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AI tool can predict heart failure from genetic and health record data
Michigan Medicine researchers found that by collecting genetic information and clinical data from an individual patient can help predict their heart failure risk a decade before it’s diagnosed.
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Uncovering how occludin protein maintains blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers
University of Michigan researchers uncover the role of occludin, a protein that regulates blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers, offering new insight into diabetic retinopathy.
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Born under a pound: Two newborns beat extraordinary obstacles in the NICU
Born under a pound at 22 and 25 weeks, two extremely premature girls spent months in the hospital NICU beating extraordinary obstacles, coming home just in time for the holidays.
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Poor vision plus unsafe homes drive higher fall risk in seniors
Ways to reduce falls within your home per a recent study with Michigan Medicine and the National Eye Institute.
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How an Emergency Medicine staffer turned trauma into a mission to prevent it
A mother turned her son's gunshot trauma into advocacy for gun control.
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Should you get a vasectomy?
Learn more about vasectomies from leading experts in the field of urology at Michigan Medicine.
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9 easy New Year’s resolutions for people over 50
Findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging suggest 9 things that people over 50 can resolve to do in the new year.
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Examining private equity’s role in fertility care
The percentage of fertility clinics affiliated with private equity firms rose in the past decade, and half of all IVF cycles now occur at such clinics.
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Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19, and their newborns, have higher complication risk
Pregnant women hospitalized for COVID-19, and their newborns, have higher complication risk.
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The healing power of music
A musical team at Michigan Medicine debuts a musical album they produced to help bring comfort to patients in the hospital.
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Finally hope after 9 surgeries for tethered cord syndrome
A newer treatment for tethered cord syndrome helps patient after nine surgeries.
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First U.S.-based study of parents and guardians of kids with pathological demand avoidance
The first United States based study of parents and guardians of children with pathological demand avoidance finds that the Paradigm Shift Program® assists parents in addressing behavioral challenges within their child.
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Could AI help doctors spot risky drinking habits?
Alcohol use disorder and risky alcohol drinking habits are important for primary care providers to know about and address with patients; artificial intelligence could help.
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A complex fetal surgery to help a baby’s lungs grow
Doctors perform a rare in utero procedure aimed at improving outcomes for a 29-week fetus diagnosed with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia
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Using a microfluidic device to monitor glioblastoma treatment outcomes
Using a microfluidic device, researchers isolated glioblastoma biomarkers that can be used to predict patient responses to chemotherapy drugs.
