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High blood sugar and suPAR levels independently worsen COVID-19 outcomes
The largest study to investigate the role of inflammatory biomarkers in hospitalized COVID-19 patients uncovers risk factors for worse health outcomes in those with diabetes.
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More adults are falling every year, despite prevention efforts
Despite prevention efforts, falls increase annually, with wide variations in incidence based on geography, research finds.
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Racial and ethnic disparities exist in prescribing rifaximin for patients with hepatic encephalopathy
Study reveals Black Americans experience significant health inequities when receiving treatment for the cirrhosis-related disorder.
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Critical and underutilized: fire and police responders associated with higher cardiac arrest survival rates
Police and fire first responders are often first on the scene during emergency cardiac arrest, and their intervention correlates with higher survival rates for patients.
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Rehabilitation psychologists: specialists you may not yet know, but might one day need
More awareness is needed to grow the essential field.
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Medicaid community health workers have positive impact on care
Rigorous evaluation of real-world program shows emergency care and costs went down, while outpatient care went up, among low-income Detroit residents who connected with a CHW.
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Socioeconomic factors may be more disruptive to young kid’s sleep than pandemic shutdown
Social determinants of health may have negatively impacted sleep quality for babies and toddlers than the pandemic lockdown in early 2020, according to a new study.
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How to help kids swallow pills in 7 easy steps
A child’s health may depend on taking certain medications, and pill swallowing can be difficult even if you’re an adult. A pediatric expert walks through 7 how-to tips to help teach children to take pills.
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Spinal fluid sampling used to track treatment response in pediatric glioma
Findings suggest this method could provide data about tumors sooner than MRIs alone.
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A road to better Zzz’s
A newly improved CPAP device is helping aid in one woman’s obstructive sleep apnea.
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A third of new moms had postpartum depression during early COVID
Postpartum depression and anxiety have increased in the time of COVID. New studies show the care gaps and surprising silver linings that emerged for people who gave birth during the early days of the pandemic.
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Sam’s Michigan Answer: A medical school that sees him as a champion
Ten years after his cancer diagnosis, Sam won a gold medal. Now, after traveling around the globe through world championships and Olympic stadiums, he was ready for a new adventure: medical school at the University of Michigan.
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COVID-19 isn’t over. How do we navigate life now?
As the world transitions to the “endemic” phase of this pandemic, experts address what individuals, leaders and researchers should do.
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The surprising diversity of the fallopian tube
A study provides a new cell atlas of the female reproductive organ.
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Use of opioids before surgery predicts consumption of opioids after surgery
Study points to the need to personalize pain-relief approach.
