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Health Lab
‘It Was Definitely Worth It’- Conquering Back Pain and Baseball
After injuring his back, one baseball player was able to get back to the game he loves with some minor spine surgery and help from Michigan Medicine
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Health Lab
Despite Pandemic, Most Older Adults Haven’t Recorded Their Health Wishes
Advance care planning, including living wills and powers of attorney, can help older adults express their health care wishes. The pandemic offers a chance for families and providers to have these conversations. 
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Health Lab
End-of-Life Care Remains Aggressive for People With Ovarian Cancer
Clinical guidelines have encouraged the integration of palliative care, yet medicine lags far behind its goals for ovarian cancer, especially for people of color
Dr. Valbuena stands in the hospital in her scrubs
Michigan Answers
Dr. Valbuena’s Michigan Answer: Being empowered to empower others
Most aspiring physicians study medicine with the hopes of saving lives, being on the cutting edge of research, or developing the latest therapies and technologies. For Dr. Valeria Valbuena, it was all of the above, plus one additional life-affirming goal.
Dr. Vydiswaran explains his research on a dry erase board
Michigan Answers
Dr. Vydiswaran’s Michigan Answer: Better outcomes through big data
Nearly all of us engage with some form of social media every day. But what if the true power of social media wasn’t found in a like, tweet or follow? For an emerging field of research taking place at Michigan Medicine, it’s the data inside social media that may have the power to give patients bigger answers and better outcomes.
Dominic smiles while playing with bubbles
Michigan Answers
Dominic’s Michigan Answer: Living a seizure-free life
A few months after turning three, things took a downward turn for Dominic when he started having what his mother would describe as seizure activity.
News Release
Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk announced as winner of Depression Center Eisenberg Collaborative Innovations Award
Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, a postdoctoral research fellow with the U-M College of Pharmacy, was recently announced as a winner of a U-M Depression Center Eisenberg Collaborative Innovations award.
people chasing bus and looking at empty food pantry and being depressed
Health Lab
Southeast Michigan’s Middle Eastern and North African Population Face Significant Barriers to Achieving Optimal Health
Multiple factors, ranging from fear of deportation to food insecurity, create a negative domino effect for the health of the MENA community.
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Health Lab
Virtual Visits for New Surgery Patients Rose Quickly but Fell Sharply
Study of telehealth use for new-patient appointments shows trends in 2020 and comparison with 2019
1918 crowd in public area with trolleys in black and white
Health Lab
People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago When They Tired of Them – and Paid a Price
The deadly third wave of the 1918 flu shows what can happen when society prematurely returns to pre-pandemic life, a medical historian cautions.
Health Lab
Buying your own health insurance has gotten a lot less expensive
Health insurance costs will go down for many people who buy plans on the federal Marketplace at Healthcare.gov thanks to the American Rescue Plan.
News Release
Michigan Medicine enacts visitor restrictions due to COVID-19 surge
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across Michigan, beginning Friday April 2, 2021 Michigan Medicine will move to a more restrictive visitor policy similar to earlier in the pandemic.
Stethoscope on Rainbow Pride LGBTP Flag
Health Lab
LGBTQ+ Health: A Collaborative of Care
Michigan Medicine experts share how their work is contributing to gender-affirming and other forms of equitable health care for the LGBTQ+ community.
Health Lab
COVID-19 Antibody Tests, Even Rapid Finger Pricks, are Effective, New Study Finds
A new study finds antibody tests, including rapid finger prick tests, effective in determining previous COVID-19 infection.
News Release
Medical School, School of Nursing rated among best nationally
Michigan Medicine once again secured high marks for training the next generation of health care leaders in the 2022 U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, released today (March 30, 2021).