At 98 years young, Dorothy underwent a heart valve replacement yesterday—and today, she walked out of Borgess Heart Institute, stronger than ever!
A true testament to resilience, expert care, and the power of modern medicine. Honored to have played a small part in her journey.
Dr. Nic Helmstetter ’10, a K alumnus, is the associate program director for Street Medicine Kalamazoo, an effort he joined through @wmumedicine in 2021. Through it, he has taken great pride in establishing a model of care for the unhoused and unsheltered. https://t.co/VjrIt4azSd
Here is a better way to assess #H5N1 human health risk across different populations and scenarios from @BSPH_CHS at https://t.co/2tfljwRphd. Click or zoom in below. #preparedness#PublicHealth
The potential for a pandemic is low until it is not. Individual risk of exposure to #H5N1 can be low even as more animal and human infections occur - the latter of which increases probability of the emergence of a novel virus with increased clinical severity or transmissibility.
@Toyota, stop coating your wiring with soy. Or put something else unappetizing/safe with it. For years, I parked my old car in the same spot as your HEV Grand Highlander I bought and never had rodent damage. Then BOOM. I’m sure @Allstate is pumped to keep covering these claims.
Congratulations to Eric Edewaard, MD, a #WMed alumnus and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, who was recently selected as the recipient of the 2024 Dr. Jan Rival Early Career Physician Award by @MIChapterACP#WMed2018
Mark your calendars for the 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting of the MI-ACP and SHM-MI, being held October 24-27, 2024 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center in Kalamazoo, MI.
More info will be uploaded soon! https://t.co/d2jWcG0opZ
Santhosh Koshy, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Medicine at #WMed and a board-certified interventional cardiologist, is leading a new Cardiology clinic at WMed Health. Read more at https://t.co/O7ckVLXJxS. #WMedHealth
KRATOM WARNING: The FDA says nearly 2 million Americans used the herbal supplement kratom in 2021 to treat pain, anxiety and opioid withdrawal. But the supplement is now being blamed for addiction, seizures and deaths.