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Here’s how Michigan health care experts are reducing risks of medication overload

Those taking five or more prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, or supplements concurrently can be at risk for serious combined side effects.

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Christine Jones and her mother Irma (behind) walk down the hall toward an exam room while being seen at the Guthrie Primary Care Clinic in Smokey City, North Memphis. (Andrea Morales, 2017).
Healthcare has never been equitable and the pandemic is proof
Lance Banks is a first grader at Perea Elementary School in North Memphis. (Submitted)
Kids speak on life and learning in the pandemic
Produce from the Buckley Community Garden.
Bountiful community garden helps reduce food insecurity in Northwest Michigan

A simple conversation between a Buckley Community Schools principal and Traverse Bay Area ISD officials planted the seeds for a farm to school  initiative that combined nutrition education with a new community garden at the school. 

An employee of La Michoacana ice cream and paleta shop serves up a fruit cup with tajin. (Forever Ready Productions)
Video: Paletas in the pandemic with La Michoacana
Dr. Marcus Matthews is an education expert and author. His latest book provides tips for educators addressing students' ACEs  and discusses expanding the definition of adverse childhood experiences for children in urban environments. (Submitted)
Q & A: Memphis expert on childhood trauma talks restorative discipline and social-emotional learning
Students toss a healthy kale salad.
Healthy Habits Start Now through collaboration between Livingston and Washtenaw counties

Livingston Educational Service Agency's Healthy Habits Start Now (HHSN) program helps families understand the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables every day and the benefits of being more physically active. 

(Wikimedia Commons, Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
The pandemic is changing how Memphis does preschool
Melissa Greer
Michigan Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation sees long term opportunity in virtual format

Our mission hasn’t stopped because of the pandemic. Our fundraising and engagement efforts can’t either.

GVSU President Philomena Mantella on a year of accelerating initiatives and creativity amid crisis

Having spent over half of her tenure thus far leading a major university amid a global pandemic, Grand Valley State University President Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. is hard at work implementing and accelerating initiatives that she hopes will create lifelong learners through relationship-based teaching, whether this occurs remotely, or in small groups on campus.

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