One key to a healthy weight may lie deep inside the brain, in the endoplasmic reticulum of cells that produce the “grandfather” of appetite-regulating hormones.

Halting the voyage of gut bacteria to the brain could help prevent harmful brain inflammation after a sepsis infection, a new study shows.

Parents (and doctors, too) might differ on when dental care should begin. A Michigan Medicine pediatrician explains why screening early is best.

Without a doctor or dentist’s guidance, some parents don’t follow national recommendations for early dental care for their children, a new national poll finds.

A new model developed by Michigan Medicine researchers could change treatment guidelines for nearly two-thirds of men with localized prostate cancer.

Often connected to each other, these emergency cardiac scenarios can be deadly. Learn the signs and symptoms of both — and what to do next.

A Cas9 protein discovered in meningitis bacteria can act as precise "scissors" for both types of genetic material, cutting at a desired spot guided by CRISPR RNAs.

Most people aren’t familiar with the second most common form of dementia. What all patients and caregivers should know.

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) and Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, have signed a definitive agreement to establish a master affiliation and a joint venture for the 133-bed St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea hospital (SJMC), effective immediately.

A survey examining the 2016 election's impact on young people found results that U-M researchers say could signal a public health concern.

Bonded by their love for each other, a couple are training their bodies to remain independent for as long as possible.

A Michigan Medicine expert answers questions about this degenerative neurological disease — and works to defeat it.

Despite the proven lifesaving benefit of antibiotics for children with this inherited blood disorder, only 18 percent receive them.

No doctor in training should be penalized for addressing his or her mental health, one U-M student says. How she and her school are working to change attitudes.

A new study finds that steps to reduce prescriptions of a class of drugs that poses special hazard for older people are working. But many at-risk patients still receive them.