Annie Clarkson

Annie Hauser is a freelance writer and editor. Email: [email protected]

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How donor eggs helped one couple build the family they always hoped for

After learning her chances with her own eggs were low, a Michigan mom turned to donor egg IVF at the U-M Health Center for Reproductive Medicine.
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Rosalina’s road back to childhood after dialysis and a multi-organ transplant

A mother discusses her 7-year-old child's rare diagnosis and treatment back to good health at Michigan Medicine.
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Unique approach to selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery transforms lives for kids with cerebral palsy

A special approach to selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery is transforming the lives of kids with cerebral palsy.
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Preserving an artist’s vision after diabetic retinal disease

Kim Hartman is an artist with Type 1 diabetes. She started developing vision problems and doctors at Michigan Medicine helped her slow the vision loss and manage it.
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A mother’s tragedy leads to a new resource for grieving parents

Created by a patient and grieving parent, a peer and medically reviewed guidebook on pregnancy and infant loss offers others going through the same experience more resources during the difficult time.
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Clinical trial aims to treat HPV, cervical lesions without surgery

Patients can now enroll in a clinical trial to test a groundbreaking nonsurgical treatment for cervical lesions that affect nearly 300,000 women in the United States every year.
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What is placenta accreta? An expert explains

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.
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“The strength and grace” of one mom with severe heart disease

One mother balances between her severe aortic stenosis, her son in the NICU and her six kids
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Helping the most medically complex infants navigate care

For Lena Long, the Little Victors League has been ‘invaluable’ as her family works through managing her health
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What to know about sexually transmitted infections

With rates of some STIs on the rise, it’s never been more important to understand the risks, symptoms and treatments.
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What causes nosebleeds in children?

The top causes for a bloody nose and simple ways parents can control them.
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What is croup?

Is it contagious? When should parents worry? What to know before heading to the E.R or doctor.
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Hybrid palliation allows critically ill baby to avoid heart transplant

Once on the heart transplant waiting list, the Michigan toddler’s heart now beats on its own.
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Finding community to fight pediatric renovascular hypertension

The rare condition brought one Oregon family to Michigan, where a new international collaborative is improving outcomes and inviting families affected by the disease to join the network.
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A 5-year-old Buckeye fan with a maize and blue heart

Michigan Medicine doctors help 5-year-old Chloe Moser and her parents during her fourth major heart surgery at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.