Healthy Living

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), more than 10% of the population has diabetes, and each year, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with this chronic disease. While the statistics are alarming, there's a lot someone with diabetes can do to live a healthier, longer life.

Whether you've just been diagnosed, are at high risk for complications or need a refresher on how to control your blood sugar, Holland Hospital can help you manage your diabetes‚ instead of letting it manage you.

Looking for the right prescription to help you achieve your best health? An appointment with a lifestyle medicine physician can help guide and motivate you to reverse chronic disease, reach your health goals and live your best life.

Lifestyle medicine focuses on six areas or pillars:

Because we’ve all been staying home more, stress, a lack of routine and constant access to snacks have created a perfect storm for weight gain. But knowing it’s a perfect storm is the first step in weight maintenance. Now you can make a plan.

To address stress, make sure you’re practicing some form of mindfulness and getting some exercise every day.

Working up a sweat, as you may already know, works for your heart. But according to a recent study, regular physical exercise—and the more activity the better—may play an even bigger role than previously thought when it comes to safeguarding your cardiovascular health.

The official first day of fall is just around the corner, and with the COVID-19 pandemic still very much a reality, getting your flu shot might be more important than ever.

According to the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services and the CDC, fewer children in the state are currently up to date on their routine vaccinations. The reason for this shortfall? Safety fears related to COVID-19.

Keep your kids active and injury-free during National Youth Sports Week Jul 20 to Jul 26 and throughout the rest of summer. The benefits of youth sports and exercise outweigh the risk of injury. Physical activity in kids helps to reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes, improve social skills, and increase team-building skills.

A year ago, most of us wouldn’t have understood phrases like social distancing and flatten the curve, and the idea of wearing cloth masks in public or not being able to even go out in public would have seemed silly. Flash forward to early 2020, and poof—everything changed.

While COVID-19 has given rise to new challenges and uncertainties, the pandemic has also yielded some valuable lessons. Still searching for that silver lining? Here are six takeaways to consider:

In our rapidly advancing world, robotics play an important – if often unseen – role in our everyday lives including the field of medicine, assisting with surgical procedures ranging from prostate removals to knee replacements.

While you may not give much thought to the health of your bones, you should. That’s because 1 in 2 women and up to 1 in 4 men over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.

Known as the “silent disease,” osteoporosis occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. This causes bones to become weak and more brittle, and many people do not know they have osteoporosis until they break a bone. Osteopenia, which may increase the risk for developing osteoporosis, refers to having low bone density when compared to others of the same age.