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Health Lab
Picking health insurance for 2022? Check this guide to avoid a common mistake
Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts can help people have money on hand for medical expenses, and get a tax break too.
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Health Lab
COVID-19 coverage
The latest stories from the Michigan Health and the Michigan Health Lab on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Health Lab
Telehealth continues to substitute for in-person care among older adults, but rural use lags
People over 65 have swapped telehealth visits for in-person care for a large percentage of their routine doctor visits, but those living in rural parts of the country are less likely to try a virtual visit through telemedicine
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Health Lab
New genes identified for fibromuscular dysplasia
Genetic meta-analysis helps researchers detect genes related to this cardiovascular disease that affects mostly women and defines relationships to other more common cardiovascular conditions.
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Health Lab
Resident stories: Challenges and lessons learned caring for diverse, vulnerable populations in the ER
Centering health equity and culturally competent care are essential steps to fixing health disparities and dismantling systemic racism within the health care system. A new paper featuring emergency department resident stories shines a light on where gap.
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Health Lab
4 strategies for controlling your asthma in the fall
The season brings with it a host of allergens that can make life miserable. Here’s how to manage, according to allergists.
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Health Lab
Diabetes targets would cost more but the impact would be worth it
Here's how, according to several experts.
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Emma's Story
In many ways, the courses of our lives are determined by strangers: people on admissions committees, policymakers, public figures, and, more recently, influencers. Yet, at the same time, the world is quite small.
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Health Lab
New clues toward treating pediatric brain tumors harboring epigenetic mutation
Inhibition of STAT3 signaling may improve survival in those with H3.3G34R/V mutant gliomas, animal studies suggest.
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Health Lab
Black COVID patients: Less medical follow-up, longer return-to-work delays, more hospital readmissions
The study found this patient population had the least amount of follow-up from their providers and the longest delays in returning to their job.
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Michigan Answers
Dr. Rothberg’s Michigan Answer: Reversing Type 2 diabetes
What do you do when you know a disease is reversible, even curable, and yet each year millions of people still suffer from it? For Amy Rothberg, M.D., you find a whole new way to help people not only lose weight, but in some cases even reverse a diabetes diagnosis.
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Health Lab
Gender-affirming mastectomies improve mental health, sexual functioning and more
A study found anxiety and depression decreased in patients who underwent gender-affirming mastectomies.
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Health Lab
Pandemic took a toll on older people serving as caregivers for loved ones
Caregivers who provide support for family or friends with chronic illness and disability were stressed, isolated and depressed during the pandemic’s early months.
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Minding Memory
Introduction to the Minding Memory Podcast
In this episode we introduce ourselves and provide an overview of the Minding Memory Podcast. This podcast is supported by the Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA) at the University of Michigan. Our guest this week is Dr. Julie Bynum. Julie is the director of CAPRA and we talk briefly about what the NIH-funded research center is and how to get involved.
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Health Lab
After 40+ years, a game-changing operation for aortic valve stenosis
The novel procedure allows patients to have their valve replaced with a larger prosthetic, which significantly improves blood flow.