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Celebrating 5 Years of the Michigan Health Blog
A thank you to our readers, and a look back at the most read story of each year since our 2016 launch.
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What is HPV?
Your guide to that and other frequently asked questions about the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.
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Michigan Health Lab Turns 5
A thank you to the readers, and look back at the most read story of each year since our launch five years ago.
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Michigan Medicine opens adult and pediatric COVID-19 long haul clinics
Michigan Medicine is establishing clinics to provide post-discharge care to both adults and pediatric patients experiencing these long-term post COVID symptoms and complications.
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Care Teams Differ for Black, White Surgical Patients in the Same Hospitals
Could the makeup of medical teams help explain why Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after heart surgery in the same hospitals?
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How One Virtual Program Changed the Anatomical Sciences
A team of experts developed an innovative medical education program via a remote learning platform.
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Michigan Medicine nationally recognized for straight ‘A’s in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
For the 19th consecutive time, Michigan Medicine was awarded an “A” for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety.
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COVID Upticks Among Kids and Teens: What Parents Should Know
Experts explain why places are seeing record increases in COVID infections among kids and how families can minimize exposure risks.
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Treating Dental Pain with Opioids Linked to Higher Risk of Overdose in Patients and Family Members
Patients whose dental pain was treated with opioids such as oxycodone and hydrocodone were more likely to have an overdose within 90 days, as were their family members.
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6 Things to Do When Visiting the Emergency Room
Follow these preparation steps from an emergency medicine physician to make your visit go smoothly. 
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Tipping the Scales
How a simple health care need gained importance during the pandemic.
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Few Young Adult Men Have Gotten the HPV Vaccine
But they should: A cancer found in the throat is now the leading cancer caused by HPV — and 80% of those diagnosed are men.
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Danny's Story
In 1984, at the age of 3 1/2, Danny was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, was treated with chemotherapy and went into remission. The chemo caused a cardiomyopathy which was discovered at age 14. At that point, Danny was put on medications and his heart was stable until major back surgery.
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Donors come together to gift “recharge rooms” to Michigan Medicine employees
Thanks to the donations from Ken and Kimberly Whipple and Ken and Jeanne Levy-Church, U-M Nursing partnered with Studio Elsewhere to install a Recharge Room: A place of calm in the middle of it all, in the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Med Inn and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
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Who Has a Right to Ask if You’re Vaccinated?
Vaccine passports, HIPAA medical privacy rights and COVID-19 vaccination controversy is manufactured and not rooted in public health law.