Viewer 04.23.09 Nurses don’t have X-ray vision. Actually, rewind that. Nurses didn’t used to have X-ray vision.
- Study paints picture of collegiate mental health 04.21.09 A pilot study released Monday by the Center for the Study of Collegiate Mental Health, at Penn State University, hopes to fill that void. Organizers call it a first-of-its kind effort by college counseling centers designed to get an up-to-date picture of
- Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured? 04.20.09 Diabetics who manage to turn things around, getting their blood sugar under control — either escaping the need for drugs or improving enough to quit taking them — are drawing keen interest from the medical community.
- Some schools say parents must decide 04.20.09 Swine flu shots remain in demand across the state with some clinics temporarily running out of the vaccine. Some schools, however, are balking at giving swine flu shots altogether.
- Boyne Area Free Clinic plans skin cancer screening 04.13.09 Boyne Area Free Clinic plans skin cancer screening
- Sun protection critical in prevention of melanoma 04.02.09 There was an 11.8 percent increase in melanoma cases diagnosed and/or treated at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital during the first nine months of 2008 compared to the entire year of 2007.
- Northern Michigan Regional Hospital explores relationship with Spectrum Health 03.27.09 Northern Michigan Regional Health System and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids have agreed to explore a potential affiliation.
- Head lice: Nits don’t discriminate 03.10.09 The key to combating the issue is diligence on the part of parents to check their children’s hair for the pesky critters, especially, and obviously, during the school year and busiest day-care times for families.
- Docs seek gag orders to stop patients’ reviews 03.04.09 The anonymous comment on the Web site RateMDs.com was unsparing: “Very unhelpful, arrogant,” it said of a doctor. “Did not listen and cut me off, seemed much too happy to have power (and abuse it!) over suffering people.”
- Q&A on computer network that warned of salmonella 02.09.09 U.S. health officials were first alerted to the current peanut-based salmonella outbreak through a government computer network called PulseNet. But the system relies on doctors testing patients and it takes interviews with patients to identify the food so
- First Thursday Health Screening Feb. 5 in Petoskey 01.30.09 The First Thursday Health Screening takes place from 8-10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Community Health Education Center, located across the parking lot from Northern Michigan Regional Hospital’s main entrance.
- Texas Earthquake Study Cites 'Plausible Cause' A study of seismic activity near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by researchers from Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin reveals that the operation of a saltwater injection disposal well in the area was a "plausible cause" for the series of small earthquakes that occurred in the area between Oct. 30, 2008, and May 16, 2009...
- Non-Profit Operations Plugging Health Care Gap In Chicago Medill Reports presents a story on community health centers in Chicago that try to fill access-to-care gaps for people too sick to get health care coverage or too poor to afford other care. "Community health centers ... are private, non-profit operations that fill a gap between for-profit health systems and free public health clinics...
- Comparative Research Lags Far Behind Approval-Driven Evaluations A new study has found that few drug evaluations compare treatments in ways that help doctors make better decisions, Reuters reports...
- Lifesaving Bills Filed In Florida Legislature To Guarantee Patient Safety Improvements National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida and National Nurses United today announce that the Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act of 2010 has been filed in the state legislature by authors Rep. Oscar Braynon and Sen. Tony Hill and will be known as HB 1283 and S 2316...
- Economic Models And Health State Utility Values Although health care decision making is reliant on quality of life measurements, there is currently very little research and limited guidance on the most appropriate techniques to apply these data in economic models used to inform policy decisions Researchers at the University of Sheffield explored the potential difference on policy decisions based on cost per QALY thresholds ...
- CDC Environmental Health 08.04.08 Environmental health topics at the CDC.
- Northern Michigan Regional Hospital 08.04.08 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey is the comprehensive regional provider of health services in northern Michigan.
- Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency 08.04.08 Health Department of Northwest Michigan has operated as the official health department serving the residents and vistors of Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties since 1930.
- MI Department of Community Health 08.04.08 Michigan community health information provided by the state government.