Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have identified a mechanism that causes severe gastrointestinal problems with immune-based cancer treatment, also finding a way to deliver immunotherapy’s cancer-killing impact without the unwelcome side effect.

People with bipolar disorder have a higher risk of early death than people who smoke, and more efforts to improve detection and care are needed.

Little girl adopts dog with same heart condition as her, finding support in her canine friend.

Investigators found that people with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had stable cognition two years later. Researchers say it suggests that bariatric surgery may mitigate the natural history of cognitive decline expected in people with obesity.

With over 400 stories published on Health Lab in 2023, the following 10 articles were the most read of the year.

Babies born with sickle cell disease face social inequality as well as a lifelong chronic disease that is often undertreated with proven drugs.

Recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Pluvicto is a radionuclide-labelled drug administered to patients showing promising results.

Jourdan Triebwasser, M.D., medical director of the University of Michigan Health Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital Birth Center and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with a particular interest in this condition, shares more about detecting and treating the condition, and the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in maternal-fetal outcomes.

A team developed a new approach for combining microbiome data together while overcoming the noise introduced by the different techniques used in each study into a tool they dubbed MaLiAmPi (Maximum Likelihood Amplicon Pipeline).

At Michigan Medicine, a mother of eight kids underwent a heart transplant surgery through a process called donation after circulatory death, or DCD, which saved her life.

Kyle and Kaylee Berner are enjoying making memories with their baby, Bennett, outside hospital walls. Courtesy of the Berners

How two newly approved gene therapies, including novel technology CRISPR, may help kids and adults with inherited blood disorders

U-M study shows accurate AI models improved diagnostic decisions, but biased models led to serious declines

Experience gave him a new appreciation for interprofessional patient care

Post-traumatic stress worse among Mexican American caregivers compared to white caregivers.