Health Lab Articles

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Match Day, and Trusting the Process

A 4th-year medical student looks back on her four years at Michigan.
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National Poll: Pandemic Negatively Impacted Teens’ Mental Health

Nearly half of parents noticed a new or worsening mental health condition in their teen since the pandemic started; 3 in 4 say COVID has affected teens’ social interactions.
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Finding Silver Linings and a Sense of Normalcy After COVID-19

Almost a year after being one of the first patients diagnosed at Michigan Medicine, a doctor shares how he and his family are doing now.
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Sleep Apnea Not Associated with Wake-Up Stroke

Stroke onset while asleep does not seem to be the direct link between sleep apnea and stroke.
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Identifying Disease Pathways Offers Hope for More Personalized Medicine in Pediatric Rheumatology

Research finds juvenile myositis and lupus share an inflammatory pathway, but their  pathophysiological differences may serve as diagnostic biomarkers in future studies.
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When COVID Strikes a Family

The coronavirus felt like a distant threat, until an entire family experienced it firsthand.
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Why we should abolish Daylight Saving Time

A sleep neurologist explains the science.
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Flu Shot Associated With Fewer, Less Severe COVID Cases

What does getting a flu shot have to do with COVID-19? A new study suggests that getting your flu shot may help protect you against severe disease from coronavirus.
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How Useful is Next-Generation Sequencing for Patients with Advanced Cancer?

Patients with cancers of unknown origin greatly benefited from next-generation sequencing; widespread inherited cancer risk also suggests broad utility, a study finds.
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One Year Later: Michigan Medicine’s First COVID-19 Patient

Livonia resident Paul DeWyse reflects on being the hospital’s first patient, feeling like a social pariah and how precious life is.
A health care worker on a COVID-19 unit during the early months of the pandemic.
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Leading the Way in Practical Treatment of COVID-19

A Michigan Medicine team has created online guidelines for therapies and practical treatments for COVID-19.
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12 Mental Health Tips as Life Gets 'Back to Normal'

The anniversaries of COVID-19 lockdowns, deaths, and other milestones may hit you and others hard. Tips for coping or preventing distress.
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Sleep and Your Toddler

Bedtime troubles for toddlers are very common. Toddlers are growing and developing quickly so their sleep changes a lot. Understanding your toddler’s sleep patterns is the first step in helping provide them with better sleep. Here are some of the most common questions that parents have...
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Big Shift Seen in High-Risk Older Adults’ Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccination

Black, Hispanic and chronically ill adults over 50 are much more likely to say they’ll get the COVID-19 vaccine than before, showing a reduction in vaccine hesitancy in just three months.
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COVID Vaccines: Does it Matter Which One You Get?

Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson – with more COVID vaccines available, does it matter which one you get? An expert on COVID variants discusses the available vaccines.