Friends for Life: Hypertension linked to belly fat
EAST LANSING, MI- Health officials say one out of every 3 adults will suffer from hypertension at some point in their lives. Also known as high blood pressure, it affects more men than woman. High...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Nagging Works: Getting Men to the Doctor
LANSING, MI (WLNS) – Throughout the history of time men have lived with women. And probably since the beginning of time men have occasionally been “nagged” by women wanting them to take better care of...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Coming Back From Heart Disease
LANSING, MI (WLNS) – The silent killer – heart disease is the no. 1 killer of men in the United States. It claims the lives of more than a half a million men in America every year. 6 News Sports...
View ArticleFriends For Life: New Hope For Cardiac Arrest Patients
LANSING, MI (WLNS) – When your heart stops beating, your brain doesn’t get oxygen and that can lead to many serious problems. A Michigan State University professor is hoping to change that. He’s...
View ArticleFriends for Life: Heart Disease and Auto Workers
LANSING, Mich (WLNS) – We’ve been telling you how heart disease is the number one killer of men in America. But did you know that according to GM and the UAW, it was also the number cause of death and...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Rich Michaels – Colonoscopies: Facing and Fighting Cancer
LANSING, MI (WLNS) – Our special Friends For Life series continues this week. For more than two decades, radio listeners across mid-Michigan woke up to the voice of Rich Michaels. You may remember him...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Prostate cancer researchers
ANN ARBOR, Mich (WLNS) – Advancements in cancer treatment are helping patients live longer, higher quality lives. But there is no standard of care for many types of cancer. So for some the treatment...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Testicular Cancer “Miracle Drug”
EAST LANSING, MI (WLNS) – About 40 years ago testicular cancer was a death sentence. Nearly 90 percent of testicular cancer patients died because it’s such a fast moving form of cancer. Today it’s an...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Nine Year Nightmare
Part One – OKEMOS, MI (WLNS) – Our special Friends for Life series focusing on men’s health continues Monday. It’s a deadly disease most commonly associated with girls and women. But it’s becoming...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Fighting A Rare Cancer
(WLNS) – Our special Friends For Life series focusing on men’s health continues Tuesday. We’re looking at a disease that we hear about, talk about and raise money for, but with a slightly varied...
View ArticleThis Morning: Men’s Health with Josh Strickland
(WLNS) — All month long the men of 6 News put the razors down to raise awareness for men’s health as a part of the #NoShaveNovember movement. Thousands of people participate every year, other...
View ArticleFriends For Life: Surviving A Stroke: Justin’s Story
LANSING, MI (WLNS) – We conclude our special Friends For Life series dealing with men’s health Wednesday. When you think of the health problems a 26-year-old man could face, a stroke is probably not...
View ArticleYou got “the” breast density letter. Now what?
LANSING, Mich (WLNS) – By law every woman in the state who gets a mammogram must be told, in a letter, if she has dense breast tissue. Last year 6 News spent the whole month of May looking into the...
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