Beata Mostafavi
Public Relations Manager
Mostafavi leads media relations and content creation for University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital. Prior to joining Michigan Medicine in 2012, Mostafavi spent 10 years as a journalist. Contact: [email protected]
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Study: Children May Not Always Grow Out of Being Picky Eaters
While encouraging a varied diet is recommended, being too restrictive with food may not be the best approach to helping children form healthy eating habits.
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Should Tweens Use Health Apps?
Experts caution parents to research health apps before tweens use them and consider such factors as privacy, ad content and body image impact.
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Rare, COVID-Related Inflammatory Disease Affecting Children
A rare and potentially fatal COVID-related disease is affecting some kids. A children's health expert discusses what is being called multi-system inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C.
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Moms on the Frontline
A tribute to mothers who are serving double duty caring for COVID-19 patients at work while also balancing family life at home during the pandemic.
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12 Things to Know About COVID-19 and Pregnancy
Being pregnant in the time of coronavirus presents a new set of challenges for expectant parents. One doctor answers questions about pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Avoiding Crowds is Nothing New for 10-Year-Old with Bone Marrow Disease
A rare childhood bone marrow disease made social distancing a requirement for one patient to mitigate the risk of infection long before COVID-19 required it of everyone.
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Personalized Device Could Support Multiple COVID-19 Patients From Single Ventilator
3D printing fuels U-M efforts to rapidly increase ventilator capacity while providing each patient on vent support with individually tailored gas pressures and pressure monitoring.
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6 Ways to Support Children with Autism During the Pandemic
A child psychiatrist provides support resources for children with autism, and their caregivers, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Michigan Medicine launches weekly video series to support parents, families during COVID-19 pandemic
Schools are closed, parents are working from home and families are adjusting to dramatic shifts in routines with questions about how to manage it all.
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8 Ways to Help Teens Cope with Social Distancing Blues
Isolation is hard for all of us, but may be disproportionately difficult for teenagers who are missing major social milestones due to current necessary social distancing measures.
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Michigan Medicine Chief Medical Officer: “Employee safety remains our top priority."
Michigan Medicine Chief Medical Officer Jeff Desmond, M.D., shares three things to know about how Michigan Medicine is protecting employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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7 Ways to Talk to Your Child About Good and Bad Touch
A national poll, conducted by pediatricians at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, covers sexual abuse and ways you as a parent can discuss the topic with your own children.
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Michigan Medicine physician on the pandemic: “This is a marathon, not a sprint.”
David Miller, M.D. is part of the team of Michigan Medicine doctors who have been working daily to plan for the hospital’s response to COVID-19.
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Michigan Medicine to offer limited curbside COVID-19 screening to its patients
Michigan Medicine will be offering COVID-19 curbside screening for doctor-referred patients at three of its facilities.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Insurance Access Impact Maternal-Infant Health
Disruptions in insurance coverage disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority women before, during and after pregnancy.
