Caregiver Support Groups Provide Comfort
Couple find support groups offer perspective, empathy to caregivers and patients. Featured photo by Sean Cook When Mary Sue Schottenfels’ husband Ken Knoppow was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010,...
View ArticleAndrew Grossman Now Eats to Live
Andrew Grossman from Southfield overcame major health and lifestyle challenges when he underwent bariatric surgery. Featured Photo Courtesy of Tony Simler Before Andrew Grossman, 45, of Southfield...
View ArticleChoosing an Effective Surrogate Decision Maker
Making decisions in an ICU situation can be difficult, but Susan P. Shapiro, Ph.D. explains how to choose the most qualified surrogate decision maker. Featured photo via iStock. The average age of an...
View ArticleSisters Receive Uncle’s Long-Lost Diary from WWII
Thanks to researcher David Huntley, local sisters receive heroic uncle’s diary who perished in World War II. Photography by Glenn Triest Sisters Janice Morgan of Birmingham and Andrea Kempner Blake of...
View ArticleSorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
The High Holidays afford time for self-reflection, forgiveness and improved relations with others, but often people struggle with saying “sorry”. The Jewish High Holidays and particularly Yom Kippur...
View ArticleThe Blum Legacy
Three generations of pediatricians in the Blum family share a passion for treating young patients. Photography by Rudy Thomas Pediatrician George Blum, M.D., of Bloomfield Township began practicing...
View Article‘Those on the Front Lines of Cancer’ to Air on PBS
Survivors, educators, doctors help local producer/director Keith Famie produce an eye-opening documentary about cancer. Photos courtesy of Visionalist Entertainment Productions Almost 2 million people...
View ArticleSusan Adelman Makes Her Mark
From pediatric surgeon to author, Susan Adelman has pursued her many passions to reach her goal of making the world better. Photography by Sacred Overstreet-Amos When Susan Hershberg Adelman was...
View ArticleMichigan Institute of Urology Expands
The Michigan Institute of Urology expands offices in West Bloomfield to enhance patient services. Photos courtesy of Michigan Institute of Urology Michigan Institute of Urology (MIU) prides itself on...
View ArticleMassage Therapy Boosts Mental and Physical Health
Massage therapy can promote healing, alleviate pain and increase flexibility, movement while also improving patients mental well-being. Featured photo by Derrick Martinez Say the word “massage” and it...
View ArticleCancer Survivor Sasha Bialock Embraces Life
Sasha Bialock doesn't let ovarian cancer stop her from staying active and embracing life.
View ArticleBrenda Rosenberg: Living a Miracle
Brenda Rosenberg of Bloomfield Hills shares the alternative methods that sped up her recovery from a debilitating stroke.
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know Before Going to the Hospital During COVID-19 Outbreak
Visitor restrictions are widespread across Michigan healthcare facilities.
View ArticleMIU Men’s Health June Fundraisers Go Virtual to Support Fall Health Screening...
Dr. Michael Lutz is urging people to participate in upcoming virtual events that will benefit the Men’s Health Event scheduled for September at Ford Field News of COVID-19 has dominated headlines for...
View ArticleNew Technique to Study Nature of Cells
Discovery has implications for understanding cancer cells, may eventually work as a diagnostic and treatment tool. Bryan Smith, Ph.D., an associate professor of biomedical engineering within the...
View ArticleWith Stay at Home Restrictions Lifting, Three Therapists Advise on ‘Coping’...
With some COVID-19 restrictions lifted, some people continue to cope with great anxiety and fear about going out into a world where the coronavirus still poses a threat. Michigan has gone from being a...
View ArticleIsraeli Imaging Company Teams with Sheba Medical Center to Develop...
The testing devices are expected to be in healthcare organizations by the end of the year. More than six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of...
View ArticleJewish Surgical Oncologist Fulfills His Dream of Aliyah, Securing New Job
Dr. Jake Shachar Laks has joined the surgical staff of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, a hospital ranked ninth-best in the world by Newsweek magazine. Jake Shachar Laks, 41, has spent his...
View ArticleCouple Will Once Again Participate in This Year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s Event
Sue and Eli Cooper, members of Temple Israel, met on JDate and married in 2007. Sue, who had a longtime career in radio, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2013 at age 53. Talking to Eli...
View ArticleNew Hope for Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
Psychiatrist pens book that suggests ADHD medications. Many people pre-coronavirus pandemic were used to going at a nonstop pace, bustling to and from work and/or school, getting involved in religious...
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