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How a cell remembers

Researchers track protein binding, build synthetic proteins to study gene expression.
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Former army medic turned emergency physician offers training, care during Ukraine war

He’s trained hundreds of health care workers on providing trauma care.
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Removal of race-based clinical measurement tools

The proposal was unanimously agreed upon by doctors across multiple specialty areas.
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Whether it’s medical records, blood or tissue, patients want to know if researchers may use something from them

Study shows members of public are most likely to want notification if commercial researchers may use identifiable health information – even more than for research on biospecimens.
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COVID-19 boosters this fall? Most older adults are ready to roll up their sleeves

A majority of older adults say they will get an updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall. The coming boosters are designed to work against the new Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the coronavirus.
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New hope for patients with rare epilepsy

Thousands of children face seizures, developmental delays, and possible death from Dravet Syndrome. A new treatment built on Michigan Medicine research could help.
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SuPAR identifies patients at high risk of blood clot formation

A study from a COVID-19 cohort reveals an additional link between the immune system and blood clots, which could improve the treatment of critical illnesses.
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Back to the beautiful game: the journey to sport after serious knee injury

A professional soccer player needed major surgery. One year later, she made a major comeback.
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Children and teens getting spinal surgery don’t need so many opioids, study suggests

Pain scores were similar despite opioid consumption decreasing.
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Coaching patients to advocate for themselves can offset the effects of doctors’ racial bias

If patients are trained to advocate for themselves and voice their opinions and concerns, they can mitigate the effects of providers’ implicit biases.
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Heart-assisting implants save lives, but Black and female patients don’t get them as often

Providers’ differential decision-making must be addressed to equalize chance of survival for heart failure patients, researchers say.
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Neighborhoods play role in older adults’ pandemic experience

Your neighborhood is more impactful than you think when it comes to your social emotional health.
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Disparities in accessing care could worsen if audio visits aren’t available as a telehealth option

Audio-only appointments represented almost half of telehealth visits in the study.
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Changing the treatment of cancer

Breakthroughs in the field of genomics are revolutionizing prevention, diagnosis and care.
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Telemedicine visit identifies rare condition in young pregnant woman

After the diagnosis, Cristina Bashans was carefully monitored for a potentially life-threatening aortic aneurysm.