Medical Research

Michigan State University is celebrating the anniversary of the center's opening as a pivotal medical education facility, and its importance to the area’s economy

For many cancer patients, hair loss is part of the battle, but Michigan State University researchers developed a gel that could keep hair from falling out

As the federal government pulls back National Cancer Institute research funding, BAMF RadioNexus offers a no cost option for clinical trial partners

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez updates Michigan’s tipped wage hike. Northpointe Bank now publicly traded. How the federal government limiting funding impacts West Michigan’s biomedical research industry.

Grand Rapids-based BAMF Health received a significant donation to its Foundation for Medical Advancement and Breakthroughs, or FMAB

Today Dr. Chet Zelasko checks out two opinion pieces that caught the attention of some listeners and examines the science behind them. Who got it right? Who just wanted the spotlight? Dr. Chet looks into it on this edition of Straight Talk on Health

National Institutes of Health and participating hospitals are on a mission to enroll one million volunteers from communities that have been underrepresented in research. It kicked off in 2017. Grand Rapid’s Corewell Health announced this week it has enrolled its 10,000th participant

A new study breaks down the effectiveness of Michigan's Right to Work law. We also discuss how local businesses are tackling the opioid epidemic and the…

Guest from the Van Andel Institute join us each month. Today Dr. Bart Williams is here to discuss the 2016 Hope on the Hill Gala for the VAI's 20th…

Guests from VAI join in monthly to share their talents, with today's conversation with Jim Nicolette, talking about the VAEI Science Academy.