Health Lab Articles
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Triathlete Taps Training Habits to Power Through Colorectal Cancer
How one patient channeled a passion for fitness and a love of nature to help him through treatment for advanced colorectal cancer.
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Getting Leftover Surgery Opioids Out of Harm’s Way? It’s in the Bag
Randomized trial shows inexpensive supplies doubled safe disposal of opioid pain medicines by six weeks after surgery, but didn’t ensure it happened
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Mothers of Fussy Babies at Higher Risk of Depressive Symptoms
Study explores whether a baby’s level of prematurity in combination with highly irritable behavior may influence severity of maternal depressive symptoms.
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Neuropathy Study Finds Promise in Healthy Fats
In a U-M study, researchers observed a reversal of chronic nerve damage in prediabetic mice that were fed unsaturated dietary fats.
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Tumor-Associated Immune Cells Hinder Frontline Chemotherapy Drug in Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers have shown how tumor-associated macrophages release compounds that block gemcitabine in the most common type of pancreatic cancer
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Story Time Better with Print Books Than E-Books, Study Suggests
New research finds that parents and children talk and interact less with electronic books compared to print books.
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Divorce
Many parents who divorce believe the separation damages their child permanently. But, recent research indicates that your child’s adjustment following parental divorce is dependent on the situation existing after the divorce...
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Sore Throat (Pharyngitis)
Sore throat pain can range from slightly scratchy to so severe that even swallowing saliva hurts...
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New Study Identifies Causative Genes in Osteoporosis
Researchers identified two novel genes that affect bone-formation cells relevant to fractures and osteoporosis; understanding these genes could lead to more effective treatments.
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A Protein’s Surprising Role Offers Clues to Limit Graft-vs.-Host Disease
While it plays a protective role in other diseases, knocking out NLRP6 in mice led to better outcomes, less-severe symptoms after bone marrow transplant.
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Two Ways to Reduce Blood Thinner Risks That Lead to GI Bleeding
A new paper identifies strategies that providers might use to help their patients better balance the risks and benefits of anticoagulants.
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Woman’s Contact Lens Care Leads to Parasitic Eye Infection
Acanthamoeba, although rare, poses a significant risk to vision
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How Colon and Rectal Cancer Differ
Whether cancer is found in the rectum or the colon makes a big difference in the risk it poses and how it’s treated. What you need to know to get the right colorectal cancer diagnosis.
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March Madness With a Dose of Sleep Science
A neurologist at the University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center combined her basketball fandom and sleep science expertise to pick games in the tournament.
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TAVR Leads to ‘Beginning of a New Life’
Learn how this septuagenarian went from planning her funeral to dancing at her wedding, thanks to a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR.
