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Physical Therapy After Brain Tumor Helps Patient Regain Mobility
Physical Therapy After Brain Tumor Helps Patient Regain Mobility
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Study: Many Thyroid Cancer Patients Say They Had No Choice About Radioactive Iodine
Better shared decision-making could help patients feel more empowered, avoid treatment side-effects and reduce overtreatment.
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How to Manage Your Summer Rash
A Michigan Medicine dermatologist shares everything to know about heat rash symptoms, prevention, treatment and how to discern it from other skin conditions in disguise.
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Minimally-Invasive, Innovative Therapy Used for Treating Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
U-M expert discusses a clinical trial involving a new non-invasive, endoscopic weight-loss procedure called the EndoBarrier®.
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Firework Blasts Child in the Face, Mother Urges Caution
Firework Hits Child in the Face, Mother Urges Caution
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Effort to Stop Revolving Door for Hospital Patients May Be Spinning Its Wheels
Hospital readmissions for hip and knee replacement patients aren’t dropping any faster since penalties went into effect, suggesting the program may have hit its “floor” and casting doubt on expansion.
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Moments of Clarity, Glimmers of Hope
How unexpected awakenings in dementia patients might shed new light on the disease, according to University of Michigan researcher and colleagues
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U-M Pediatrician: Government Missed Opportunity to Improve Care for Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Michigan Medicine pediatrician says government missed opportunity to improve care for children with sickle cell disease
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Low-income, Less Educated Women Least Likely to Access Infertility Care
About 1 in 8 women report infertility in the U.S. – but women with higher incomes and education levels are significantly more likely to seek fertility treatment than other groups, according to a new study.
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Meteorologist Thrives After Losing Eye in Fireworks Accident
Metro Detroit TV Weatherman Dave Rexroth stays active, independent despite fireworks accident that left him with single vision.
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Many Grandparents’ Medicines Aren’t Secure Enough Around Grandchildren
Many grandparents’ medicines aren’t secure enough around grandchildren, according to the National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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Does Anesthesia, Invasive Surgery Increase Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Risk?
Hesitation to put MS patients on the operating table, due to relapse risk, may have physicians delaying important surgeries unnecessarily.
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New Drug Therapy Could Mitigate Graves’ Eye Disease
Success of phase 3 trial evaluating teprotumumab for treatment of active thyroid eye disease (TED) brings drug closer to FDA approval.
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Efforts to Improve Health Care Value Should Focus on Doing the Right Thing
As health care providers push to reduce low-value care, they should put more emphasis on assessing unintended consequences, listening to patients and providers, and measuring outcomes, a U-M-led review finds.
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Reducing Overtesting in the Emergency Department Could Save Millions
A new study finds there’s excessive imaging testing being performed in the emergency department. A reduction could save millions in health care costs.
