Haley Otman
Otman was a previous Health Lab contributor and member of the public relations team.
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Ischemic Stroke Admissions, Life-Saving Thrombectomy Procedures Decrease During Start of COVID-19 Pandemic
Researchers call for a response to current and future pandemics to reduce unintended harm upon other patients needing early diagnosis and intervention.
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Yoga Teacher Practicing Again After COVID-19 Triggered Cardiac Arrest
Clare Carr thought her COVID-19 infection was going to be mild. But then it sent her to the intensive care unit and baffled her doctors.
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To Better Understand COVID-19, Researchers Review Aging, Immune Response to Viral Infections
As clinicians learn about a new disease in real-time, researchers are also investigating what lessons from other respiratory infections could apply to COVID-19.
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Racial, Gender Disparities Observed in Heart Transplant Recipients with COVID-19 Infection
Researchers suggest focusing on disparities to help identify which patients with a heart transplant may be at higher risk for a worse course of COVID-19 infection.
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Experts Urge Caution on Sports After a COVID-19 Infection
New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology’s section on sports and exercise cardiology address resuming activity after a case of COVID-19.
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Taking on ALS: An Emotional and Financial Burden
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, impacts families mentally, physically and emotionally. One family explains how it also can throw a financial curveball.
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Therapy Harnesses Immune System to Slow Progression of DIPG Brain Tumors
In mouse models with a deadly form of pediatric brain cancer, an immune stimulatory gene therapy increased median survival.
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Treating One of Their Own: COVID-19 Breaks Myth of Invincibility for Hospital Doctors
Two hospitalists reflect on caring for one of their own when a very sick critical care physician became one of their first COVID-19 patients.
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'A New Take on Life' After Recovering from COVID-19
COVID-19 brought one ICU doctor back to the unit where he trained - not as a doctor, but as a patient in need of the life-saving care he has spent his career providing others.
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Don’t Ignore a Heart Attack, Even During a Pandemic
In light of reports that fewer people are getting heart attack treatments right now, one cardiologist wants to remind patients that the Emergency Department is still the safest place to be when you’re having a cardiovascular emergency.
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Higher Levels of NETs in Blood Associated with More Severe COVID-19
New study explores the connection between levels of a type of destructive white blood cell, known as a neutrophil, with the severity of COVID-19.
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Dying Alone During a Pandemic
Surgical residents encourage innovation to improve virtual connections between hospitalized COVID-19 patients, loved ones.
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Blood Pressure Associated with Racial Differences in Cognitive Decline
Researchers target blood pressure in quest to understand, reduce racial disparities in dementia development.
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U-M researchers launch a wide range of efforts to study and address coronavirus pandemic
Research projects and innovations related to COVID-19 have ramped up quickly across the University of Michigan, spurred by doctors, public health experts, scientists, economists and engineers, and encouraged by research leaders.
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Chloroquine, Ibuprofen and Beyond: Doctors Discuss Latest Treatments, and Treatment Rumors, For COVID-19
There are no therapies proven to prevent or treat COVID-19 yet, but providers can help address symptoms while they continue researching new ideas.
