Beaumont Hospitals honored the achievements of seven physicians by presenting Outstanding Doctors Awards on July 26. “The physicians we honored with these awards truly exemplify a ‘Beaumont Doctor’,” says Ananias Diokno, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer of Beaumont Hospitals.... 

Are you an adult getting the elbow treatment in bed every night? If so, you may be among 44 percent of men and 28 percent of women who snore on a regular basis. The condition can be worsened temporarily by respiratory infections or allergies, but when it is persistent, it may be a sign of sleep apnea. Being middle-aged... 

For many kids, summer means warmer temperatures, longer days and more physical activity.  An upswing in activity can also lead to an increase in injuries among children. Should your child experience an injury and require imaging, this summer or anytime, David Bloom, M.D, pediatric radiologist at Beaumont Children’s... 

A team of Beaumont researchers, in a recently published article in The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, has found that pregnant patients undergoing medically indicated colonoscopy procedures had safe, and slightly better, fetal outcomes when matched against pregnant women who did not have colonoscopies performed. The... 

PONTIAC, Mich. – Today a jury of seven found that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan breached its agreement with TheraMatrix Physical Therapy over a program at Ford Motor Company that would have saved the auto company millions of dollars in healthcare costs and also interfered with TheraMatrix’s business relationship... 

DETROIT – Henry Ford Hospital was honored today for its leadership and innovation in quality, safety and commitment to patient care by the American Hospital Association. Henry Ford Hospital was presented with the 2010 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality PrizeTM Finalist award at the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit... 

Beaumont Hospital, Troy now has the da Vinci Si® Surgical System, the newly refined, most-up-to-date robotic surgery system. Today, Kenneth Kernen, M.D., director of Urology, and Jason Hafron, M.D., urologist, performed a laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy, the hospital’s first minimally-invasive surgery using the... 

DETROIT – Henry Ford Hospital has been ranked in four medical specialties in U.S. News’s 2010-11 issue of America’s Best Hospitals, available today online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and at newsstands July 27. The magazine, which features the top 50 of American’s Best Hospitals in 16 specialties,... 

DETROIT – Four researchers from Detroit, Michigan’s Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University (WSU) will receive a total of $1.2 million from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to help advance research to better detect, prevent and eliminate breast cancer. The $1.2 million awarded to these outstanding... 

DETROIT—July 16, 2010— Detroit Medical Center (DMC) launches its long-awaited new construction and expansion program Friday morning, during a “Construction Outreach” event that announces the creation of an estimated 5,000 local jobs for the building industry. “This is a major step forward for Detroit and... 

Cardiologists at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak were the first in Michigan to use a new investigational laser device that may improve long-term effectiveness of ablation, a procedure for treating a common heart rhythm condition called atrial fibrillation. Beaumont researchers are part of a national, Food and Drug Administration-approved... 

Parents can give their new babies some positive strokes through an infant massage class offered by Beaumont Hospitals Aug. 10-31 in Troy. Medical studies have shown that infant massage techniques promote growth and physical development, healthy parent-infant relationships and enhance vital early brain connections....