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4 steps to take before using pre-owned children's equipment
Here are four steps to take if you're considering buying used baby and kid gear, such as strollers, cribs and/or highchairs.
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What parents should know about eating disorders
Michigan Medicine experts talk about what parents should know about eating disorders.
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Study shows promising treatment for tinnitus
Tinnitus, the ringing, buzzing or hissing sound of silence, impacts 15% of adults in the United States have tinnitus. A recent study from researchers at the University of Michigan’s Kresge Hearing Research Institute suggests relief may be possible with treatment.
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A freeze, or a fix? Preventive care coverage at a crossroads
As a court case called Braidwood vs. Becerra goes through the legal system, a popular Affordable Care Act provision hangs in the balance.
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Making kid’s eye care more accessible
In Michigan, families don’t have to travel far for top pediatric eye specialists
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VA hospitals adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic
A recent study comparing the impact of COVID-19 on VA and non-federal hospitals showed the VA structure held several distinct advantages when adapting to the pandemic including the ability to quickly expand bed capacity, retain staff, mitigate supply shortages and avoid financial hardship.
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U-M Health performs its first heart transplant after cardiac death
As the number of heart transplants performed across the United States continues to grow, surgeons at the U-M Health are taking advantage of technology that could increase its transplant yield by as much as 30%. Transplant surgeons in Ann Arbor completed the health system’s first heart transplant using an organ from a donor who had recently died — a process called donation after circulatory death, or DCD.
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Could low iron be making your mental health symptoms worse?
Iron levels in the blood – and specifically, a type of iron storage called ferritin – have been linked to mental health symptom severity
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More older adults are using patient portals, but access and attitudes vary widely
Use and confidence are lower in those with lower incomes or lower levels of physical or mental health
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Life stressors may contribute to multiple sclerosis flares, disability
Life stressors can contribute to multiple sclerosis flares and disability. Learn about the research on how stress can impact MS, and how to manage stress to improve your health.