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How Little We Know: Experts Document Lack of Research on Youth Firearm Injury
Hard data from researchers shows more youth firearm injury research must be done.
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Tackling Teen Anxiety, Depression: U-M Focuses on Mental Health in Schools
Innovative U-M program provides students with mental health resources.
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Liver Damage More Commonly Due to Malignant Tumors than Cancer Immunotherapy Drug
Study finds liver damage more commonly due to malignant tumors than cancer immunotherapy drug.
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To Vape or Not to Vape?
Vaping and e-cigarettes have quickly become popular among teens today, but pulmonary expert, Wassim Walid Labaki, M.D., warns that vaping won’t mitigate risks to your health, and could be responsible for creating them.
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Free Apps Support Transplant Patients in Navigating their Health Care Visits
Two new, free apps help to navigate the complex transplant journey for kidney and liver transplant patients.
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Intermittent Fasting: Is it Right for You?
Michigan Medicine dietician Sue Ryskamp answers common questions about the intermittent fasting diet.
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1 in 75 New Moms Go on to Long-Term Opioid Painkiller Use
A new study on post-birth pain care patterns finds a decline in opioid prescribing, but also identifies opportunities for more non-opioid-based care.
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Undocumented Care: How One Medical Student Is Leading the Immigration Conversation
A University of Michigan student discusses the evolving relationship between physicians and undocumented immigrant patients.
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FDA Finds Rare Lymphoma Linked with Breast Implants
FDA links rare cancer to textured breast implants and urges women to monitor themselves for possible symptoms.
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How and Why Resistance Training Is Imperative for Older Adults
A new position statement supported by the National Strength and Conditioning Association highlights the importance of resistance training for older adults to empower healthy aging.
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Emergency Medicine: Department-Based Intensive Care Unit Improves Patient Survival Rates
Michigan Medicine study shows emergency medicine patient mortality rates improve after implementation of innovative emergency department-based intensive care unit.
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Bladder Cancer Didn’t Silence Kalamazoo’s ‘Guitar Guru’
Guitarist and bladder cancer survivor, Rendal Wall of Kalamazoo, continues to live a life surrounded by music after bladder removal surgery.
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Diabetic Wound Care: New Discovery Points Toward Possible Treatment for Non-Healing Wounds
A new discovery points towards a possible treatment for non-healing, diabetic wound care
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U-M Injury Prevention Center Works to Accelerate the Science of Injury Prevention & Safety
U-M's Injury Research Center received $2.5 million in funding from the CDC to bolster research on injury prevention, including opioid and prescription drug overdoses.
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Future physicians: High school students in Detroit get hands-on training
A unique Michigan Medicine program exposes underrepresented minority students to careers in medicine.