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Removal of ventilator breathing tube is delayed for some patients, posing health risks
A study by Michigan Medicine determined how many patients who pass spontaneous breathing trials were extubated within six hours and what factors were associated with staying connected to a ventilator.
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Study sheds light on why some prostate tumors are resistant to treatment
A new study from University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center researchers identifies a cellular signature that explains why about one-third of prostate cancers respond especially poorly to treatment. 
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Switching inhalers could have good effects on the climate, but bad effects on health
A JAMA Internal Medicine looked at two groups of patients treated for COPD and asthma who were switched from budesonide/formoterol (commonly known as Symbicort) to the dry powder inhaler fluticasone/salmeterol. The change was associated with increased steroid use.
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Study validates IVF data accuracy of national commercial claims database
A study finds CDM can be used with accuracy to identify IVF cycles covered by insurance and key clinical outcomes, such as rates of pregnancies, live births, and live birth types. The results also demonstrated that CDM is an accurate and comprehensive data source with many potential use cases by a broad array of stakeholders. 
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Nearly 1 in 6 older adults take aspirin despite no history of heart disease
Around 1 in 6 older adults take aspirin as their primary method of preventing cardiovascular disease, despite stricter guidelines. For some patients, the benefit of aspirin may not outweigh the risk of bleeding.
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Engaging Huntington disease patients in research
Huntington disease research can be challenging as it is difficult for patients to get to clinical research sites. This new device brings the research mechanisms to them with the ability to complete studies from home.
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New CEO starts today at Michigan Medicine
David C. Miller starts today as the chief executive officer of Michigan Medicine and executive vice president for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan.
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From the Diag to the world: 175 years of U-M medical history
An interactive map and article that trace the history of Michigan Medicine
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C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital unveils renovated indoor playground for kids
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Children and families at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital celebrated the reopening of the hospital’s newly renovated Michigan Game Day Experience playroom.
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Michigan Medicine reports positive financial performance for fiscal year 2025
The clinical enterprise of Michigan Medicine reported projected positive fiscal year end results.
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U-M Regents approve OAM partnership, property sale to expand outpatient surgery at UM Health-West Village
Partnership approved between University of Michigan Health-West and Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan (OAM) to develop a new state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center
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$40 million gift supports Michigan Medicine’s new specialty care facility in Troy and mental health research
A $40 million gift to Michigan Medicine from the Eisenberg Foundation will be honored with the naming of a center for specialty care that will be built in Troy, and will support depression prevention research.
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    Michigan Answers

    Michigan Answers blend over a century of teaching, research, and patient care with a passion for transforming lives, pushing the limits of what's possible. They inspire confidence, hope, and the pathway to breakthroughs.

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    Bentley's Michigan Answer
    Bentley's Michigan Answer

    As Marguerita Booth had never heard of a child being born with their organs on the outside of their body. And yet as she lay in the darkened room of her first ultrasound of her first pregnancy, she was suddenly introduced to a condition that surprisingly affects 1 in every 3600 babies.

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    Kade's Michigan Answer
    Kade's Michigan Answer

    Alone. Scared. Never knowing who to trust or where to turn for help. That’s how Kade Fitzgerald of Jackson, Michigan lived the first 32 years of his life. Assigned female at birth, Kade knew at age 6 that he was meant to be a man.

    Read Kade's story
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    Merriah and Melliah's Michigan Answer
    Merriah and Melliah's Michigan Answer

    Few moments eclipse the joy of discovering that you’re pregnant with twins. But for 37-year-old Merrick and 37-year-old Mychal, the news that they’d be having fraternal girls with an expected delivery date of Christmas Day 2020 made the news even more exciting.

    Read Merriah and Melliah's story
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    Carter's Michigan Answer
    Carter's Michigan Answer

    Carter Hilton celebrated his sixth birthday by doing what he loves most: running around his backyard, dancing with his younger brother, and being chased throughout the house by his mom. It helps that Carter is a naturally exuberant child. It also helps that Michigan Medicine performed the first in-womb spina bifida surgery in Michigan nearly four months before Carter was born.

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    Sierra's Michigan Answer
    Sierra's Michigan Answer

    Imagine two patients. Both the same age and height. The same gender and race. Both have a similar medical history. Two people, almost identical in every way. So, why does one of them, seemingly at random, develop diabetes?

    Read Sierra's story
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    Dr. Valbuena's Michigan Answer
    Dr. Valbuena's Michigan Answer

    Most aspiring physicians study medicine with the hopes of saving lives, being on the cutting edge of research, or developing the latest therapies and technologies. For Dr. Valeria Valbuena, it was all of the above, plus one additional life-affirming goal.

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    Dr. Vydiswaran's Michigan Answer
    Dr. Vydiswaran's Michigan Answer

    What if the true power of social media isn’t found in a like, tweet or follow? For an emerging field of research taking place at Michigan Medicine, it’s the data inside social media that may have the power to give patients bigger answers and better outcomes.

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    Dr. Cunnane's Michigan Answer
    Dr. Cunnane's Michigan Answer

    Since 1958, millions of lives have been saved by what could arguably be considered as medicine’s biggest breakthrough – the pacemaker. And while its technology has dramatically improved over the last 63 years, chief concerns regarding the pacemaker have always been that it was too big and bulky and that the wires leading from it would sometimes break. But in February of 2020, Michigan Medicine helped change all of that.

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