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Higher Costs Limit Attendance for Life Changing Cardiac Rehab

Despite the success cardiac rehabilitation has shown at reducing heart-related deaths and hospital readmissions, higher out-of-pocket costs may prevent patients from participating in the program, a study suggests. Researchers say quality improvement...
17-Jan-2025 7:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

85% of Mexican Americans with Dementia Unaware of Diagnosis, Outpacing Overall Rate

More than three-quarters of older adults with dementia may be unaware of their diagnosis, a University of Michigan study finds. That number is even higher — up to 85% — among Mexican Americans. Researchers say physicians may not be diagnosing...
13-Jan-2025 3:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Using Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation

Mirror therapy rehabilitation is a technique commonly used with stroke survivors to help them regain function of their limbs that have been weakened because of a stroke.The method consists of using visual illusion to engage the weaker limb during...
7-Jan-2025 9:25 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Lighting Up Cancer Cells with Biolasers

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a way of detecting circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer patients.
6-Jan-2025 9:25 AM EST Add to Favorites

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National Diabetes Prevention Program Saves Costs for Enrollees

Researchers at the University of Michigan evaluated the uptake and outcomes of the National DPP using surveys from 5,948 university employees, dependents and retirees with prediabetes over two years.
3-Jan-2025 6:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

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People Find Medical Test Results Hard to Understand, Increasing Overall Worry

In April 2021, a provision in the 21st Century Cures act took effect which required that all medical test results be released to a patient’s electronic medical record as soon as they become available. As a result of this newer law, many patients...
3-Jan-2025 8:25 AM EST Add to Favorites

First-of-Its-Kind Blood Test for Head and Neck Cancer

Developed at the University of Michigan, MyHPVscore is a highly accurate blood test that can detect human papilloma virus-related head and neck cancer by measuring fragments of tumor DNA in a patient’s bloodstream.
3-Jan-2025 7:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

TNF Inhibitors Prevent Complications in Kids with Crohn’s Disease, Recommended as First-Line Therapies

Early treatment of pediatric Crohn’s disease with anti-tumor necrosis factor medications can substantially reduce the risk of perianal fistulas, a particularly debilitating complication of Crohn’s disease. Michigan Medicine researchers confirmed...
23-Dec-2024 5:50 PM EST Add to Favorites


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Michigan Medicine is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, with three hospitals, one of the 10 largest biomedical research budgets, and national-level strength in a broad range of specialties. It includes the University Hospital, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, the U-M Medical School and the group practice for medical faculty, and specialty centers in cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, eye conditions, geriatrics, health policy, neurosciences and organ transplant. Michigan Medicine is part of the University of Michigan, and has a close affiliation with the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

The clinical portion of Michigan Medicine, called U-M Health, includes the hospitals and ambulatory health centers centered around Ann Arbor, Micihgan, and a statewide network of care including UM Health-Sparrow in the Lansing area and UM Health-West in the Grand Rapids area.

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