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Wellness Goals

Wellness Goals

Whether he’s treating the Detroit Lions or weekend warriors, orthopedist Kyle Anderson works to get athletes back in the game.

October 2009
Making Headway

Making Headway

A Herculean battle to lose weight. A chronically low energy level. A glacial metabolism. What was wrong? a struggle in itself.

October 2009
Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

Kidney failure will shock you into taking good care of yourself. Still, the pain from attendant gout is excruciating, making walking a chore. But a dose of humor — and a very restricted diet — are steps toward progress.

October 2009
Giving Back

Giving Back

Her life was changed profoundly by a brain tumor, but now Sandy Pedersen works tirelessly for the Hermelin Center’s Shoot for a Cure.

October 2009
No Secrets

No Secrets

For years, bipolar disorder was stigmatized. But Wally Prechter, who lost her husband to it, is shedding light on the illness.

October 2008
Whole in One

Whole in One

Holistic medicine stresses treating the entire person — mind, body, and soul. We talk with a doctor who practices this oft-misunderstood type of alternative medicine.

October 2008
Helping Hand

Helping Hand

Philanthropists, many of them with personal attachments to hospitals, lend their names to wings and centers, but their giving spirit goes beyond bricks and mortar.

October 2008
Upbeat View

Upbeat View

Heart disease is still a big killer, but doctors are pumped up about the advances made in preventing and treating it.

October 2008
Extra Care

Extra Care

‘Concierge’ medicine gives patients the royal treatment. Still, the service has its price — and its critics.

October 2008
Spare Parts

Spare Parts

Let’s get physical. Sure, our bodies are miraculous things, but do we really need an appendix or tonsils?

October 2008

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