Health Lab Articles

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Novel device detects cervix “ripening” to predict normal and abnormal labor

Multi-specialty team is studying a non-invasive method to measure underlying cervical tissue changes that precede birth with the hopes of predicting timing of birth.
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Life-changing results for young woman after orange-sized brain tumor removed

Young woman thrives after surgery to remove a pilocytic astrocytoma tumor in her brain.
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Long COVID-19 is linked to chronic pain conditions

Therapies for pain conditions like fibromyalgia provide clues for helping those with long COVID-19
Don Reynolds, seated at right, and his family gather together. Reynolds can garden with his grandchildren after a successful treatment with Pluvicto. Photos courtesy of the Reynolds family
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Pluvicto treatment gives patient another chance

New treatment for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer helped patient get back to his hobbies
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‘We might for the first time really be thinking of cures of cancer’

Founding Rogel Cancer Center Director reflects on how cancer evolved from ‘the least scientific discipline’ to a shining example of how basic research discoveries can change clinical care.
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Ketamine’s promise for severe depression grows, but major questions remain

New findings about the impact of IV ketamine on treatment resistant depression add more fuel to the potential for broader use and insurance coverage.
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Unveiling potential diagnostic, treatment target for APS-related thrombocytopenia

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health have unveiled a new mechanism that drives thrombocytopenia and a potential clinically actionable biomarker for antiphospholipid syndrome associated thrombocytopenia.
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Teen turns EKG heart readings into art

Teenage heart patient transforms EKG paper into art creations, sold as notecards to support research at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
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Should heart patients consider taking weight loss medications?

Cardiologist shares how weight loss medications may impact cardiovascular health.
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Music may bring health benefits for older adults

Making music by singing or playing an instrument, or listening to music, brings health and wellbeing benefits to many older adults.
Woman grasps at pelvic area, indicating pain
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Pelvic floor injury during vaginal birth is life-altering and preventable, experts say

New technology can prevent pelvic floor conditions associated with childbirth.
A dentist operates on a patient at Exalta Health in Grand Rapids
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Using telehealth to serve disparate populations

A collaboration between Exalta Health and University of Michigan Health-West is a creative method of bridging language, financial, and technology gaps between patients and health care providers.
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Bacteria in the mouth linked to pulmonary fibrosis survival

Bacteria in the mouth may play a role in survival from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
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Novel antibody targets CD38 enzyme to treat systemic sclerosis

New study has identified an enzyme contributing to systemic sclerosis.
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Is lung cancer treatment working? This chip can tell from a blood draw

Using a chip to process blood samples, doctors can monitor the amount of cancer cells in a patient’s blood to determine how well a treatment is working by the fourth week, according to a new study.