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Health Lab
AI helps predict treatment outcomes for patients with diseased dental implants
The algorithm FARDEEP offers a personalized approach to identify patients who better respond to regenerative therapies.
News Release
Debra F. Weinstein appointed as new EVDAA and chief academic officer for U-M Medical School
Debra F. Weinstein, currently the vice president for graduate medical education at the Mass General Brigham health care system in Boston, has been appointed executive vice dean for academic affairs at the University of Michigan Medical School and chief academic officer for Michigan Medicine.
Health Lab
Experts answer your most pressing COVID-19 questions
What we know about treatments, vaccines, boosters and more.
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Health Lab
Overdose deaths involving cocaine or meth tripled in shadow of opioid crisis
Study in veterans shows many fatal overdoses involved multiple substances; 70% of those who died with stimulants in their systems hadn’t received addiction treatment recently.
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Health Lab
Among physicians, men make more than women. How do we change that?
A new perspective looks at the built-in bias within the factors that drive physicians’ salaries and makes recommendations for how institutions can close the gap.
News Release
Michiganders: Get risky leftover medications out of your house this Saturday, Oct. 23
On Saturday, Oct 23, 2022, Michigan residents in 16 counties have a chance to get opioids and other unused and expired prescription medications out of their medicine cabinets through 36 simultaneous events held around the state.
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Health Lab
From the ICU to Ironwoman
A bowel obstruction landed Laurie Svoboda in the intensive care unit. Here are the eight things that helped her compete in an Ironman race less than four months later. 
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Health Lab
Treatment enhances anti-leukemia effect of bone marrow transplant, reduces recurrence, study finds
In a clinical trial, adding interferon treatment with a bone marrow transplant bolstered outcomes for patients with advanced, high-risk leukemia.
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Health Lab
Can drinking coffee lead to a healthier liver?
A team of hepatologists explore the effects of caffeine on liver health.
News Release
New $13.8M center at U-M will study infectious disease, pandemic preparedness
As researchers around the world continue to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, most agree on one issue: If history is any indication, there's another pandemic coming.
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Health Lab
Depression, anxiety may be linked to c-section risk among pregnant women
Study sheds light on relationship between perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and first time cesarian delivery among pregnant women.
News Release
U-M Pharmacology Chair Lori Isom elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Lori Isom, Ph.D., has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors for a clinician and scientist.
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Health Lab
A third of children ages 7-9 use social media apps
Poll finds 1 in 6 parents of elementary and middle schoolers who use social media don’t use parental controls, and 2 in 5 say it’s too time consuming to monitor apps.
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Health Lab
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 this year could pay thousands of dollars, study suggests
As insurance companies start charging members for hospital-related costs again, analysis of 2020 data shows what they might owe.
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Michigan Surgery Sessions
Michigan Women’s Surgical Collaborative
The Michigan Wom​en’s Surgical Collaborative (MWSC) has built its mission around highlighting the barriers to achievement for female surgeons and inspiring real change to remove those barriers. On this episode, we talk with two members of the leadership team of the MWSC to understand how the group set the stage for such work, and discuss the work still to be done.