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Faculty stories that have appeared in Medicine at Michigan magazine.
A pile of shiny silver hunks of chromium.
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This “essential” nutrient likely has no health benefit

Why chromium is considered an essential nutrient, despite having no proven health benefits.
 Neil Nixdorff is standing next to a man who is seated. Nixdorff is applying acupuncture to the man's ear.
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Managing pain one (super-thin) needle at a time

Neil Nixdorff, M.D. (Fellowship 2024), promotes and teaches auricular acupuncture as a way to manage pain.
 Left to right: Jack Lapides, Myatt Kyau, and Gil Omenn
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Celebrating 175 years of the Medical School: #134-140

Part of a special issue of Medicine at Michigan magazine celebrating the 175th anniversary of the University of Michigan Medical School
 Left to right: Philip Zazove, Amanda Sanford Hickey, and James Curtis
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Celebrating 175 years of the Medical School: #117-125

Part of a special issue of Medicine at Michigan magazine celebrating the 175th anniversary of the University of Michigan Medical School.
 A hospice caregiver sits next to a patient on a bed. Both are facing away from the camera and look toward a window with diaphanous curtains that let in a lot of sunlight. The hospice worker has her arm around the patient, and the patient has her head on the hospice worker's shoulder.
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The hospice dilemma

The hospice criteria for dementia patients to be covered by Medicare are difficult to meet, and the care that is offered is often not the hands-on help that families need.
 Marschall Runge is standing in front of a window wearing a doctor's whitecoat and a blue and maize striped tie.
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Reflections on a decade of leadership at Michigan Medicine

A letter from outgoing dean of the University of Michigan Medical School.
 Michelle Hastings (right) and a student are working in the lab. They are wearing white lab coats and the student is holding lab equipment.
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Sci-fi to real life

Michelle Hastings, Ph.D., is bringing the promise of RNA therapy to rare diseases.
 Microscopic section of endometriosis that has been dyed pink.
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What we understand — and misunderstand — about endometriosis

Obstetrician and gynecologist Sawsan As-Sanie, M.D., M.P.H., explains endometriosis, current treatments, and some of the things society, and even doctors, misunderstand about it.
 A doctor examines a patient's back. His hand's are on the patient's lower back and the patient is reaching around pointing to a spot on his back.
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Helping patients with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and long COVID

The director of U-M's Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center discusses misconceptions and treatments of fibromyalgia and chronic pain and how physicians can best help patients living with these conditions.
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