Shantell M. Kirkendoll

The national health insurance program leaves many older Americans without adequate resources to properly maintain their sight, a new study finds.

Rapid rise in liver deaths highlights new challenges in treatment and prevention despite gains in fighting hepatitis C, researchers say.

Often driven by insurers, delays in approving weight-loss surgery can deter some patients from the pursuit. And waiting longer doesn’t improve safety, a new study says.

For patients who live in rural areas, driving to see a specialist in a large city or at a university hospital can be challenging, if not impossible.

The World Association of Eye Hospitals will host its first meeting in the United States June 6-9 at the University of Michigan W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, one of 45 member eye hospitals worldwide committed to collaboration in eye care.

More than one-third of cirrhosis cases are related to alcohol, a seven-year national study of more than 100 million privately insured people has found.

A new review suggests it’s time to road test the point-of-care screening tools doctors use to identify brain dysfunction in patients with advanced liver disease.

In many cases, medical care for transgender patients is nothing but routine.

A new study links familial relationships to the likelihood older adults will get needed cataract surgery - a procedure with broad implications for health.

Now Michigan Medicine primary care patients can get online health care for minor illnesses such as flu, eye irritation or urinary problems at MyUofMhealth.org(link is external), just by using a smartphone, tablet or computer.

With influenza activity at peak levels in Washtenaw County, Michigan Medicine is taking steps to prevent the spread of flu to its patients, who include many people who have conditions that make them especially vulnerable to dangerous complications from flu.

At the 52nd meeting of the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, Kellogg Eye Center joins vision specialists as they advance the three missions of academic departments: research, education and patient care.

Michigan Medicine surgeons are helping patients who have lost sensation in their cornea regain feeling in their eye through a small-incision, nerve transplant procedure—corneal neurotization surgery.

Ocular surgeries are steadily shifting away from hospitals, a move that offers convenience and financial perks. But questions of safety and accessibility remain.

Falls among middle-aged people are an underreported issue, U-M researchers say. Now, they’re probing the connection between falling and poor vision as a way to prevent injury.