Michigan Medicine

Michigan Medicine, formerly the University of Michigan Health Systems, is home to one of the largest health care complexes in the world. It has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the medical school first opened in 1850.

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The Heart You Take with You

Advancing medical technology has allowed the University of Michigan to equip a patient with a portable total artificial heart that weighs just 13 pounds.
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Early Detection, Early Treatment for Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C treatments are highly effective early in the course of the disease. The success rate is lower when diagnosis occurs in the late stages of cirrhosis.
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How 3-D Printed Devices Saved Three Babies' Lives

New Medical Technology at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital allowed three babies with tracheobronchomalacia to breath with the help of 3-D Printed Tracheal Splints.
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Surgeons Give Child With No Vocal Cords a Voice

Doctors at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital created vocal cords for a child with CHAOS after delivering him through an EXIT procedure.
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The Landscape for Hepatitis C Is Changing

A physician from the University of Michigan Liver Program discusses the advances in the treatment of Hepatitis C and the importance of early detection.