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Is it Safe to Perform CPR During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
A new study analyzes the potential transmission risk of airborne respiratory pathogens during bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
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10 Pandemic Tips for Older Adults (and the People Who Love Them)
As the pandemic continues, these tips for older adults and the people who love them are more important than ever for 2021.
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More Than Half of People Using Cannabis for Pain Experience Multiple Withdrawal Symptoms
Medical cannabis and recreational marijuana users may not realize the headaches, dizziness, anxiety and other symptoms they feel between hits are signs of withdrawal.
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Anti-Racism and Dr. Susan Moore’s Legacy
A physician reflects on the loss of a U-M alumnus to COVID-19—and what her experience can teach us
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Ginger Counters Certain Autoimmune Diseases in Mice
The main bioactive compound of ginger root lowers autoantibody production and helps halt disease progression in mice with antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus.
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Study Explains Why Patients with Cancer Spread to the Liver Have Worse Outcomes
The liver siphons critical immune cells to render immunotherapy ineffective; radiation to the liver may block this process.
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What Do New SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Mean?
New coronavirus variants in the U.K. and elsewhere have raised alarms. Michigan expert weighs in.
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Uncovering Key Molecule that Drives Production of Cells Critical to Allergic Reactions
Researchers discover protein that regulates the gene expression for influential immune cells, paving a path for novel targets to treat inflammatory and allergic diseases.
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Study: Treatable Cause of High Blood Pressure Often Ignored
People whose blood pressure is hard to control might have another condition that’s the real culprit. So why aren’t they being tested for primary aldosteronism?
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10 Expert COVID-19 Tips to Follow in 2021
Key advice you should still use, and continue to share, in the new year.
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From Pandemic to Purpose
A behavioral scientist, who studies the power of living with purpose, discusses how to heal and grow in the new year, sharing his own daughter's tragic, but inspiring, life journey.
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Couple Fulfills Dream to Become Dads Through Surrogacy
After welcoming their son, couple helps Michigan Medicine launch first peer mentor program for same sex couples expecting babies through surrogacy.
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Life-Threatening Placental Condition Puts Mom and Baby at Risk
Care team uses innovative intravascular balloon to slow down blood flow during baby’s delivery to prevent potentially fatal blood loss due to placenta accreta.
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12 Things Science Taught Us About COVID-19 This Past Year
Thanks to healthcare all-stars, the world enters 2021 optimistically with more clues than ever before about defeating the pandemic.
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Which COVID-19 Patients Will Get Worse
New algorithm helps clinicians flag COVID-19 patients who need more care.