A new U-M study reveals a possible connection between COPD and the lung microbiome – the population of microbes living inside the lower airway.

Multi-specialty team is studying a non-invasive method to measure underlying cervical tissue changes that precede birth with the hopes of predicting timing of birth.

Therapies for pain conditions like fibromyalgia provide clues for helping those with long COVID-19

Young woman thrives after surgery to remove a pilocytic astrocytoma tumor in her brain.

In this episode of Minding Memory, Matt & Donovan speak with Dr. Joanne Spetz, the Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance and Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Joanne talks with Matt & Donovan about who makes up the professional workforce of people who provide dementia care and how these individuals play a critical role in the delivery of services. Joanne also discusses how different professional roles interact across setting of care. Lastly, Joanne introduces a new study she is working on with Donovan called the National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS) that will be surveying a large group of clinicians who provide care for people living with dementia.

Founding Rogel Cancer Center Director reflects on how cancer evolved from ‘the least scientific discipline’ to a shining example of how basic research discoveries can change clinical care.

New treatment for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer helped patient get back to his hobbies

Teenage heart patient transforms EKG paper into art creations, sold as notecards to support research at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health have unveiled a new mechanism that drives thrombocytopenia and a potential clinically actionable biomarker for antiphospholipid syndrome associated thrombocytopenia.

New findings about the impact of IV ketamine on treatment resistant depression add more fuel to the potential for broader use and insurance coverage.

Julie was a master gardener who grew up on a fruit farm in southwest Michigan. She also had a family history of cancer, which sadly foreshadowed her own ovarian cancer diagnosis.

Cardiologist shares how weight loss medications may impact cardiovascular health.

Hitinder Gurm, M.D., has been selected to be the academic medical center chief medical officer (CMO) for University of Michigan Health.

New technology can prevent pelvic floor conditions associated with childbirth.

Making music by singing or playing an instrument, or listening to music, brings health and wellbeing benefits to many older adults.