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The Connection Between Diabetes and Brain Health
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Is Too Much Noise Harmful to Your Health?
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Avalon Healing Center’s New Advanced Practice Provider Fills Need to Conduct Crucial Follow-Up Appointments with Survivors of Sexual Assault
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Why Do I Sweat While Sleeping?
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What to Know About Your Family’s Health History
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What to Know About Male Breast Cancer
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How to Understand Your Mammogram Report
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Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopause Treatment
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Understanding the Different Types of Breast Cancer
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How to Avoid Common Triggers of Psoriasis
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What To Know About Heart Health and Yard Work
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COVID-19 Season 2024-2025: What You Need to Know
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What to Know About Breast Density and Mammograms
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Osteoporosis vs. Osteopenia: Knowing the Difference
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What is the Correct Order of Steps for Handwashing?
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First Step’s Improved Crisis Helpline Helps Pave the Way for Organization’s Much-Needed Second Domestic and Sexual Assault Shelter in Detroit
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What To Know About Products for Sensitive Skin
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‘Breaking the Cycle:’ Four Upper Peninsula Organizations Use Grant Funds to Help Their Communities Recover from Substance Use Disorder
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Davisburg Mom’s Fearless Transparency After Losing Son to Suicide Inspires Families to Discuss Teenage Mental Health
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Free COVID-19 Tests Now Available for Free Home Delivery 
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Is Dementia Hereditary?
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Breast Cancer Prevention: Steps to Take Today
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The Difference Between Chronic and Acute Pain
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Natural Ways to Deal with Chronic Pain
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What is Macular Degeneration?
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What are Risk Factors for Falling As You Age?
Dr. James Grant
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5 Questions I’d Never Leave My Annual Preventive Visit Without Asking
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Suicide is a Leading Cause of Death for Michiganders: Here’s How Everyone Can Spread Awareness
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Doctor, I’m Concerned About Alzheimer’s Disease, What Can You Tell Me?
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How Contagious is the Flu?
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Is there a Connection Between Sickle Cell Disease and Leukemia?
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Can Shingles Increase Dementia Risk?
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What is Acute Chest Syndrome?
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What to Look for in a Blood Panel
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Do I Have a Ragweed Allergy?
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When is Flu Season?
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The Risks of Swimming and Showering with Contacts
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When Should I See a Doctor for My Allergies? 
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What to Know About the New COVID-19 Booster Shots
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Coffective Expands Warm Referral Network, Provides Crucial Maternal Support with Help from BCBSM Foundation
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What to Know About Heavy Metals Found in Tampons
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Measles Cases on the Rise Underscore Importance of Getting the Measles Vaccine
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Cataract Surgery: When Is It Time to Have it and How Quick is Recovery? 
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What to Look for in Clothes That Protect Against the Sun
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Mineral vs. Chemical Sunscreen
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Which Vaccines Students Should Receive Before Returning to School
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What are Micro Breaks?  
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What to Know About Lyme Disease and Tick-Born Illnesses
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Aging with Optimism: The Benefits of Positivity and Aging
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What is Diabetes? Everything You Need to Know
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7 Health Hazards to Protect Against This Summer
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BCBSM Foundation Helps Lighthouse Hire Full-Time Counselor to Address ‘Hidden Population’ of Oakland County Runaway Youth, Youth Experiencing Homelessness
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What is Cardiac Arrest?
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Can I Have Too Much Iron? Understanding Hemochromatosis
Group of female friends enjoying a summer day swimming at the lake.
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Avoid Swimmer’s Itch This Summer in Michigan Lakes
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Are Generic Medications Effective?
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5 Amazing Facts About the Brain You Probably Don’t Know
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How an Active Social Life Can Help You Live Longer
Reducing opioids
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How to Prevent Opioid Misuse? Prescribe Fewer Pills After Surgery
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Chronic Skin Conditions in the Summer: Tips for Managing Through the Heat
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Can Bacteria in Your Reusable Water Bottle Make You Sick?
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‘It’s a Life Changing Event:’ Mission of Mercy Mobile Dental Clinic Provides Free Dental Services to the Underserved and Uninsured
Mature woman with headache at home
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Migraines vs. Headaches: Know the Difference
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
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What Causes Tension Headaches?
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What to Do if You Feel Rushed at the Doctor’s Office
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The Importance of Taking Psychiatric Medications as Prescribed
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What To Know About the Bird Flu in Michigan
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Birmingham Man Spreads Men’s Health Month Message of Hope After Overcoming Two Bouts of Stage IV Cancer 30 Years Apart
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5 Healthy Habits to Start During Men’s Health Month
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Port Huron Odyssey House Expands Substance Use Treatment Services for Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Help from the BCBSM Foundation
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5 Health Numbers Every Woman Should Know
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What is Lupus?
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Age Happens: Here’s What You Can Start Doing Today to Improve Your Health for the Future
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How to Help Aging Parents Deal With Chronic Diseases
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How to Prepare for Allergy Season
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Women’s Health: The Doctors and Specialists Who Keep You Healthy
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BCBSM Foundation awards $116,000 to Michigan Organizations Promoting Child Wellbeing and Preventing Abuse and Neglect Before it Happens
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Can Stress Cause Problems with My Gut?
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How to Safely Watch the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse 
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April is an Opportunity to Become More Educated and Aware of Minority Health Month
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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Chronic Kidney Disease Signs, Symptoms, Risk Factors and Tests
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Syphilis Cases in Michigan Are Surging. Here’s Why.
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The 3 Main Types of Colon Cancer Screenings Explained
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When and Why You Should Get a Colonoscopy
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Understanding Medical Tests for Kidney Disease
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Risk of Colorectal Cancer is Higher in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
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Rochester Hills Cancer Survivor Discovers the Importance of Family Health History Knowledge
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Diet Changes to Make to Reduce Your Colorectal Cancer Risk
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Best Practices for Measuring Blood Pressure at Home
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Health Screenings You Need in Your 60s 
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How to Prepare for an Echocardiogram
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Addressing Social Media Myths About High Cortisol in Women
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Best Steps for Preventing Heart Disease
Dentist checking a patient
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5 Important Questions to Ask Your Dentist
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Dental Sepsis: The Danger of Letting Toothaches Go Untreated
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Health Screenings You Need in Your 50s
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‘It’s My Duty’: How Doctors are Working to Reduce Health Disparities Among Black Patients 
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‘She Has Taught Me So Much:’ Michigan Mom Embraces Challenges of Parenting a Child Born with Severe Congenital Heart Defect
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