BROWSING:  Health

Genesee Community Health Center Center City 422 W. Fourth Ave. Flint, MI 48503 810.496.5777 Hamilton Community Health Network Dental North Clinic 5399 N. Saginaw St. Flint, MI 48505 810.406.4246 Planned Parenthood Flint Health Center G-3371 Beecher Rd. Flint, MI 48532 810.238.3631 Genesee Community Health Center Atherton East 3109 Kleinpel St. Flint, MI 48507 810.422.5834 Hamilton

“In my youth, I had no idea what I was going to be,” Dr. Marc Silver says. He spent most of his formative years in Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan with no plans to pursue medicine. Eventually, he came to the conclusion that not only did he want to go into medicine, he

“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid

FLINT, MI – Hurley Medical Center Auxiliary members celebrated the organization’s 61st birthday at a luncheon on February 21, at Bethel United Methodist Church. During 2017, the group’s 140 members donated 30,000 hours of volunteer work in 19 separate services. A check for $100,000 was presented to Hurley President and CEO, Melany Gauvlic, representing the

It’s happened to all of us: we become hoarse and “lose our voice.” For me, it’s usually during college football season – funny thing is, it happens to me whether my Wolverines win or lose; I still manage to find a reason to yell (too much) while watching them play! There are various reasons why

One thing is for sure: volunteers at Heart to Heart Hospice have big hearts. Located in Swartz Creek, Heart to Heart Hospice provides compassionate, quality care and supportive services for people with life-limiting illnesses and their loved ones. “We strive to enhance the lives of our patients by aggressively managing their pain and symptoms, helping

FLINT, MI – Mott Community College (MCC) Dental Hygiene Clinic has partnered with the Valley Area Agency for the Aging (VAAA) to provide free dental cleanings and check-ups for area senior citizens as part of the 226 DDF Brighter Futures Community Grant through the Delta Dental Foundation. The Delta Dental Foundation is focused on ensuring

In addition to having her own dental practice, Flint native Dr. Traci Dantzler is the president of the Genesee District Dental Society and a Michigan Dental Association spokesperson for the Flint water crisis. Though her career goal growing up was to be a cardiologist, Dr. Dantzler was inspired by her family to be a healer,

On March 9, 2017, kids and parents will gather for a free family dinner where they will have the chance to learn more about healthy eating. The event will run from 4:15pm to 6:30pm at Cummings Elementary School at 2200 Walton Ave. in Flint. Families of Great Expectations Early Childhood Program at Cummings, which is

Dear Readers, Mother Nature provided us with a beautiful (and cold!) beginning to 2017, and we’re happy to start off the year with another informative and engaging issue of Wellness. Gracing our cover this month is Dr. Richard Warmbold, who recently retired from his position as president of the Hurley Foundation after 25 years. I’m

Sara Shreve, owner of Sirona Health & Wellness (formerly The Birth House) in Burton, believes that when it comes to giving birth, women know their own bodies. She shares that philosophy at her business, a holistic birth and wellness center. On staff are a midwife, assistant midwife, doula, childbirth educators, massage therapists, yoga instructors and

Wallace Dupuis has been a blood donor since 1967. And last December, at the Knights of Columbus blood drive he sponsored in Swartz Creek, he reached a milestone for donation: 23 gallons of blood! “I try to give blood five times a year, but it doesn’t always happen,” he says, adding that a donor has