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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Pregnant and Want Advice on Healthy Weight Gain? Google Isn’t Your Best Bet
U-M researchers found man popular websites contain inaccurate recommendations on weight gain during pregnancy. Here's some helpful tips on pregnancy weight gain.
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Poll: Many Parents Keep Prescription Opioids at Home
A C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital poll showed only 33% of doctors advised parents to discard leftover medication. Learn what informed parents were likely to do.
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Beat ‘Boris’: 10-Year-Old Boy Smashes His 3-D Printed Tumor
Doctors at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital 3-D printed a replica of a fifth grader’s tumor — Boris — to show it’s possible to fight back against cancer.
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Can Nutritional Supplements Impact Genetic Hearing Loss in Children?
A University of Michigan study found that supplements helped reduce hearing loss in mice with the genetic mutation commonly responsible for childhood deafness.
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New Study Emphasizes Harm of Vaccine Refusals
Parents who delay or skip childhood vaccinations even when kids have no medical reasons are contributing to U.S. outbreaks of measles and whooping cough.
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Artificial Placenta Holds Promise for Extremely Premature Infants
Researchers at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital are testing an artificial placenta that could be used to help premature infants avoid disability or death.
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How Printing a 3-D Skull Helped Save a Real One
A 3-D printed model of the patient’s skull provided a vital road map to help University of Michigan doctors remove a tumor lodged deep in a teenager’s skull.
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Four Miraculous ‘Little Victors,’ One First-Grade Classroom
Four kids in a Michigan town each battled severe illness at U-M’s Mott Children’s Hospital. Now, they’re all in the same 1st grade class. See their stories.
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Giving Birth — An Athletic Event?
By applying a sports medicine eye to labor and delivery recovery, a team of U-M Health System scientists finds never-before-detected fractures and injuries.
