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Could low iron make mental health symptoms worse?
Iron levels in the blood – and specifically, a type of iron storage called ferritin – have been linked to mental health symptom severity
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More older adults are using patient portals, but access and attitudes vary widely
Use and confidence are lower in those with lower incomes or lower levels of physical or mental health
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What turns fungus from friend to foe?
Scientists have wondered whether there are differences in the types of yeast that become pathogenic. A study from the U-M Medical School Department of Microbiology and Immunology finds that the colonizing strains are very similar to pathogenic strains.
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Life stressors may contribute to multiple sclerosis flares, disability
Life stressors can contribute to multiple sclerosis flares and disability. Learn about the research on how stress can impact MS, and how to manage stress to improve your health.
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Having clinicians involved in research improves outcomes in diabetes, obesity care
Having clinicians involved in research supports better outcomes and care for patients with diabetes, obesity and related complications.
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A new regulator of innate immunity identified
One of the most important protein complexes in mammals involved in ERAD is called SEL1L-HRD1. Recent research finds that this protein complex helps regulate another critical protein involved in innate immunity, called STING, at the endoplasmic reticulum.
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Controlling elevated carbon dioxide improves survival
A Michigan Medicine study finds controlling elevated carbon dioxide improves survival in patients.
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New blood donation rules to know
Blood donation guidelines based on individual risk rather than broad bans increase the number of people eligible to give and save lives.
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Study finds cancer cells use a new fuel in absence of sugar
Sugar free: investigator finds cancer cells use a new fuel in absence of sugar
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Higher blood sugar linked to faster loss of brain power in stroke survivors
Research finds higher blood sugar linked to faster loss of brain power in stroke survivors.
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Living well with bipolar disorder
Learn how lived experience and research experts define wellness when living with bipolar disorder with the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program at the University of Michigan.
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Dancing again
After a car accident that left one teenager with multiple injuries, surgeons helped her get back to her passion of dancing.
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4 steps to take before using pre-owned children's equipment
Here are four steps to take if you're considering buying used baby and kid gear, such as strollers, cribs and/or highchairs.
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Researchers overcome major barrier in artificial placenta research
Michigan Medicine researchers spearhead an innovative strategy allowing an artificial circuit to safely support premature sheep without anticoagulation, overcoming a major barrier in artificial placenta research.
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The feeling of hunger itself may slow aging in flies
Scientists say these findings may also apply to other species