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Why the Relationship Between Kids and the Spread of COVID Remains Unclear
With many schools reopening in the COVID-19 era, much is still unknown about the relationship between children and the novel coronavirus.
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Health Lab
Outside Looking In: Hospital Visitor Rules Vary During Pandemic
Lessons from early peak state of Michigan could inform hospitals in other areas.
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The Top 5 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Explained
A COVID-19 vaccine is being made, but what do we know about the top five vaccine candidates trying to end the coronavirus pandemic?
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Health Lab
Cancer vs. COVID: When a Pandemic Upended Cancer Care
A Rogel Cancer Center team created a guide to help providers navigate difficult conversations due to the coronavirus.
News Release
Who was that? The people behind the names of Michigan Medicine places and more
History is all around us on the main Michigan Medicine campus. Which isn’t surprising, given that our Medical School opened in 1850 and our first hospital admitted its first patients in late 1869 -- the first university-owned hospital in the country.
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Health Lab
How the Timing of Light Exposure Could Be Affecting Your Health
Increased light exposure can have positive and negative effects on your health — depending on the time of day.
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Health Lab
The ‘Uberization’ of 911
Apps like Uber or Lyft can find you easily for a ride to the airport. So why is getting help to get to a hospital in an emergency so much more complicated?
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Health Lab
Recovery After Severe COVID Infection Poses Unique Challenges
As more patients are discharged from stressed ICUs, they face multiple problems brought on by the pandemic.
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Camp Little Victors 2020: Music to Your Ears
Grab your kids and get ready for the big show! Explore musical activities that will bring out everyone’s inner musician.
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Health Lab
Culture Is Complicated, and There’s a Curriculum for It
Surgeons are used to discussing clinical complications, and there’s even a formal process for it: In the Department of Surgery, weekly death and complications conferences are held to peer-review specific cases with adverse outcomes.
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Lean Americans with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Have Lower Rates of Cirrhosis
The rate of cirrhosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is lower among Americans with lower BMIs.
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Health Lab
Study Suggests New Approach to Improve Radiation Therapy Resistance in Glioblastoma
Cancer treatment research for glioblastoma enters new phase with FDA-approved drug trial that aims to improve the effect of radiation therapy on this aggressive brain cancer.
News Release
Michigan Medicine and three other medical centers receive $7 million for COVID-19 outpatient convalescent plasma therapy trial
A team of Michigan Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Medical University of South Carolina and Stanford Medicine researchers were recently awarded funds from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)(link is external) in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), totaling more than $7 million to collaboratively study the role of convalescent plasma in mitigating symptoms of COVID-19 in patients with mild illness and preventing the progression of the disease from mild to severe.
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Health Lab
Multiple Sclerosis Warrior Dedicated to Helping Others
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, one patient found new purpose in helping other MS patients, and researchers, further understand how to manage the disease.
Medicine at Michigan
Assessing Bioethics in a Public Health Emergency
From patient-centered to community-centered decision making