Long-distance trips to treat their daughter’s congenital heart defect stretched the Lahti family — until Save A Heart stepped in.

Learn what's good (and bad) for your liver and discover how you can maintain or improve your liver health with two simple lifestyle changes.

After a rare reaction to cancer treatment paralyzed him at age 5, fifth-grader Gabe Treve crossed Michigan Stadium as part of his goal to learn to walk again.

For the sake of your health, it’s time to kick your tobacco habit. That’s the American Cancer Society’s message during its annual Smokeout event.

Engineered polymeric materials known as hydrogels represent a new way to heal intestinal damage — a process that one day might be applied to other injured organs.

Personalized dosing of omega-3 fatty acids decreases prostaglandin E2 in the colon, but the beneficial effects are smaller in overweight people, research finds.

Help is available to manage the stress of caregiving. A leader of the U-M poll that recently surveyed dementia caregivers shares some of the top places to turn.

A veteran and surgeon says deployment confirmed his commitment to serve others and always improve.

Ophthalmologists take photos of a patient’s eyes to monitor good health and track progress of disease. Here are some common ways the images are taken.

Firearms-related injuries are the second-leading cause of death among children — and they’re largely preventable. A researcher offers tips to prevent tragedy at home.

A heart attack patient and former U-M athlete credits his “coach” not only for medical care but also for getting him back up to speed in the pool.

Helpful forms of E. coli may trigger steps that keep infections out, new experiments in dish-grown gut organoids show.

Steady rates of recurrence in women with estrogen receptor-positive disease could influence decisions about long-term therapy

Five years of endocrine therapy or 10? As breast cancer patients weigh the benefits of long-term treatment, a new study might help.

A U-M alumna and Michigan Medicine researcher living with cerebral palsy speaks about her journey — and offers advice to others.