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10 ways to reduce your risk of dementia; when chest pain isn’t a heart attack – and more health stories
Check out this week’s stories from Health Lab, Michigan Medicine’s online publication for news and stories on health, wellness and research from top-leading medical experts. Stay informed: Want Health Lab articles sent straight to your inbox? Sign up for Health Lab’s Health & Wellness and Research & Innovation weekly newsletters today. 10 ways to reduce your risk of dementia Avoiding norovirus, the incredibly contagious stomach flu When chest pain isn’t a heart attack Fentanyl overdoses are on the rise. Here’s what to know and how you can help Researchers use a new approach to hit an ‘undruggable’ target Back on…
Spreading the love of reading in Mott and welcoming the newest valentines in Von Voigtlander
Approximately a 2-minute read Key takeaways: Little Victors at Mott were treated with valentine cards and teddy bears with special-edition t-shirts to celebrate Valentine’s Day. People from across the globe submitted…
Pregnant people in rural areas less likely to have adequate health insurance; 1 in 8 Americans show signs of food addiction – and more health stories
Check out this week’s stories from Health Lab, Michigan Medicine’s online publication for news and stories on health, wellness and research from top-leading medical experts. Stay informed: Want Health Lab articles sent straight to your inbox? Sign up for Health Lab’s Health & Wellness and Research & Innovation weekly newsletters today, A link between asthma, obesity and the airway microbiome Doctors discover novel way to treat gastrointestinal complication in child with trisomy 18 Pregnant people in rural communities less likely to have adequate health insurance Sugar is processed differently in the brains of obesity-prone vs. obesity-resistant rats Virologists call for…
OPEN publishes new pediatric prescribing recommendations
OPEN has released a new set of pediatric prescribing recommendations based on three years of data collection and analysis of prescribing patterns and patient reported outcomes. These recommendations add nearly 40 new procedures to its extensive list centered around pediatric surgeries. Work on this new set of recommendations began after Karen Cooper, M.D., moved to Michigan Medicine hoping to make a bigger impact on the way we prescribe opioids to children. Cooper saw that one out of 20 kids were still receiving a prescription for opioids three months after tonsillectomy, and this statistic didn’t sit well with her. After getting…
Michigan Medicine faculty member, Million Hearts to kick off new cardiac rehabilitation virtual learning series
This February is American Heart Month, commemorating the more than 600,000 Americans who die from heart disease each year and raising awareness about strategies that support heart health. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is one of those critical strategies, with the second full week of February dedicated to promoting its role in treating heart disease. To help health care providers enroll more patients in this life-saving program, Mike Thompson, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Michigan Medicine and co-director of the Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC), will present as the guest speaker at a new CR virtual learning…
Proteomics Resource Facility joining Biomedical Research Core Facilities
The U-M Biomedical Research Core Facilities (BRCF) are campuswide laboratories that develop and provide advanced scientific resources to enable biomedical research. Established more than 35 years ago, the BRCF has been offering centralized access to research services, shared equipment and expertise to biomedical researchers and investigators. The BRCF has been a staple of the research community, advancing biomedical research here at Michigan Medicine for decades. Nesvizhskii The BRCF and the Department of Pathology have come together to transition the Proteomics Resource Facility (PRF), led by Alexey Nesvizhskii, Ph.D., into the BRCF where it will continue to offer resources and services…
How stories have the power to heal and transform
Approximately a 3-minute read Key takeaways: Rana Awdish, M.D. survived a near-death experience in 2008, which has impacted her career as a doctor and teacher.She has used that experience to move…
Many older adults lack clear eyesight, even with glasses; Rebounding at 87 after CNS lymphoma — 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. P.S. Want to receive new stories straight to your inbox? Sign up for the blog e-newsletters! A dual approach to nursing shortagesMany older adults lack clear eyesight, even with glassesSimple neural networks outperform the state-of-the-art for controlling robotic prosthetics Support from others in stressful times can ease impact of genetic depression risk Medicare policy change could increase inequity in heart transplant access, study finds Can pickle juice reduce cirrhotic muscle cramping?Michigan…
Three years of research culminating in best practice recommendations for pediatric research
Karen Cooper, M.D., started her residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (also known as Ear, Nose and Throat or ENT) 25 years ago, and one of the first surgeries she learned to perform was a tonsillectomy. When she began her career, the common practice was to prescribe large amounts of an opioid to manage the significant postoperative pain patients experienced. Over time, Cooper noticed the lack of data available for opioid prescribing and managing pain safely for children after surgery, and she was concerned about the risks that came with prescribing postoperative opioids. She saw many patients dealing with side…