What do new mutations to COVID-19 mean? — and more health stories

A roundup of articles from both the Michigan Health and Michigan Health Lab blogs, which cover stories on breaking news and research, health tips and wellness that you won’t want to miss.

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• A Caregiver Check-In: Four ways to best support the caregiver in your life from a wellness leader at Michigan Medicine.

• What Do New Mutations to SARS-CoV-2 Mean?: New SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the U.K. and the U.S. have raised alarms. Here, a Michigan Medicine expert weighs in.

• Pain Patients Who Take Opioids Can’t Get in the Door at Half of Primary Care Clinics:  The “secret shopper” study included hundreds of clinics across the country.

• How Dietary Choice Influences Lifespan in Fruit Flies: Having a choice of foods may accelerate aging and shorten the lifespan of fruit flies, according to new research.

• How a Little-Known Glycoprotein Blocks a Cancer Cell’s Immune Response: The findings, published in Cancer Cell, provide a potential target to improve immune responses to cancer.

• Scientists ‘Farm’ Natural Killer Cells in Novel Cancer Fighting Approach: Engineers and oncologists have teamed up to build on this promising emerging therapy.

• New Technique Identifies Important Mutations Behind Lynch Syndrome: And here’s what that could mean for colorectal cancer.

• Controlling Pain After Surgery Doesn’t Have to Mean Opioids, Study Shows: Comparison of opioid-sparing approach with standard care shows no difference in patient satisfaction, and less pain.

• Work, Humor and Family Help Stage 4 Cancer Patient Thrive: One of the state’s top communications professionals faces her diagnosis, and job, with the support of her family, laughter and love.

• COVID-19 Coverage: Get the latest stories from the Michigan Health and the Michigan Health Lab on the coronavirus outbreak.