Health Lab Articles
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Travel Dreams Come True After Lung Reduction Surgery
After suffering from emphysema for years, a lung volume reduction surgery at Michigan Medicine drastically changed one woman’s quality of life, igniting her love of travel once again.
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Investigating the Immune System’s Connection to Blood Clots
U-M led research is exploring more about blood clots in hopes to discover potential alternative options for blood thinners as treatment.
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Redefining Sexual Identity with Parkinson’s Disease
For Parkinson’s disease patients, sexual health may be a significant issue in their relationship. A Michigan Medicine’s social certified sex therapist discusses ways to address the issue.
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Body Temperature May Provide Early Warning for Graft-Versus-Host Disease, a Study in Mice Suggests
Research suggests wearable temperature monitors may offer an inexpensive, non-invasive way to detect a life-threatening bone-marrow transplant complication.
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The Michigan Health Blog’s 20 for 2020
The most read stories of 2019 on the Michigan Health blog.
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Michigan Health Lab's 20 for 2020
The most read stories of 2019 on the Michigan Health Lab blog.
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The Top 5 Most Played Michigan Medicine News Break Podcasts of 2019
A list of the top 5 podcasts of 2019 from the Michigan Health and Michigan Health Lab blogs.
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U-M Approach Could Improve the Accuracy of Cancer Clinical Trials
An innovative way of assessing clinical trial-related imaging could reduce the kinds of errors that can distort results, study finds.
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A Chance to Speak Her Name: Tara Ogunde
A U-M law student, who passed of breast cancer in 2019, is remembered by her family and school in a special way.
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How to Tell If a Brain Is Awake
Are EEG’s a reliable determinant of consciousness? Findings from a new study add to the continuing scientific debate and urge more cautious readings of EEG results.
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How to Boost Your Mood with Food
Your diet can play a significant role in how you feel emotionally, but can food improve your mood? Two U-M dieticians weigh in.
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Top 10 Cancer Research Stories of 2019
The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center’s Top 10 stories of 2019.
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A Story of Faith: The Pregnant Mother Who Had Cancer, Heart Failure and Two Strokes in One Year
After becoming pregnant, getting cancer, having heart failure and two strokes, one mother reflects back on her care team and her faith which pulled her through.
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Pipeline Program Offers Minority Medical Students Opportunity to Engage in Specialties
To encourage medical students who are underrepresented in medicine to enter highly competitive specialties, two Michigan Medicine specialties have made a partnership with a national organization that offers hands-on learning experiences.
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Cancer-Related Distress: Don’t Just Take It. Talk About It.
Cancer can bring with it a mix of emotional, physical, spiritual and practical concerns. Get tips and tools to help you identify, monitor and address distress as part of cancer treatment.
