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How to Support Children’s Emotional, Educational Needs while Remote Learning
Back to school: Experts answer questions about mental health, socialization, screen time, special learning needs and more.
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4 Mask Myths That Put You at Risk
Get to the truth of the matter with these scientifically-backed facts from an infection prevention specialist.
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Fueled by $10 million in gifts, U-M Precision Health and bipolar disorder research team will work to improve care
Nearly 6 million Americans have bipolar disorder, a complex mental health condition that can send them on a roller coaster of manic highs and depressed lows. Finding a treatment that steadies their mood, even with the help of an experienced treatment team, can take time and a little bit of luck.
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Some Children at Higher Risk of Privacy Violations from Digital Apps
Children whose parents didn’t have college degrees were more likely to have digital information transferred to third parties – including Facebook Graph – despite child privacy laws prohibiting the practice.
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Food for health: Michigan Medicine hosts new community-wide food drive to help neighbors in need
Last spring, when Michigan Medicine needed help gathering protective gear for its front-line staff during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, the community stepped up, bringing millions of masks, gloves and other items to a drive-up donation site. This helped keep staff safe at the University of Michigan’s hospitals and clinics when normal supply chains were disrupted.
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations: I Have a Mutation, What Are My Options?
A genetic counselor discusses decision-making for people who carry BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
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Antibiotic Molecule Enables Immune System to Kill HIV Infected Cells
New research shows that targeting a protein called Nef with a molecule called concanamycin A allowed the immune system to essentially cure HIV in T cells.
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Uncovering the Genetics Behind Heart Attacks That Surprise Young, Healthy Women
New genetic research finds spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, heart attacks may be more similar to different diseases than to other heart attacks.
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Raising Awareness in September and Beyond
Cancer awareness months offer the community a chance to improve treatments, prevention.
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Immune Cell CXCR3 Receptor Behind Lethal Brain Damage Following Treatment for Fungal Infection
Finding could improve outcomes for treatment of infections in people living with HIV.
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Does PPI Response Predict Other Conditions?
A research scientist and his team examine the relationship between proton pump inhibitors, endoscopy, esophageal conditions and psychological distress for patients with GERD.
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Beyond the Hill: How U-M medical care and education spread across Michigan
For 100 years after the dawn of medical care at the University of Michigan, patients who wanted to have their ailments treated by the university’s illustrious physicians had to come to downtown Ann Arbor.
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New Fellowship Provides Hands-on Training in Emergency Medical Services
The one-year training gives emergency medicine physicians additional education in prehospital medicine.
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New Connections Reveal How Cancer Evades the Immune System
A new study shows tumor cells eat up a key amino acid, depriving immune cells of it, which prevents them from fighting off cancer.
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Michigan Medicine pediatric experts to answer back-to-school questions in live Q&A
With many families anxious about starting the school year during a pandemic, a panel of experts from Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital will help answer parents’ top questions during a live Q & A.