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Study Finds Accuracy Gap in EHRs for Eye Care Patients
A patient’s electronic health record may not capture the most accurate, up-to-date information about ophthalmic medications, a new study finds.
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Retinitis Pigmentosa in Children: 5 Facts Families Should Know
The genetic disease that causes vision loss can affect all ages, including young people. Learn more about symptoms, risk factors and management.
How to follow the Mediterranean Diet and improve heart health.
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Fish, Fruit, Healthy Fats: What Should Heart Disease Patients Eat?
A poor diet can sabotage your recovery from heart disease. Learn how following the Mediterranean Diet can help improve your heart health.
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Acting ‘F.A.S.T.’ at the First Sign of a Stroke Could Save a Life
When Bill Sanders suffered a stroke, his immediate treatment led to a full recovery. As part of National Stroke Awareness Month, he shares his story.
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What Did My Doctor Say? What to Do When You Don’t Understand
A Rogel Cancer Center doctor offers tips to help patients leave their oncology appointments understanding their treatment.
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Study Explores Why Prostate Cancer Mortality is Higher in Black Men
The largest study of its kind finds societal factors and access to quality care, rather than genetics, underlies higher prostate cancer mortality rates for black men.
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Timeliness Key to Treating Mitral Valve Disease
A mitral valve repair puts patients back to their original life spans. Hear one man’s advice to others who may want to put off treatment.
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Turning to Physicians, Family and Faith to Take on Sarcoma
How prayer and trust in his care team helped Gerald Dixon get through chemotherapy, radiation and surgery for stage 3 cancer.
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As Opioids Kill More Veterans, Study Shows Treatment Needs
Most of those overdosing haven’t received prescription opioids recently, suggesting a need for more opioid use disorder screening and treatment.
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Many Americans Are Worried About Taking PPIs and Have Tried Stopping Them Without Doctor Approval
A new national study examines patients’ perceptions of proton pump inhibitors, and how they are changing their use of these medications as a result.
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How Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Differ
These two diseases have similar early symptoms. A U-M rheumatologist sheds light on the two most common types of arthritis.
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Discovery in Mice Could Remove Roadblock to More Insulin Production
New research shows that a combination of two immune-system factors could open up new avenues for treating diabetes and obesity.
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Rules Every Child Should Know Before Riding a Bike, Scooter or Skateboard
Nearly 600 children end up in the emergency department for bike-related injuries every day. Here’s how parents can improve children’s street smarts to keep them safe.
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Champion of surgical quality named chair of U-M Department of Surgery
The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H. as the next chair of the Department of Surgery at the U-M Medical School.
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SAEM 2019: Gun Safety, Over Testing and More
Michigan Medicine experts highlighted new research during the keynote address and plenary session at the annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting.