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.
- New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB 2010.09.02 Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
- Look Good… Feel Better program hosted by Northern Michigan Regional Hospital 2010.08.23 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital will host the "Look Good ... Feel Better" program, a free program that teaches beauty techniques to cancer patients in active treatment to help them combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment.
- New law requires student vaccinations 2010.08.18 All Michigan students entering the sixth grade this fall are now required to receive immunizations before they will be allowed to attend school.
- Report: Cancer is the world's costliest disease 2010.08.17 Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.
- Northern Michigan Regional Hospital recognized as top connected hospital 2010.08.12 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital was recently recognized for being one of the top connected hospitals in the nation.
- New gel could speed wound healing 2010.08.12 For three years, Connie McPherson had debilitating leg ulcers that were so painful she sometimes couldn't sleep. Despite repeated surgery, antibiotics, steroids and other treatments, nothing helped.
- WHO declares swine flu pandemic finally over 2010.08.11 The World Health Organization acknowledged Tuesday that the swine flu pandemic is finally over, long after many national authorities started canceling vaccine orders and shutting down telephone hot lines as the disease ebbed from the headlines.
- Charlevoix Area Hospital Wellness Wednesday Aug. 4 2010.07.29 Charlevoix Area Hospital’s next “Wellness Wednesday” will be from 8 -11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4.
- AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection 2010.07.19 For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help
- Microneedles may make getting flu shots easier 2010.07.18 At least that's the hope of researchers developing a new method of vaccine delivery that people could even use at home: a patch with microneedles.
- Joey Haderer: A force behind art in healing at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital 2010.07.14 Joey Haderer is a force behind art in healing at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey. She said there’s a difference between art therapy and art in healing. With art therapy, art is used to diagnose and then treat. Interpretation of created wor
- Closing in on genes that help people live to 100 2010.07.02 The oldest among us seem to have chosen their parents well. Researchers closing in on the impact of family versus lifestyle find most people who live to 100 or older share some helpful genes.
- NMRH joins in health information exchange program 2010.07.02 Northern Michigan Regional Hospital is one of five hospital systems that will work together to advance the delivery of patient-focused health care across Michigan.
- Study: No link between cell phone towers, cancer 2010.06.22 Children who live close to a mobile phone tower don’t appear to be at any higher risk of cancer than those who don’t live in the neighborhood, a new study says.
- Newly formed Michigan nursing education council 2010.06.22 A newly formed Michigan nursing education council will work to more effectively train new nurses in order to deal with a looming nursing shortage across the state and here in Northern Michigan.
- AP sources: Obama revealing health law details 2010.06.22 President Barack Obama is revealing details of how the government will enforce the health overhaul law, an announcement expected to focus on how insurance companies must treat consumers.
- Wellness Wednesday June 2 at Charlevoix Area Hospital 2010.05.27 Charlevoix Area Hospital’s next “Wellness Wednesday” will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2 in the hospital’s Solarium.
- Petoskey Community Free Clinic relocating 2010.05.11 Petoskey’s Community Free Clinic will soon have a new look and location, but will still offer patients the same care. Since 1998, the clinic has given thousands of patients who don’t have health insurance, access to health care and the medications they ne
- NMRH working to improve patient safety through hygiene 2010.05.06 On Wednesday, the medical staff at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey joined more than 8,000 health care facilities around the world in an effort to improve hand hygiene and patient care.
- West Branch hospital to close OB unit July 1 2010.04.29 A mid-Michigan hospital will close its obstetrics unit as part of a $1.2 million budget reduction.
- Otsego Memorial Hospital launches new patient centered Web site 2010.04.02 On April 1 Otsego Memorial Hospital (OMH) launched a new website: www.myOMH.org, redesigned to provide the highest level of information to patients and community members. The new site was built with the patient in mind, and includes a page for each clinic
- Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow 2010.03.08 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 2010.02.22 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 2010.02.15 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 2010.02.12 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 2010.02.03 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 2010.01.20 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 2009.12.30 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 2009.12.22 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 2009.12.20 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 2009.12.14 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 2009.12.03 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 2009.11.18 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 2009.11.13 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 2009.11.13 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 2009.11.12 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 2009.10.30 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 2009.10.20 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 2009.10.07 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 2009.09.22 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.
- US Patients Going Straight To Emergency Department, Bypassing Personal Physicians Every wondered why emergency departments in the USA are so crowded? The answer seems to be in people's changing behaviors over the last few years...
- Hospital Funding First Step Only To Rural Health Fix, Australia The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has welcomed the re-election of the Gillard Government, and has welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement that the next round of federal hospitals funding will be available for regional and rural hospitals...
- RSPH Announces New Qualifications In Pest Management, UK Following extensive consultation with the pest control industry, RSPH is pleased to announce that the following qualifications have received their accreditation from Ofqual, the regulatory body for qualifications, and can now be offered by approved centres: Level 2 Award in Pest Management Level 2 Certificate in Pest Management Level 3 Diploma in Pest Management The RSPH ha...
- New Training Accreditation For The Third Sector From Royal Society Of Public Health, UK A new accreditation programme is launched, by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), which is designed specifically for smaller enterprises in the Third Sector which offer training to their staff, supporters or the general public...
- Many Hospital Emergency Department Visits Could Be Treated Elsewhere, Study Finds About 17 percent of all visits to hospital emergency departments across the United States could be treated at retail medical clinics or urgent care centers, potentially saving $4.4 billion annually in health care costs, according to a new RAND Corporation study...
- 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.