After injuring his back, one baseball player was able to get back to the game he loves with some minor spine surgery and help from Michigan Medicine

At 10 years old, Akylah Marshall was your typical preteen. But in November of 2019, life had different plans for Akylah. After days of severe and unexplained vomiting, Akylah’s mother Angela knew that what her daughter was experiencing was far from routine. Worse, in less than a week’s time, Akylah’s abdomen was bulging and distended well beyond its normal shape and size.

What do you do when you’re experiencing unexplained abdominal pain, weight loss and chronic fatigue and your doctor can’t tell you why? That’s what Michael Skaggs asked himself when scan after scan, test after test, and doctor after doctor were unable to help him.

Advance care planning, including living wills and powers of attorney, can help older adults express their health care wishes. The pandemic offers a chance for families and providers to have these conversations. 

Clinical guidelines have encouraged the integration of palliative care, yet medicine lags far behind its goals for ovarian cancer, especially for people of color

A few months after turning three, things took a downward turn for Dominic when he started having what his mother would describe as seizure activity.

Study of telehealth use for new-patient appointments shows trends in 2020 and comparison with 2019

Multiple factors, ranging from fear of deportation to food insecurity, create a negative domino effect for the health of the MENA community.

The deadly third wave of the 1918 flu shows what can happen when society prematurely returns to pre-pandemic life, a medical historian cautions.

Health insurance costs will go down for many people who buy plans on the federal Marketplace at Healthcare.gov thanks to the American Rescue Plan.

A new study finds antibody tests, including rapid finger prick tests, effective in determining previous COVID-19 infection.

Michigan Medicine experts share how their work is contributing to gender-affirming and other forms of equitable health care for the LGBTQ+ community.

What clinicians want you and your loved ones to know.

A phase 3 clinical trial finds an anti-inflammatory drug used in rheumatoid arthritis can preserve lung function in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Pagers may seem outdated, but not for doctors. Experts in medical education have developed a program that helps prepare graduating medical students for residency with a mock paging curriculum.