Bon Secours ST. Mary's Hospital

How often should you shower?

Is it gross to not shower or bathe every day? How often should you shower or bathe and wash your body with soap?

World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to …

Sleep and Aging: Why Can't We Stay Asleep As We Get Older?

In a National Sleep Foundation survey of adults aged 55 and older, one-third of people aged 55-64 and one quarter of people aged 65-84 reported that their sleep

Local heart surgeon creates program to teach kids how to prevent heart disease

Through the Heart Healthy Academy at Bon Secours, Dr. Robert Lancey teaches young people about the lifestyle choices that cause heart disease so they don’t end up on his operating table.

Things to NEVER Lie to Your Doctor About

How much you smoke, drink, eat, exercise and whether you use protection during sex or while out in the sun matters. Doctors weigh in on what matters most.

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

Hospital Kills Wrong Baby in Abortion, Woman Horrified to Discover Her Baby is Dead

In a mistake that turned deadly, a South Korean hospital is accused of aborting the wrong unborn baby after allegedly mixing up two pregnant patients' charts.

Elders and Deacons and Deaconesses Training

FREE eventRegistration required. We want to have enough materials for everyone.

What to Pack for a Hospital Stay

While no one looks forward to a hospital stay, unless you’re coming to deliver your baby, there are a few things you can pack to make your time more comfortable. We sat down with the Roper St. Fran…

How to navigate dating relationships with St. Joseph

You know you’ve got a keeper if your date has St. Joseph’s virtues. St. Joseph — the man who listened to God humbly, who immediately went wherever the angel told him to go, who worked hard and cared lovingly for the son of God, who shows all of us how to love Mary, the mother Read More…

Move to Baby-Friendly Hospitals means more time with infants for parents

St. Mary Mends Hard-to-Heal Wounds

A wound that won't heal is more than just a nuisance. It can be painful and frightening, especially when your diagnosis isn't what you want to hear. Two Apple Valley women recently learned that with the help of the St. Mary Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, a chronic or non-healing wound doesn't need to end in amputation or a reduced quality of life - with the right staff, equipment and treatment plan you can heal and return to doing the things…

12 Important Marian devotions for specific needs in life

The Blessed Virgin can be relied upon in so many ways ... When you are faced with particular difficulties, look to these Marian devotions to help you in your faith and life.

How your Thanksgiving dinner could turn into a hospital stay

and last updated 2020-11-24 06:23:03-05GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With record level COVID-19 cases, local hospitals are creating overflow units and are concerned that family gatherings for Thanksgiving could make matters worseWe have more on how you can stay safe at the dinner table this year, plus warnings from infectious disease experts at Spectrum Health and Mercy Health St. Mary’s on how this could turn…

The Hospital That Explains Norway's Pursuit of Universal Design

St. Olav's is a laboratory of sorts for the state’s ambitious plan to embrace a different way of creating buildings, transit, and even websites by 2025.

Pope Francis: We all become sinners — but we are fundamentally saints.

“Allow me to say, we are saints,” the pope said. ”But then, by our actions, we become sinners. But, fundamentally, we are saints.”

Hospital purchases more ventilators

St. John’s Health is getting its hands on 10 more ventilators, nearly doubling the current supply.