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Can You Develop Allergies as an Adult?
Woman with allergic reaction looking herself in the mirror.
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How Summer Weather Affects Chronic Health Conditions
Image of a couple stressing over bills.
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Five Surprising Ways Stress Affects the Body
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Tips for Getting Stress and Anxiety Under Control
Woman vapes at home while sitting on the couch
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Breaking Stress Induced Habits
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‘Go Get Tested:’ Michigan Pageant Winner Uses Platform to Spread Sleep Apnea Awareness
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Signs of Endometriosis: How to Talk to Your Doctor
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What is Fragile X Syndrome?
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The Difference Between Snoring and Sleep Apnea
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Union, Michigan Woman Details Her Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis at Age 28
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What is an Intellectual Disability?
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Knowing the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Dementia
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HPV’s Connection to Throat Cancer in Men
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When and Why You Should Get a Colonoscopy
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Kalamazoo Woman Perseveres Through Two Heart Attacks Caused by Uncommon Heart Condition
Sick woman blowing her nose.
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Is it a Cold or Seasonal Allergies? How to Tell the Difference
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Maternal Health: Heart Conditions During Pregnancy 
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How to Check Your Blood Pressure at Home
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What Doctors Want You to Know About Heart Health Screening Tests  
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Sickle Cell Disease and its Disproportionate Effect on African Americans in the U.S.
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The Link Between High Blood Pressure and Severe COVID
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Discovering and Treating Food Allergies
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Rates of Heart Disease on the Rise in West Michigan
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Vaping and Heart Health: How E-Cigarettes Affect Heart Rate, Blood Pressure 
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How Oxytocin, the ‘Love Hormone,’ Can Help Your Heart
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‘It Was Not My Time to Go:’ Good Samaritans Resuscitate Grand Rapids Woman Suffering from Cardiac Arrest in Airport
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Blue Cross Data Helps Researchers Learn How Cannabis Use Affects Bypass Surgery Patients
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Osteoporosis Screening: What You Need to Know
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Diabetes Screening: What You Need to Know
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Cervical Cancer Screening: What You Need to Know
Donna Allgaier-Lamberti of Holland poses for a photograph with her granddaughter.
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Holland Woman with Hashimoto’s Disease Discusses Battle with ‘Invisible Condition’
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What to Know About HPV’s Link to Cervical Cancer 
A newborn baby has his heart listened to by a doctor with a stethoscope in a bright, clean hospital room.
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What to Know about Congenital Heart Defects in Infants
An active Asian man exercising at home uses a fitness tracker app on a smartwatch to monitor training progress and measure pulse.
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What's a Normal Resting Heart Rate?
Older woman enjoying the snow.
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Winter Health Risks Seniors Need to Be Aware Of
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Cholesterol Screening: What You Need to Know
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How Winter Affects the Body
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How to Avoid Bad Medication and Food Combinations
Hypertension vs. Hypotension
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Hypertension vs. Hypotension: The Highs and Lows of Blood Pressure
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How Cold Weather Affects the Skin
Senior woman having headache and sinusitis, sitting in her living room
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Sleeping Better with Allergies and Sinusitis
Mom and daughter taking a winter walk together.
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Tips for Tackling Holiday Stress
Young female cancer patient meets with doctor
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Top 5 Myths About Cancer
Children in the cold wearing masks
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Why Viruses Love the Cold
Woman massaging her arthritic hand and wrist.
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4 Health Conditions Made Worse by Cold Weather and How to Cope
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Family Health History: The Questions You Should Be Asking Your Loved Ones
A person with diabetes struggles with sore feet.
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How Diabetes Affects Your Feet
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Why Your Bladder Keeps You Up at Night
An older man testing his blood sugar
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Prediabetes 101: What You Should Know
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Childhood Cancer Survivor Helps Others Through Make-A-Wish 
Amanda Crowell Itliong has lived with ovarian cancer for close to 14 years, but you wouldn't know it judging by her remarkable attitude.
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‘I Feel So Lucky:’ Rochester Hills Woman With Terminal Ovarian Cancer Dedicates Life to Advocacy
Woman blowing her nose
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The Difference Between COVID-19 and the Flu
Doctor talking with a patient about their mental health diagnosis
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How Does a Depression Screening Work?
By mid-October, adults will be able to purchase hearing aids over the counter without a prescription. Here's everything you need to know.
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Over the Counter Hearing Aids Promise to Expand Access 
Psoriasis most commonly affects the knees, elbows, trunk, and scalp, but between 45 and 56% of people living with psoriasis have scalp psoriasis, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation.  
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What is Psoriasis of the Scalp and How is it Treated?
Peaceful Woman Asleep In Bed As Day Break Through Curtains
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How the Shift in Daylight Hours Affects Sleep
Michael Love is healthier than he's been in years after two double lung transplants. Now he educates others and spreads organ donation awareness.
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“I Had Another Chance:” Michigan Transplant Recipient Spreads Minority Donor Awareness 
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5 Facts You Need to Know About Monkeypox
Stress is a signal that warns you of sudden or imminent danger. When it comes to life or death situations, it is crucial to our survival. But stress shouldn’t be a chronic condition.
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Defining Stress: The Good, The Bad, The Unhealthy
Native American man
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Mental Health Disparities by Race
Group B Strep most often occurs in infants, older adults, and people with serious medical conditions. It's important to know the risks.
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Group B Strep: Who is at Risk?  
Man in a wheelchair with a mask and face shield receives a medical infusion treatment as he waits for an organ donor
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The Importance of Diverse Organ Donors
A middle aged construction worker sweating outside with high blood pressure takes a drink of water to cool down in the summer heat and humidity
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Humidity and High Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know
A mother stands with her daughter, visiting senior parents but observing social distancing with a glass door between them. The granddaughter puts her hand up to the glass, the grandfather and grandmother doing the same. A small connection in a time of separation during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Pandemic Isolation Worsened Alzheimer’s and Dementia for Many
Middle-aged woman visiting the doctor
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Cancer Screenings 101: What You Need at Every Age
Smiling woman in a pink shirt.
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Breast Cancer Prevention: Steps to Take Today
Stressed woman with hands in front of face.
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The Connection Between Emotional Health and the Heart
Two girls watching something on a laptop
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Rise in Screen Time: How to Protect Your Family’s Vision
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Understanding the Thyroid and Associated Health Conditions 
Young woman getting a flu shot
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How the Flu Shot Works to Protect You
Man holding glasses
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Encourage Vision Well-Being
Woman checking her blood sugar
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Help Your Employees Prevent and Better Manage Diabetes 
Man diagnosed with COVID-19
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No-Cost COVID-19 Treatment Extended Through March 2021
Family keeping distance while visiting
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Navigating Personal Boundaries With Family During the Pandemic
Older woman speaking and consulting with the doctor about her concerns
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Lowering the Risk of Diabetes
Woman exercising at home
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Getting Your Exercise Back on Track: ‘Fitness over 40’
Young woman taking a pill
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Why It’s So Important to Finish and Dispose of Your Antibiotics Properly
Woman checking her blood glucose monitor
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Diabetes and COVID-19: What You Should Know
Dentist cleaning teeth
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Understanding Cracked Teeth
Man using an e-cigarette
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Understanding the Risks of Vaping
Couple applying for health insurance
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Open Enrollment Goes Virtual
Woman walking with weights
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What You Can Do to Help Prevent Chronic Conditions  
Man getting a COVID-19 test
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Blue Cross Coverage of COVID-19 Testing: What to Know  
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Your Responsibility if Exposed to COVID-19
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Ways to Keep Track of Your Prescriptions
Stressed woman
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Navigating New Anxiety Amid COVID-19
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MIBluesPerspectives Fall 2020 COVID-19 Toolkit
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Top 5 Myths About HIV
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Vaping at Work
Man meeting with doctor
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Empowering Patients in Their Cancer Treatment: Michigan’s MUSIC Collaborative
Smiling woman listening to dental doctor. Female dentist is discussing with patient. They are in clinic.
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The Connection Between Oral Health and Overall Health
Photo of Elderly lady is enduring strong ache while sitting on the sofa during the day. Senior Woman At Home Suffering With Arthritis. Upset stressed mature middle-aged woman feeling pain ache.
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Living with Chronic Pain
Young woman working on her laptop
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MIBluesPerspectives Mental Health Toolkit
Doctor treating opioid overdose
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Rise in Overdose Deaths During the Pandemic
Woman sitting on the floor with her head in her hand
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Understanding the Link Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Suicide
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Approaching Behavioral Health Holistically
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Report: The Impact of Caregiving on Mental and Physical Health
Person holding their hands in pain
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Top 5 Myths About Arthritis
Woman in a mask looks out the window
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Effects of Pandemic Isolation on Mental Health
Mature man receiving a vaccine from his doctor
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Vaccinations 101: Everything You Need to Know
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