Cornerstone St. John Endocrinology - Macomb

09/06/2024

Make exercise a part of your daily routine. 🏃‍♂️
Exercise is just as crucial as eating right in maintaining your weight long-term and makes for an overall healthier lifestyle. Whether you are starting to exercise for the first time or adding it back into your daily routine, create a plan to follow and stick with it. Don’t know where to start? Visit our Signature Patient Website for workout plans! Remember to adjust your routine to match your progress.

08/30/2024

Move More, Sit Less 🚶
Get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity every week. That could mean 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Do muscle-strengthening activities 2 days a week.

08/23/2024

Take an instant vacation with laughter. 😂“Laughter is an instant vacation,” according to Milton Berle. When you’re feeling calm, make a list of things that make you laugh — a TV show, a movie, a joke you’ve heard. Pull out the list when you’re experiencing stress, and treat yourself to an instant vacation. You deserve it.

08/16/2024

A meta-analysis found that getting some physical activity helps reduce the risk of complications from diabetes.

Health groups recommend 1590 minutes of exercise per week for people with diabetes, but getting less than that still gives some reduction in the risk of complications.

08/09/2024

Our mission is to provide the highest quality care for all forms of Endocrine disorders.

Our Board Certified Endocrinologists have decades of experience. This enables us to understand the individual needs of our patients. Using the latest scientific advances, we blend compassion and the latest in technology to address your concerns; not forgetting that human-to-human interaction is the cornerstone of the physician and patient relationship.

For our diabetic patients; our Diabetologists utilize the most sophisticated treatments including point of care rapid results, insulin pumps, and continuous glucose monitoring systems.

For our thyroid disease and thyroid cancer patients; we maintain state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment at both locations.

We also provide inpatient care at Ascension St John Hospital (a Level 2 trauma center) for those times when Endocrine diseases become life-threatening.

Our doctors and staff understand each patient is unique. We look forward to taking care of you.

08/02/2024

Tomatoes offer various benefits and contribute to heart, cognitive (brain), and prostate health.

Raw tomatoes and cooked tomatoes both contain plenty of essential nutrients, vitamins, and antioxidants that can help with anything from cancer prevention to exercise recovery.

07/26/2024

Between job responsibilities, family obligations, and life’s ups and downs, we often don’t have enough time to build—much less maintain—a self-care regime. But now might be the time to start getting a little more serious about committing to a self-care plan.

Show up for yourself by developing and committing to a self-care plan, such as nightly journaling, for a healthy and balanced life.

07/19/2024

Employees of Cornerstone Medical Group are committed to delivering compassionate, superior professional care to our patients. When you work at CMG, you will get the compensation and benefit package that you expect and deserve. Are you where you want to be? Join the talented team of CMG!! https://indeedhi.re/3ObqgFX

07/12/2024

When Tom Hanks broke the news on David Letterman that he has type 2 diabetes, it got us thinking about how much sugar we ingest in October, and—between all those fun-size candy bars floating around the office and the bag we bought for trick-or-treaters that's already half gone (whoops)—the numbers are nearly as terrifying as watching Carrie with the lights off.

When Tom Hanks broke the news on David Letterman that he has type 2 diabetes, it got us thinking about how much sugar we ingest in October, and—between all those fun-size candy bars floating around the office and the bag we bought for trick-or-treaters that's already half gone (whoops)—the numbe...

07/05/2024

The incidence rates of most types of cancer are higher in men than in women, but that difference is typically attributed to lifestyle factors. Now, a long-term observational study shows that even after factors like smoking and alcohol use are accounted for, rates are still higher in men than in women. Read more:

Men are more likely to develop cancer in organs than women, but it isn't always because they smoke and drink more than women

06/28/2024

The definition of “healthy” food is getting upgraded to reflect current nutrition science. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposal recently that would change the requirements for manufacturers who want to claim that their food or beverage product is “healthy.”

The FDA proposed a rule to change the requirements for which foods and drinks can be labeled as "healthy."

06/21/2024

A flu vaccine is needed every year for two reasons. First, a person’s immune protection from vaccination declines over time, so an annual flu vaccine is needed for optimal protection. Second, because flu viruses are constantly changing, the composition of flu vaccines is reviewed annually, and vaccines are updated to protect against the viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming flu season. For the best protection, everyone 6 months and older should get vaccinated annually.