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45% of Adults Over 65 Lack Online Medical Accounts, Which Could Affect COVID-19 Vaccination
Patient portals, online accounts that let patients see their medical records, will be important for COVID-19 vaccine appointment alerts and signups, but 2 in 5 older adults haven’t set up an account.
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More Michigan Medicine patients will get hospital-level care at home through new programs
Michigan Medicine is the first hospital in Michigan to be accepted into the Acute Hospital Care at Home program of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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COVID-19 Deaths Really Are Different. But Best Practices for ICU Care Should Still Apply
Do COVID-19 patients really die of COVID? A new study helps put to rest conspiracy theory and shows the importance of evidence-based ICU care for ARDS.
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Many Summer Camps Don’t Require Childhood Immunizations
Study suggests that camps, which draw in 14 million children a year, may be an overlooked group when addressing communicable disease spread.
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Health Lab
Adults with Cerebral Palsy Need Better Access to Health Care
Once viewed as a pediatric condition, patients with cerebral palsy are aging, but the health care system is not prepared to offer them the care they need.
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Back On Duty at the Fire Station
A first responder found himself in need of medical care during the initial surges of the pandemic, when his concussion symptoms left him miserable for most of the spring and summer.
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Health Lab
COVID Forced Psychiatric Care Online, and Many Patients Want It to Stay There, Study Finds
Telehealth for mental health care, also called telepsychiatry, got an emergency start due to COVID-19 but many patients may prefer it after the pandemic.
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Is it Safe to Perform CPR During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
A new study analyzes the potential transmission risk of airborne respiratory pathogens during bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
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Health Lab
10 Pandemic Tips for Older Adults (and the People Who Love Them)
As the pandemic continues, these tips for older adults and the people who love them are more important than ever for 2021.
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Health Lab
More Than Half of People Using Cannabis for Pain Experience Multiple Withdrawal Symptoms
Medical cannabis and recreational marijuana users may not realize the headaches, dizziness, anxiety and other symptoms they feel between hits are signs of withdrawal.
News Release
Michigan Medicine to vaccinate patients 65 and older next week
Michigan Medicine is moving into the next priority phase of vaccinations, with plans to begin vaccinating established patients who are age 65 or older against COVID-19 during the week of Jan. 11.
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Anti-Racism and Dr. Susan Moore’s Legacy
A physician reflects on the loss of a U-M alumnus to COVID-19—and what her experience can teach us
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Ginger Counters Certain Autoimmune Diseases in Mice
The main bioactive compound of ginger root lowers autoantibody production and helps halt disease progression in mice with antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus.
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Michigan Surgery Sessions
Intraoperative Teaching
In surgery, the classroom extends to the operating room, where doing and observing are learning. What is intraoperative teaching, and how does it help trainees?
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Health Lab
What Do New SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Mean?
New coronavirus variants in the U.K. and elsewhere have raised alarms. Michigan expert weighs in.