Rick SNYDER“The underlying key to success...is to change our culture.”
Barack OBAMA“The nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it - we need Michigan...”
Dr. Paul Donohue: Patient cannot tolerate sleep apnea mask »
Dear Dr. Donohue: On my own, I went to a sleep clinic to be assessed for sleep apnea. After two nights there, I was told I need a CPAP machine. They decided I needed a full-face mask because I am a mouth-breather. After the first night, I knew I could …
Henry Ford Health System opens center in Bloomfield Hills »
Henry Ford Health System is opening its 32nd medical center Monday at a site in Bloomfield Hills.
New program to improve poor’s access to medicine »
Detroit— Details of a new national program to improve how the uninsured receive prescription medication are expected to be released in Detroit.
Dr. Paul Donohue: Whooshing in ear could be serious, must be checked »
Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 72-year-old woman who had a scope exam of my stomach and esophagus done a few weeks ago. The next morning I woke and heard a loud whoosh-whoosh in my left ear.
Rules to spare kids smoky cars urged »
Chicago — Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.
Learn proper flu etiquette »
Don’t laugh but there is a socially proper way to have the flu. And Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of the doyen of proper etiquette, Emily Post, has put together the flu etiquette ground rules.
Big medical bills may add up to qualified tax breaks »
Taxpayers swamped by big medical bills in 2011 can get some relief when they file income tax forms this spring thanks to an overlooked deduction that is hard to reach in a typical year.
Paul Donohue: Coach’s emphasis on stretching stirs debate »
Dear Dr. Donohue: My basketball coach is gung-ho for stretching exercises. We spend at least 15 minutes of every practice doing all sorts of stretches. Some of us wonder what this is doing for us. Our coach claims that it keeps us from injuries. Does i…
Six-organ transplant saves girl, 9 »
Hollis, Maine — A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by …
Backlash hits cancer charity »
The nation's leading breast cancer advocacy organization Thursday confronted a widening backlash to its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood.
