Common practice keeps hospitalized pancreatitis patients away from food or IV feeding. But a new analysis finds earlier nutrition might help patients with mild cases recover and go home.

For the first time, researchers have found an important factor that mitigates immune suppression in cancer.

Steps taken before starting cancer treatment can preserve a patient’s ability to have children. A Michigan Medicine doctor explains.

As temperatures warm up, parents should refresh their knowledge of pool safety. These 6 tips from Michigan Medicine will help promote water safety for kids all summer.

The Magnet Recognition Program® isn’t a prize or an award. It’s a performance-driven recognition credential.

One R.N. shares how a trip providing health care in Migori, Kenya, widened her perspective — and which patients she’ll remember forever.

Past research has shown that very young kids gain no educational benefit from handheld devices. A new study finds they might even hinder development.

Mother’s Day can be fraught with emotion for couples experiencing infertility — a struggle this Michigan couple knows too well. Luckily, their story has a happy ending.

Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, shared words of advice for new medical grads before he spoke during U-M’s commencement weekend.

Nurses are the beating heart of any hospital. In the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, which houses the youngest and tiniest patients, the job becomes even more crucial.

After the death of her husband, one woman has dedicated her life to finding better treatments for manic depression. Now, her family is committing up to $5 million to advance research efforts at U-M.

Today’s kids are growing up immersed in digital media. Parents often feel like they can’t keep up, can’t keep track of what their kids are doing, and struggle with creating rules about digital media use...

The annual Digestive Disease Week conference presents research across a range of GI specialties. Here’s a look at some of 2017’s standouts.

Hospitals and health systems nationwide, including Michigan Medicine, now tap advocates who bring compassionate and customized help to cancer patients.

The number of women receiving immediate postpartum IUDs or implants has increased dramatically in recent years. But research shows access to such services is unequal.