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Open talk, open door: Helping kids, teens after a school shooting

The school shooting Nov. 30, 2021 in Oxford, Michigan may cause mental distress and trauma in children and teens, on top of the effects of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Tips and links to help families cope.
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Refinement of genetic signals for psoriasis by combining European-origin and South Asian populations

Researchers report progress towards understanding which genes play the biggest roles in psoriasis.
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Fighting financial toxicity

Patients often find themselves juggling new financial worries at the same time as a cancer diagnosis. Now, researchers are tackling the issue.
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New study clarifies how one protein helps maintain a healthy cellular supply chain

The findings reveal more about the process essential for maintaining cellular health and function.
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A 5-year-old Buckeye fan with a maize and blue heart

Michigan Medicine doctors help 5-year-old Chloe Moser and her parents during her fourth major heart surgery at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
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How mentorship can help student-led scientific research

Medical students can benefit from mentorship in a number of ways, including guidance that helps facilitate student-led scientific research.
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Visiting older relatives? Help spot and fix fall risks

Trips, slips and falls are a major cause of injury, hospitalization and death in older people but prevention can start with quick fixes in their homes that you can make during a holiday visit
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Less than 10% of opioid overdose patients are prescribed potentially lifesaving medications after emergency treatment 

Prescriptions written in the ER or at follow-up clinic visits could rescue patients during future overdoses and treat opioid addiction.  
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Pathologists find evidence of pre-existing chronic lung disease in people with long COVID

Some symptoms may be caused by damage developed before patients contracted the coronavirus.
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5 ways to teach children gratitude

Four in five parents say children today aren’t as thankful as they should be, and more than half worry that they overindulge them.
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6 management habits to reduce disparities in pediatric type 1 diabetes

In type 1 diabetes, new research identifies critical ways to improve blood sugar management across different demographic groups.
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Rural ERs, despite closure threats, save lives at similar rate as urban hospitals

Rural hospital closures mean that emergency care is harder to access for rural communities. A new study found rural hospitals do not have a difference in mortality rate in both emergency and health care settings.
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DNA testing at the doctor’s office

A human genetics experts discusses how these DNA tests might be useful in practice and what cautions remain.
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Addressing two leaky heart valves at once

Adding tricuspid repair to the OR docket makes sense for some patients already undergoing surgery for degenerative mitral regurgitation, a new study shows.
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Two markers help predict head and neck cancer prognosis

HPV circulating tumor DNA and MRI/PET imaging markers predicted which tumors would respond to chemoradiation as early as two weeks into treatment.