January 15, 2021
Physical activity is important for growing bodies and minds. But during these uncertain times, do the benefits of participating in youth sports outweigh the risks? The recent surge in COVID-19
[ Read More ]You wake up one morning feeling under the weather. While in previous years you may have chalked up a sore throat or body aches to a run-of-the-mill cold or flu, this year’s COVID-19 pandemic adds
[ Read More ]By Kara Gavin / U-M Health Lab More than half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 in Michigan during the state’s peak months received antibiotics early in their stay, just in case
[ Read More ]By Kara Gavin / U-M Health Lab The bag of frozen yellow liquid doesn’t look like much, but it might have the power to help a patient survive COVID-19. Or it might be another promising idea that
[ Read More ]By Jina Sawani / U-M Health Lab When people think about forensic pathology, images of crime shows where an investigator sets out to determine a murder victim’s cause of death often come to mind.
[ Read More ]The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have been increasing daily at the highest rate since the pandemic began. Despite this, with lockdown restrictions loosening around the country, many have
[ Read More ]It’s no secret that the current health care system doesn’t best serve every American’s needs, and one of the most evident examples of this is the rising unaffordability of insulin for patients
[ Read More ]As the most common form of dementia and the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., Alzheimer’s disease is not foreign to Americans. Many of us know someone battling the disease— a
[ Read More ]In 2016, the University of Michigan Medical School welcomed 172 new doctors-in-training. Out of this group, 15 students agreed to be followed throughout their medical training, documenting key
[ Read More ]Ask someone in their 70s or older, and they’ll probably remember the fear that gripped the United States in the summers of their childhood, as outbreaks of a deadly virus cropped up across the
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