February 6, 2023
Gut Bugs Control the Body’s Thermostat
Robert Dickson, MD and Kale Bongers, MD, PhD, reveal the microbiome’s role in regulating the body temperature.
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February 2, 2023
Hospitals Without Highest Stroke Care Designation May Miss Them After Heart Procedure
Michael Grossman, MD study suggests using stroke as a measure of quality after TAVR could put stroke centers at a disadvantage.
January 25, 2023
Study in Residents Shows High Prevalence of Sexual Harassment, Yet Low Reporting Rates
Elizabeth Viglianti, MD, MPH, MSc; Andrea Oliverio, MD; and team discover that one in four women among internal medicine residents experiences sexual harassment, but far fewer go on to report it.
January 20, 2023
2,400 Michiganders Are Waiting for Organs That Can Save Their Lives
Silas Norman, MD discusses the improvements made in the organ donation and transplant system, and the opportunities to do more to ensure every person who qualifies for a transplant receives one.
January 17, 2023
As Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Rises in the U.S., a Clinic Takes a New Approach to Treatment
Jessica Mellinger, MD, MSc discusses the increase in younger patients with advanced liver disease and the Michigan Alcohol Improvement Network (MAIN) clinic.
January 13, 2023
Medicare Policy Change Could Increase Inequity in Heart Transplant Access
Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc and team find that patients seen at transplant centers had almost 80% higher odds to receive “bridge-to-transplant” designation.
January 10, 2023
New Partnership in Rwanda Explores Kidney Transplant, Nephrology Programs
The Division of Nephrology collaborates with King Faisal Hospital in Rwandan to launch the country’s first comprehensive kidney transplant program.
January 6, 2023
Can Pickle Juice Reduce Cirrhotic Muscle Cramping?
Elliot Tapper, MD and team examine the effects of pickle juice on both muscle cramping and quality of life.
January 4, 2023
For APS Patients, Lab Results Don’t Always Paint the Full Picture
The APS Research Labs find that patients have concerns about their ability to function normally, even when their blood work and clinical visits appear normal.
December 21, 2022
New Biomarker Strategy Devised To Screen For, Diagnose Deadly Heart Complication from Cancer Treatment
Salim Hayek, MD and team found that Myocarditis related to immune checkpoint inhibitors always co-occurs with damage to skeletal muscle.
December 20, 2022
New Immune Target to Treat Cardiovascular Disease Discovered
Salim Hayek, MD has uncovered a protein produced by the immune system which offers the promise of new treatment of heart disease.
December 19, 2022
Blood-Based Metabolic Signature Outperforms Standard Method for Predicting Diet, Disease Risk
Venkatesh Murthy, MD, PhD and colleagues use machine learning techniques to more accurately predict diet and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
December 15, 2022
Most Older Adults Are Wary of Mixing Health Care and Religion or Spirituality
"But a sizable majority of all older adults, whether or not they say belief is important to them, reported that they’d turn to health care workers to help them find deeper meaning in their illness," said Adam Marks, MD, MPH.
December 13, 2022
No Advantage to Medicare Advantage Seen in Heart Attack Survival
John Ayanian, MD, MPP and colleagues compare 30-day mortality and treatment for Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction.
December 9, 2022
Surges in Flu, RSV, and COVID Threaten the Holidays
Preeti Malani, MD, MS, MSJ discusses the surge of seasonal respiratory viruses, COVID, and flu during the holidays and what you can do to reduce the risk.
December 6, 2022
Wide Variance Described in Lab Monitoring of Conventional Synthetic DMARDs
Puja Khanna, MD, MPH comments on the importance of medication monitoring and the standardized medication- and disease-based monitoring protocols that were established at Michigan Medicine.
December 2, 2022
How to Discuss Health Care and End-of-Life Wishes During the Holidays
Phillip Rodgers, MD discusses taking the opportunity when your family is together at the holidays to talk about health care and end-of-life wishes with your loved ones.
November 30, 2022
Death, Hospital Readmission More Likely for Black Patients After Coronary Stenting
Stephanie Spehar, MD; Devraj Sukul, MD, MS; and team reveal that social determinants of health in the outpatient setting played a key role in the disparity.
November 28, 2022
Liquid Biopsies Could Predict Survival Odds for Patients with Metastatic Cancer
Zachery Reichert, MD, PhD and team find that measuring the proportion of DNA in the bloodstream that comes from a tumor may be able to guide treatment discussions.
November 21, 2022
Dietary Change Starves Cancer Cells, Overcoming Treatment Resistance
Yatrik Shah, PhD and team find that a low protein diet could enhance standard treatment for colon cancer.
