ALL NEWS & STORIES

Showing 4681-4695 of 5452 results
Health Lab
16-Year-Old Born with Half a Heart Gets Wish to Attend Masters PGA Tournament
A high school golfer with the severe congenital heart condition, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, is getting his own Masters moment, thanks to Make-A-Wish Michigan.
Health Lab
What Are the Best Self-Help Health Sites? Research Reveals a List
Online resources for weight loss, mental health and more concerns are commonplace. But which actually work? A new paper offers science-backed options.
GI Monitoring App
Health Lab
A Tool to Improve the Way Physicians and Patients Talk About GI Issues
Discover how a discreet app can help improve physician and patient communication around GI symptoms.
Prosthetic Eye Craftsmanship
Health Lab
Making Prosthetic Eyes That Look Like the Real Thing
Learn more about the intricacies of prosthetic eye craftsmanship in this article about ocularist Greg Dootz at the University of Michigan’s Kellog Eye Center, who has hand crafted prosthetic eyes for more than 3,000 patients.
Female Urologist
Health Lab
A Female Urologist Explains Women’s Most Common Urological Concerns — and How to Treat Them
Women with urological problems might not know how common — and treatable — they are, which keeps them from seeking proper care. But help is available.
Health Lab
When the Doctor Recommends Against the Surgery a Breast Cancer Patient Wants
A new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center examines the complex interaction between patients’ desires for the most extensive treatment and surgeons’ responsibility to minimize harm.
Prostate Cancer Biopsy
Health Lab
How Technology Is Making Prostate Cancer Biopsies More Precise
Learn more about how Michigan Medicine specialists are combining new techniques to improve prostate cancer diagnosis.
Health Lab
Walk Yourself to Better Health with These 6 Easy Steps
Read these tips for making walking exercise, and the health benefits that come with it, part of your normal routine.
Health Lab
How Oncologists Can Help Oral Chemotherapy Patients Manage Their Adherence
Learn how oncology practices can help improve the safety and quality of care for cancer patients administering oral chemotherapy at home.
Health Lab
Predicting — and Preventing — Psychiatric Morbidity After ARDS
Michigan Medicine researchers sought to find out if they can anticipate who will be affected by psychiatric morbidity after surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Health Lab
Excessive Throwing Puts Baseball Players at Risk
Year-round pitching can lead to devastating injuries for baseball players. A Michigan Medicine orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon and researcher explains why research on the subject is valuable to athletes of any sport.
Health Lab
Beating Stage 4 Colon Cancer with Trust, Treatment and Community
Stage 4 colon cancer survivor Phil Scamihorn shares his inspiring journey to becoming cancer-free after a colon cancer diagnosis in 2012.
Health Lab
A ‘Hard Decision’ of Surgery Brings Relief from Severe Epilepsy
Learn how severe pediatric epilepsy led one family to a hemispherectomy — a complex and specialized surgery and why, within days of the procedure, their lives were transformed.
Health Lab
‘Why I became a doctor’: Michigan Medicine physicians share their stories
Learn more about why these Michigan Medicine physicians decided to become doctors and the paths that led to them to the medical profession
Health Lab
A Cheerleader’s Rallying Cry: Don’t Ignore Colon Cancer Symptoms
Read about how this nursing student faces the future with a cheerful determination after being Diagnosed with colon cancer as a teenager.