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Text Message Alerts Help Patients with Hypertension Remember to Take Meds

Learn more about a new study that showed mobile reminders boosted medication adherence in high blood pressure patients.
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How a Cardiac Surgeon Keeps His Own Heart Healthy

To keep a heart healthy, these heart care tips include a balanced diet, exercise, lower stress from a Michigan Medicine cardiac surgeon.
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Should a Heart or Lung Emergency Mean a Ticket to the ICU? Not Necessarily, Study Suggests

Sending a patient to an intensive care unit after a heart attack, or a flare-up of heart failure or COPD, may sound like the best option. But it’s not always the case.
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7 Ways to Maintain Your Sanity After the Death of a Spouse

After losing a spouse, it’s normal to feel alienated and alone. A social worker, writer and cancer widow offers her tips for healing.
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How a Pediatrician Helps Her Family Eat Healthfully at Home

A new U-M poll shows parents who struggle to get their children to eat a balanced diet aren’t alone, but there are easy ways to eat healthier at home.
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Diabetic Eye Issues a Growing Problem in Youth with the Disease

Eye issues may seem far in the future for children and teenagers with diabetes, however a new study shows why diabetic eye issues shouldn’t be overlooked, regardless of patient age.
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Second Cause of Hidden Hearing Loss Identified

Some people can pass a hearing test but have trouble understanding speech in a noisy environment. New research identifies a mechanism for this condition just years after its discovery.
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Hockey Players with Disabilities Show ‘They’re Not So Fragile’

A U-M faculty member helped start a hockey team for individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, supporting their athletic capacity and camaraderie on the ice.
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Looking Beyond Cancer Cells to Understand What Makes Breast Cancer Spread

Get the latest information on how DDR2 contributes to the spread of breast cancer from researchers University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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A Caregiver’s Guide to Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis Treatment

Read more about the actions you can take to help if you suspect your loved one is displaying symptoms of psychosis with Parkinson’s disease.
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Study: 1 in 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

Learn more about when you should go to the emergency room for eye care and how to tell if your eye problem is really an emergency.
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Tiny Heart Repaired While Baby Still in the Womb

Read how before birth, baby Breck’s doctors detected critical aortic stenosis - found in size in 1,000 infants - and performed fetal cardiac intervention.
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Use of Risky Brain-Affecting Drug Combinations Rising Among Seniors

Learn more about how new data shows the use of risky brain-affecting drug combinations, known as polypharmacy, is rising among seniors
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More Than 95,000 Valentines from Around the World Reach Children’s Hospital

Well-wishers from as far as Guam, Australia and Turkey helped spread Valentine’s Day cheer to sick kids at U-M.
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Past Health Problems Complicate HFpEF, a Complex Heart Condition

Learn more about Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and how it requires a personalized treatment plan with closely monitored care.