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Ultrasound technology helps destroy liver tumors in rats
Ultrasound technology has been repurposed as a technique to treat liver tumors in rats.
Cancer Aware
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Lynn Henry, M.D., Ph.D., disease lead of the Rogel Cancer Center’s Breast Cancer Program, discusses metastatic breast cancer. This is the process of breast cancer that has spread to another part of the body, including bones, liver, lung, and brain.
Health Lab
Do unto others
Tina Reuben was the first patient in one of the few clinical trials for adrenal cancer and hopes that her involvement can help other patients with the rare disease live longer.
News Release
Michigan Medicine nationally recognized for an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Michigan Medicine received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This distinction recognizes Michigan Medicine’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital.
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A new approach to medical guidelines, with inspiration from Wikipedia
The “Wikiguideline” approach establishes recommendations only when high-quality, hypothesis-confirming evidence is available.
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Studying human development in a dish
A new technique could provide powerful insights into early cell differentiation.
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Study finds nanomedicine targeting lymph nodes key to triple negative breast cancer treatment
In mice, nanomedicine can remodel the immune microenvironment in lymph node and tumor tissue for long-term remission and lung tumor elimination in this form of metastasized breast cancer.
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How to Take a Pill in 7 Easy Steps
Pill swallowing can be a difficult skill to learn for kids and adults, and for some kids, it's a skill they need to learn at a young age. In this short video tutorial, a child psychologist from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital shares helpful tips for teaching your child how to swallow pills.
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Drugs showing promise in cancer trials reduce scarring for scleroderma
The findings could lead to repurposing drugs for patients with the sometimes-fatal condition.
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Big ideas require big money
How research is financed—or not—plays an outsized role in scientific discovery
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Life’s gift after tragedy
A new mother with quadriplegia reflects on what she thought was an impossible dream of growing her family.
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Health Lab
Home is where the hospital is
Hospital at home programs, and remote patient monitoring from home, hold promise for discharging patients earlier or keeping them out of the emergency room or hospital. But policy decisions will affect their future.
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Study finds healthy-appearing lupus skin predisposed to flares, rashes
In patients with lupus, immune cells undergo an inflammatory transformation when migrating from the blood to the skin.
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Can coordinated care help patients with high-risk IBD?
A team looks at how a more intentional approach to care can benefit individuals with the gastroenterological condition.
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How a support group for Black mothers is changing lives for the better
Our Village offers many women a safe space to share their motherhood journeys.