Kara Gavin
Research and Policy Media Relations Manager
Gavin draws on more than 25 years of experience in communicating about science, medicine and health policy. She focuses mainly on the health services research done by members of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, who work to understand and improve the safety, quality, equity and affordability of health care. As part of the Michigan Medicine communication team, she has lead responsibility for primary care and mental health topics. Contact: [email protected]; Twitter: @Karag
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165 future leaders of medicine graduate from U-M Medical School
As they started across the stage of the University of Michigan’s historic Hill Auditorium this afternoon, 165 future health care leaders were students. But when they stepped off the stage, they were physicians.
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ECT Emerges as Cost-Effective for Treatment-Resistant Depression
After two other depression treatment options fail to give relief, a new analysis suggests patients and providers may want to look to electroconvulsive therapy.
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How Nurses Influence and Excel in Academic Research
Most nurses focus on caring for patients, but some also pursue academic research to improve standards of care. Six Michigan Medicine experts discuss the crucial connection.
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Some Undocumented Immigrants May Benefit from Health Care Policy Shifts
Giving more health-care spending flexibility under a states’ rights approach could benefit a population the current administration has sought to discourage, a new report finds.
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Sex After 65: Poll Finds Gender Differences, Lack of Communication
Most older Americans are satisfied with their sex lives, but frequency varies by age, health and other factors. And not many consult their doctors about sex-related problems.
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Sex after 65: Poll of older adults finds links to health, gender differences, lack of communication with doctors
A new poll busts stereotypes about the sex lives of older Americans – and reveals gender and health-related divides on key aspects of sexual health, while highlighting the need for more people to talk with their health providers about sexual issues.
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Hearing Aids Linked to Fewer Hospital and ER Visits by Older Adults
Many older adults with severe hearing loss don’t have hearing aids, but those with them typically use less costly types of health care, a new study finds.
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Life science researchers across Michigan to pitch innovation ideas at 2018 Biomedical Innovation Cup
What if we could better treat, and even prevent recurrence of, triple negative breast cancer? Or what if we could improve patient compliance and lower the stress associated with IVF treatment?
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Love and death and music: U-M Life Sciences Orchestra plays free concert on Wednesday, May 2
University of Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra takes the stage of U-M’s Hill Auditorium for a free concert on May 2.
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Spring cleaning for medicine cabinets: April 28 event will help Michiganders get opioids and more out of their homes
Spring cleaning isn’t just for dust and grime – medicine cabinets need it too, especially in the face of a growing epidemic of misused prescription drugs such as opioid painkillers.
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The New Medicare Card: Truth vs. Scam
You can never be too careful about health-related fraud. What consumers should know about Medicare cards — and more.
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Predicting C. Diff Risk with Big Data and Machine Learning
A new model analyzes a wealth of information to better predict which patients are more prone to the dangerous infection.
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Stressed-Out Cells Pack Away Their Most Precious RNA, Researchers Find
Stress granules help the body’s cells protect their most important messenger, RNA — a process that could give clues to cancer and other diseases.
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Medical Marijuana Gets Wary Welcome from Older Adults, Poll Shows
Read the results of a recent study finding that the majority of older adults support the use of medical marijuana for pain management when recommended by a doctor.
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Improving Trauma Survival Hinges on the Body's Own First Responders
Recent discoveries about how the immune system reacts to injury - and the dire consequences if that response spirals out of control - could help improve trauma care.
