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When Should I Take My Child to the Emergency Room?
A new poll finds that parents might rely on the hospital too often for minor issues. This primer for parents can help.
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Is Coblation Really a Less Painful Tonsillectomy Procedure?
Coblation, touted as a kinder, gentler tonsillectomy method, might not be any better than traditional tonsillectomy surgery, one Michigan Medicine researcher says.
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A Letter to My Baby, Missing You Always
A mother’s letter to her daughter, who was diagnosed before birth with a fatal birth defect and died shortly after entering the world.
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Trusted ‘Ally’: App Guides Breast Cancer Patients Through Treatment
See how Michigan Medicine's Breast Cancer Ally smart phone app provides individualized information, resources and supportive tools to breast cancer patients.
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Healing After Miscarriage and Infant Loss: A Social Worker’s Tips
Losing a baby to miscarriage or shortly after childbirth is a unique, unfamiliar and painful type of grief. How to foster support and healing.
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Living Well for 19 Years with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Stage 4 breast cancer survivor Heather Jose shares how research advancements and precision medicine helped her live 19 years and counting with metastatic cancer.
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Low-Cost, High-Volume Services Make Up a Big Portion of Unneeded Health Care Spending
“Low-value” care, such as unnecessary lab tests, could be reduced safely to cut expenses, a new analysis suggests.
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How vaccines protect moms (and babies) during pregnancy and beyond
Find out the benefits of getting a flu shot and the Tdap vaccine during your third trimester of pregnancy, including how these vaccines help protect your unborn baby.
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8 Tips to Help Older People Fall — and Stay — Asleep
Proven sleeping habits that can help older people foster healthy sleep without relying on medicines or supplements, which pose real risks as people get older
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‘A Seat at the Table’: Why U-M’s Medical School Wants More Students with Disabilities
Doctors often care for people with disabilities, yet few physicians have one. U-M’s medical school recently altered its technical standards to better promote a longtime mission of inclusivity.
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For Patient Awaiting New Heart, a Ventricular Assist Device Brings Hope
Michigan Medicine patient Eddie Craig is thankful for the heart pump that is keeping him alive until he can undergo a transplant.
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Study Finds Double Mastectomy Tied to More Missed Work
A new study finds that women who pursue aggressive cancer treatments, like double mastectomy, are eight times more likely to have substantial employment disruptions.
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To Lighten Your Load, Share the Burden of Breast Cancer
See how hospital breast cancer resources and family support helped 66 year old Michele Galgoul reduce stress while navigating treatment for stage 3 breast cancer.
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‘When Are We Going to Cure Cancer?’: The Bright Future of Breast Cancer Research
When will we cure breast cancer? See how breast cancer treatment has evolved since 1960 and find out what the future of breast cancer treatment and research holds.
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Why Screening for Social Determinants of Health Helps Doctors Provide Better Care
Poor health tied to unmet social needs is a widespread problem. A Michigan Medicine partnership is examining the questions that community health centers ask to address the issue.