No Secrets

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

By Scott Martelle

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.

By Susan Howes

Upbeat View

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

By Nancy Nall Derringer

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.

By Rebecca Powers

Extra Care

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

By Nancy Nall Derringer

Spare Parts

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

By George Bulanda

Top Docs List 2008

Last April, approximately 16,000 surveys were mailed to M.D.s and D.O.s in five counties (using addresses provided by the State of Michigan). Recipients were asked to nominate colleagues they...

Top Docs List 2007

Every October, Hour Detroit offers a dose of healthy advice in the form of an annual survey of health-care professionals.