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Adapting Common Fall Sports for People with Disabilities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Michigan Medicine program launches a new video series to make fall sports accessible for people with disabilities.
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Cardiac Arrest, Poor Survival Rates Common in Sickest Patients with COVID-19
Study shows critically ill patients with the novel coronavirus have high rates of cardiac arrest and poor outcomes even after CPR, an effect most strongly seen in older patients.
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Medicaid Expansion Improved Insurance Stability for Low-Income Pregnant Women
In states with expanded Medicaid eligibility, pregnant people were more likely to have continuous health care insurance around the time of pregnancy.
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Finding Relief from Seasonal Allergies
If you suffer from seasonal allergies, learning how to relieve your seasonal allergy symptoms could make all the difference as the seasons change.
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Are Organ Transplant Recipients at Greater Risk of Death from COVID-19?
A new study analyzes death risk from COVID-19 in organ transplant recipients and finds one treatment method greatly increased the risk.
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Hospitals Participate in Federal Bundled Payment Program When in Their Financial Interest
Researchers explore the relationship between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services financial incentives and hospital participation in a voluntary advanced alternative payment program.
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Michigan Medicine participates in first nationwide network to study rare forms of diabetes
Michigan Medicine is participating in a nationwide study funded by the National Institutes of Health that will seek to discover the cause of several unusual forms of diabetes.
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Mobile Clinic Gives Free Prenatal Services to Detroit Moms
The Luke Clinic brings free prenatal and obstetric services to individuals in need.
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New immunology study of U-M employees seeks answers on coronavirus reinfections
In ancient Greece, people who were sick would seek the help of IASO, the goddess of cures, remedies and modes of healing. Now, University of Michigan researchers are counting on a different IASO—the Immunity Associated with SARS-CoV-2 study—to provide a path to recovery from COVID-19.
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Bringing Precision Medicine to Ophthalmology
Innovative device ensures doctors obtain adequate fluid samples from the eye, helping with diagnosis and individualized treatment plans for patients.
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Feeling Stressed or Down in a World with COVID? Try This Writing Tool
A new tool uses expressive writing to help cancer patients, others cope with life challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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1 in 3 Parents Plan to Skip Flu Shots for Their Kids During COVID-19 Pandemic
National Poll finds COVID-19 may not influence parents’ beliefs about the flu vaccine, with just 1/3 believing it’s more important for children to get vaccinated in 2020.
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ECMO: Last-Resort Life Support Option Helped Majority of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Survive, Global Study Shows
Survival rates for COVID-19 patients on ECMO life support is similar to that for other ARDS causes, a new study finds.
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Heart Failure: Is There a Connection?
A Michigan Medicine team looks into the prevalence of NAFLD in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
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Scientists Train Computers to Recognize Which Early Stage Breast Cancers Will Spread
The new approach could help doctors to separate aggressive stage 0 breast cancer from non-aggressive forms, sparing some women unnecessary mastectomies.