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A large grant for Michigan Medicine will launch important research to improve the screening and treatment for a gynecologic disorder that disproportionately impacts Black and Hispanic populations
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Created by a patient and grieving parent, a peer and medically reviewed guidebook on pregnancy and infant loss offers others going through the same experience more resources during the difficult time.
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Malinda and David Morrison III welcomed their son in 2022 after years of trying to conceive
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Survey shows many teens and young adults support making menstrual products more accessible to fight "period poverty."
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Dinero's pediatric nephrology team developed a tailored formula to address his mineral deficiencies due to his chronic kidney disease, maintain nutritional health and avoid dialysis.
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Woman seeks answers for painful periods, leading to the discovery of endometriosis, large ovarian cysts, organ inflammation and appendix cancer
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New technology can prevent pelvic floor conditions associated with childbirth.
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After federal approval for over the counter emergency contraception in 2006, emergency departments across the U.S. saw dramatic decreases in related visits.
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Jourdan Triebwasser, M.D., medical director of the University of Michigan Health Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital Birth Center and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with a particular interest in this condition, shares more about detecting and treating the condition, and the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in maternal-fetal outcomes.
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Urinary tract infections are a pain. A doctor explains how to banish them for good. Visit Health Lab to read the full story.
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A Michigan Medicine urogynecologist discusses what urinary tract infections are, how they are treated and what new research is on the horizon.
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After decades of falling global maternal mortality rates, has the momentum evaporated? A new WHO report suggests just that, and Michigan Medicine researchers are urging their peers not to take their collective eye off the ball.
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: Low food security associated with metabolic syndrome among reproductive aged Hispanic population a study suggests.
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A Michigan Medicine nursing coworker becomes her new friend, and colleagues, surrogate.
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One mother balances between her severe aortic stenosis, her son in the NICU and her six kids