Category Archives: Health & Medicine
President Trump Signs Executive Order Aiming to Lower Drug Prices
Photo: Ryan Garza ~ USA TODAY NETWORKWASHINGTON D.C., May 13, 2025 ~ President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he says will lower drug prices by basing their cost on prices in other countr...
May 13, 2025 Photo: Ryan Garza ~ USA TODAY NETWORK
Detroit Non-Profit Helps Underserved Communities Get Eye Care
Photo: Leonard Hayhurst ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:April 20, 2025 ~ Eye Care For Detroit, Inc. is a non-profit corporation committed to improving the eye care outcomes of the homebound and underserved...
Apr 19, 2025
Eli Lilly Seeks FDA Approval for Revolutionary Weight Loss Pill
April 18, 2025, Indianapolis, IN - Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has announced its intention to seek FDA approval for a groundbreaking weight loss pill that promises to deliver results comparable to ...
Apr 18, 2025
DOGE Website Signals $394 Million in Cuts to Michigan Health Department
Photo: Eric Hartline ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:April 3, 2025 ~ The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website indicates that it will cut about $394 million in federal health grants to the Mic...
Apr 03, 2025
Health Officials Urge Vaccinations Following Michigan’s First Reported Measles Case this Year
Photo: Jay Janner ~ USA TODAY NETWORKOAKLAND COUNTY, MI, March 25, 2025 ~ With Michigan recently reporting its first measles case this year, state health officials are sharing tips and encouraging vac...
Mar 25, 2025
Study Shows Michigan Has 19,000 Hospital Job Vacancies
Photo: Mandi Wright ~ USA TODAY NETWORKMICHIGAN, Feb. 27, 2025 ~ While Michigan hospitals have worked to fill numerous vacancies, the state still has thousands of vacancies that need to be filled.A re...
Feb 27, 2025
New Study Suggests Obesity Drugs Could Curb Alcohol Cravings
Photo: Josh Morgan ~ USA TODAY NETWORKFeb. 13, 2025 ~ A new study suggests that weight-loss drugs like Ozempic can possibly help people manage alcohol addiction.The study, published on Feb. 12 in JAMA...
Feb 13, 2025
New Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital Admits First Patients
Photo: Courtesy of Henry Ford HealthPODCAST:Jan. 22, 2025 ~ Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital opened its doors in West Bloomfield, aiming to expand access to mental healthcare in southeast Michiga...
Jan 22, 2025
Michigan Bill Has Some Worried About Possible Hospital Bed Shrinkage
Photo: Michael Clevenge ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:Dec. 4, 2024 ~ Nursing staffing ratio bills making their way through the state legislature could lead to a reduction of more than 5,000 hospital beds...
Dec 04, 2024
Corewll Health Nurses Vote to Unionize with Teamsters
Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell ~ USA TODAY NETWORKPODCAST:Nov. 18, 2024 ~ Nurses at Corewell Health in Michigan overwhelmingly voted to unionize with the Teamsters union last week on Friday, following st...
Nov 18, 2024
SPOTLIGHT PODCAST
Dec. 12, 2025 ~ David Sowerby, the managing director and portfolio manager at Ancora Bloomfield Hills, joins Kevin Dietz to discuss how President Donald Trump and a divided board are to pick a new Fed chair.
Dec. 12, 2025 ~ U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (MI-13) joins Kevin Dietz to discuss the articles of impeachment against RFK and Pete Hegseth.
Dec. 12, 2025 ~ Dr. Tim Nash, senior vice president emeritus and director of the Northwood University Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, joins Chris Renwick and Jamie Edmonds to discuss the monthly trade deficit falling to its lowest in five years following the imposition of sweeping global tariffs.
