U-M's Injury Research Center received $2.5 million in funding from the CDC to bolster research on injury prevention, including opioid and prescription drug overdoses.

A unique Michigan Medicine program exposes underrepresented minority students to careers in medicine.  

Nearly all parents (97%) in a new national poll say they are helping their teen become more independent by using strategies like allowing them to make more choices (86%), pushing them to handle things themselves (74%) and no longer doing things for them (65%).

With numerous new and challenging obligations to face, the road to adulthood for kids and teens is anything but easy. Writer Helen Korneffel shares the latest findings from the C.S. Mott Children’s National Poll on Children’s Health.

Several Michigan Medicine spina bifida fetal surgery patients and families reunite at their fourth annual summer camping trip.

Health professionals offer five tips to help older adults stay safe and healthy during excessive heat wave.

A survey of early career oncologists suggests onsite child care could open scientific meetings to more women attendees.

New federal health insurance rule could save on out-of-pocket costs for patients managing chronic conditions.

Professor of Human Genetics Anthony Antonellis, Ph.D. has been named chair of the Department of Human Genetics and the James V. Neel Collegiate Professor of Human Genetics, effective August 1, 2019. The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved both appointments today. He will oversee a department with 45 faculty and 76 staff members and that received over $10 million in total grants in the last fiscal year.

Now with recreational marijuana legalized in Michigan, it’s easier for glaucoma patients to substitute traditional treatment methods for a joint. But does it..

Upon uncovering that inadequate blood flow can be a more imminent, life-threatening problem than aortic rupture for some patients, doctors emerge with a new procedural method.

Physicians look for the safest, quickest and least invasive way to perform procedures, but does the recent opioid epidemic indicate that health care providers may be missing a crucial piece of the pain management puzzle?

“Secret shopper” study reveals 40 percent of primary care clinics will not accept a new patient who takes opioids on an ongoing basis, reducing their access to needed care

After experiencing heart failure, toddler was airlifted by Michigan Medicine’s Survival Flight team from northern Michigan to Ann Arbor for emergency surgery. His mother recounts the emotional journey.

Transgender rights continue to be under threat in several states, but a new study reveals that young people’s views may conflict with older Americans when it comes to bathroom policies affecting transgender individuals.