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Treating One of Their Own: COVID-19 Breaks Myth of Invincibility for Hospital Doctors

Two hospitalists reflect on caring for one of their own when a very sick critical care physician became one of their first COVID-19 patients.
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Thrive with Your Family: Parental Self-Care, COVID-19 Anxiety and Managing Screen Time

Experts talk about maintaining your well-being as a parent, helping kids manage anxiety around the coronavirus and how to handle sleep regression and electronic use.
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12 Things to Know About COVID-19 and Pregnancy

Being pregnant in the time of coronavirus presents a new set of challenges for expectant parents. One doctor answers questions about pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Your ACE Inhibitor or ARB Medication: Is There a COVID-19 Connection?

If you have high blood pressure you may have heard that certain medications could put you at higher risk for COVID-19 complications, but one expert warns not stopping, as early studies are inconclusive.
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5 Ways to Reduce Hearing Damage

Noise-induced hearing loss is 100% preventable. A Michigan Medicine audiologist gives tips on how to reduce the risk of noise-induced hearing loss.
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Hazardous Drug Spills Put Cancer Nurses at Risk

New study highlights the persistent dangers cancer nurses face from exposure to hazardous drugs.
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Avoiding Crowds is Nothing New for 10-Year-Old with Bone Marrow Disease

A rare childhood bone marrow disease made social distancing a requirement for one patient to mitigate the risk of infection long before COVID-19 required it of everyone.
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Clinical Trial Offers Clues About Why Some Metastatic Prostate Cancers Don’t Respond to Anti-Androgen Therapy

Transcriptional profiling identifies a gene program active in metastatic prostate cancers that failed to respond to enzalutamide treatment.
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Don’t Ignore a Heart Attack, Even During a Pandemic

In light of reports that fewer people are getting heart attack treatments right now, one cardiologist wants to remind patients that the Emergency Department is still the safest place to be when you’re having a cardiovascular emergency.
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'A New Take on Life' After Recovering from COVID-19

COVID-19 brought one ICU doctor back to the unit where he trained - not as a doctor, but as a patient in need of the life-saving care he has spent his career providing others.
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Caring at a Distance: Telehealth and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has required an unprecedented ramp up in telehealth capabilities. Now, telehealth is offering more peace of mind in a stressful time to expecting parents and others in need of non-urgent medical care.
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Higher Levels of NETs in Blood Associated with More Severe COVID-19

New study explores the connection between levels of a type of destructive white blood cell, known as a neutrophil, with the severity of COVID-19.
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Home Workspace Causing Back and Neck Pain? Try This

Michigan Medicine experts explain how that new home workspace could be causing back and neck pain, and offer tips for creating a space that is easier on your muscles and joints.
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Nursing Homes Prepared for Pandemics, but COVID-19 Reveals Gaps

Nursing homes across America, and care homes in the UK and beyond, have had clusters of COVID-19 cases. How can they contain the spread of coronavirus or other pandemics?
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COVID-19: Behind the Scenes of Testing

Duane Newton, Ph.D., director of the clinical microbiology laboratory at Michigan Medicine, explains the challenges of COVID-19 testing and how U-M is helping to address them.