Otman was a previous Health Lab contributor and member of the public relations team.
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Researchers call for a response to current and future pandemics to reduce unintended harm upon other patients needing early diagnosis and intervention.
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Clare Carr thought her COVID-19 infection was going to be mild. But then it sent her to the intensive care unit and baffled her doctors.
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As clinicians learn about a new disease in real-time, researchers are also investigating what lessons from other respiratory infections could apply to COVID-19.
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Researchers suggest focusing on disparities to help identify which patients with a heart transplant may be at higher risk for a worse course of COVID-19 infection.
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New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology’s section on sports and exercise cardiology address resuming activity after a case of COVID-19.
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ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, impacts families mentally, physically and emotionally. One family explains how it also can throw a financial curveball.
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In mouse models with a deadly form of pediatric brain cancer, an immune stimulatory gene therapy increased median survival.
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Two hospitalists reflect on caring for one of their own when a very sick critical care physician became one of their first COVID-19 patients.
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COVID-19 brought one ICU doctor back to the unit where he trained - not as a doctor, but as a patient in need of the life-saving care he has spent his career providing others.
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In light of reports that fewer people are getting heart attack treatments right now, one cardiologist wants to remind patients that the Emergency Department is still the safest place to be when you’re having a cardiovascular emergency.
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New study explores the connection between levels of a type of destructive white blood cell, known as a neutrophil, with the severity of COVID-19.
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Surgical residents encourage innovation to improve virtual connections between hospitalized COVID-19 patients, loved ones.
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Researchers target blood pressure in quest to understand, reduce racial disparities in dementia development.
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Research projects and innovations related to COVID-19 have ramped up quickly across the University of Michigan, spurred by doctors, public health experts, scientists, economists and engineers, and encouraged by research leaders.
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There are no therapies proven to prevent or treat COVID-19 yet, but providers can help address symptoms while they continue researching new ideas.