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May 30, 2017

Nursing homes cut UTIs in half through a focused effort on catheter care

Lona Mody, MD, MSc, Professor of Internal Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Division, and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, is first author of a study showing that catheter-associated UTIs can be dramatically reduced with a collaborative approach that includes education, training, coaching, and local empowerment.

May 24, 2017

Recent studies on post-colon cancer diet

Daniel Hayes, MD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and Clinical Director of Breast Oncology at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, comments on recent studies relating to post-colon cancer diet on CBS News.

May 19, 2017

Thyroid cancer surgery complications increasingly common

Maria Papaleontiou, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Metabolism, Endocrinology & Metabolism (MEND) Division, is the lead author of a large population-based study that identifies three groups most at risk of postoperative complications.

May 17, 2017

Faster feeding may mean faster recovery in pancreatitis, evidence shows

Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, General Medicine Division, is the lead author of a study that found patients who get food by mouth or feeding tube early in their illness may get out of the hospital quicker, without added risk or problems.

May 8, 2017

Celebrating Nurses Week 2017 (May 6-12)

During National Nurses Week — and throughout the year — Michigan Medicine is proud to celebrate nurses and their vital role in delivering the highest quality of care to patients and families.

April 25, 2017

Society of General Internal Medicine Research Presentation Awards

The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) presents Adam Markovitz, MD/PhD Student in Internal Medicine, with the Mack Lipkin Sr. Associate Member Scientific Presentation Award and Melissa Wei, MD, MPH, Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine, and Renu Tipirneni, MD, MSc, Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine, with the Milton W. Hamolsky

April 20, 2017

Study: Worse survival when specific thyroid cancers spread to bone

Palak Choksi, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, is the lead author of the largest-known study on bone metastases in thyroid cancer. The study found that patients with follicular and medullary thyroid cancer had the highest rate of cancer-related bone lesions and fractures and an increased risk of death. One of the co-authors

April 10, 2017

When the doctor recommends against the surgery a breast cancer patient wants

Steven Katz, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy, is the lead author of a recent study by Michigan Medicine's Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team, that examines whether a doctor's recommendation against ontralateral prophylactic mastectomy increases the likelihood of patients seeking a second opinion

April 7, 2017

Study: Liver responds positively to leptin treatment in patients with lipodystrophy

Elif Oral, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, is the principal investigator of a study that found the livers of patients with a rare disease that affects metabolism have responded positively to leptin therapy. Nevin Ajluni, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, is the presenting author of the study.

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