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Comparing treatment approaches for babies with heart disease
Novel trial compares outcomes between a catheter-based stent and surgical shunt for children with insufficient blood flow between their heart and lungs.
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Hearing is healing
A patient finally gets answers to his health concerns, thanks to “a doctor who listened closely” to his symptoms.
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Making history in the operating room
First all-female liver transplant team at Michigan Medicine carries out a life-saving procedure.
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Gen Z Wants to Talk About Social Determinants of Health With Their Providers
A poll shows strong support for clinics’ efforts to screen for, and providing support for, social determinants of health.
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Monkeypox: How to protect against the rare viral threat
An outbreak of a pox virus, not typically found in Europe and North America, has many on alert.
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Researchers identify most effective practices of medical assistants, as well as barriers
The study builds an understanding around the experience of medical assistants in the clinic setting.
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Intuition and expertise lead to heart surgery at the right time
One woman’s bicuspid valve was replaced, and aortic aneurysm repaired, after a period of doctor-led “watchful waiting.”
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Opioid prescriptions significantly higher for patients with lifelong disabilities
It's the largest study to examine opioid prescription patterns for adults living with cerebral palsy and spina bifida.
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What does "Stranger Things" have to do with mental health?
A child and adolescent psychiatrist’s thoughts on Season 4 of Stranger Things.
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Pulse oximeters missed low oxygen levels in more Black veterans than white veterans
Study reveals the pervasiveness of the medical devices’ skin-color bias.
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What the pelvic floor can tell health care providers about how to treat chronic pelvic pain
Patients with less tender pelvic floor muscles might benefit more from physical therapy while those with widespread pelvic floor pain may need systemic treatments as well to address their pain.
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What to Know About Monkeypox
An outbreak of a pox virus, not typically found in Europe and North America, has many on alert.
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Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered
Menthol cigarettes were responsible for an estimated 377,000 premature deaths in the U.S. during the past 40 years.
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Older mice with flu helped with nanoparticle therapy
Findings could eventually translate to therapeutics to improve outcomes from respiratory illness in people.
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People who have had weight-loss surgery can be at high risk for opioid overdose
A third of patients who’d recently undergone bariatric surgery at University of Michigan Health were at high risk of opioid overdose.