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December 15, 2008
Hear SPH Professor MaryFran Sowers discuss the controversial use of hormone therapy in treating symptoms of menopause > Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a cardiac health evaluation should become the norm when considering estrogen replacement, new research suggests. In women without existing atherosclerosis, hormone therapy use included some positive…
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December 15, 2008
Although the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them, a study from researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center finds. “In terms of motivating people to get screened, there may be benefit…
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December 15, 2008
Related story: See charts > The first comprehensive survey of U-M’s graduating class in more than a dozen years offers a profile of students who are ready for a global world of work (or further study), committed to the larger community, and greatly satisfied that the University has prepared them well for whatever life brings.…
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December 15, 2008
Scientists at U-M have shown that gene therapy can be used successfully to stop the development of periodontal disease, the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. Using gene transfer to treat life threatening conditions is not new, but the U-M group is the first known to use the gene delivery approach to show potential…
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December 15, 2008
Artificial bone marrow that continuously can make red and white blood cells has been created in a U-M lab. This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions. The substance grows on a 3-D scaffold that mimics the tissues supporting bone…
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December 15, 2008
A new study from researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a tool commonly used by doctors to estimate the risk of a woman’s breast cancer returning after surgery is not very effective at explaining risk to patients. As a result, women with breast cancer may not find these tools helpful when deciding whether…
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December 15, 2008
Blacks with mental disorders often find comfort from their family and friends, but this support may result in them avoiding professional help. Researchers at U-M and Michigan State University investigated the use of professional services and informal support, which is help from family and friends, among African Americans and Caribbean blacks with mood, anxiety or…
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December 15, 2008
Genes that predispose people to obesity act in the brain, suggesting that perhaps some people are simply hardwired to overeat, research finds. An international research team co-led by U-M found six new genes that help explain body mass index and obesity, and all but one of the genes are tied to the brain rather than…
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December 15, 2008
Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps in the risk of diabetes. While these associations are surprising, all the genes are potential new drug targets and some of them…
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December 15, 2008
U-M at vanguard of education, mirroring changes in creative practice In the last half of the 20th century, the nature of performance art and theatre itself began to change. The happenings of the ’60s and ’70s, street theatre, performance art and video installation expanded and transformed definitions of live and time-based creative work. To establish…
