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April 22, 2022
A smartwatch that tracks the wearer’s heart rate can be used to monitor disease progression in people with COVID-19 and may predict how sick they will become, according to research by Srijan Sen, professor of psychiatry, and Daniel Forger, professor of mathematics, and computational medicine and bioinformatics. “What we realized was knowledge of physiology, how the body works and mathematics can help us get more information from these wearables,” Forger said.
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April 22, 2022
“When (social media) content moderation is too reliant on detecting profanity, it ignores how hate speech targets people who have been historically discriminated against. Content moderation overlooks the underlying purpose of hate speech — to punish, humiliate and control marginalized groups,” wrote Libby Hemphill, associate professor of information and research associate professor at the Institute for Social Research.
VentureBeat -
April 22, 2022
“From the original Indigenous dispossession until now, people in the place we call Detroit are persistently having their homes taken away from them,” said Damani Partridge, professor of anthropology and Afroamerican and African studies. “Illegal property tax foreclosure is the newest form of dispossession. This has not only affected residents’ bank accounts, but also their mental health. They need and want cash compensation now.”
Detroit Metro Times -
April 21, 2022
“It seems very clear to me that that officer violated his constitutional rights,” said Michael Steinberg, director of the Law School’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, on the fatal shooting of motorist Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids police officer. “He’s obviously not cooperating with being arrested. He doesn’t want to be arrested but it’s not like the suspect is hitting back or doing anything other than trying to get up and get away.”
USA Today -
April 21, 2022
“In moments of war and violence, it can be tempting to either downplay classical music’s involvement in global events or emphasize music’s power only when it is used as a force for what a given observer perceives as good. Insisting on a utopian, apolitical status for this art form renders us unable to see how even high culture is implicated in the messy realities of political and social life,” co-wrote Kira Thurman, assistant professor of history and German.
The New York Times -
April 21, 2022
Reporting positive COVID-19 self-test results to one’s local health department can help doctors and scientists better understand how vaccines are holding up against the virus, says Jonathan Golob, assistant professor of infectious disease: “People at your local public health departments are experts at using case reports to figure out answers … to adjust treatments, guidance and planning.”
CNN -
April 20, 2022
Driving while stressed out can be just as distracting as texting, eating or putting on makeup in the car. “It’s … difficult to convince people sometimes to focus on this. But there’s questions like how difficult is it to drive in this situation?” said Paul Green, research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
WXYZ/Detroit -
April 20, 2022
Banning abortion in Michigan would jeopardize the survival of many women unless a new legal framework is drafted to allow for abortions in cases where the mother’s life is in danger, says Lisa Harris, professor of obstetrics and gynecology: “Who decides what is the acceptable risk of dying in the setting of a pregnancy? How do you even define what the baseline risk is? … These can be life or death cases.”
Crain's Detroit Business -
April 20, 2022
The release of World Health Organization data that show at least 15 million COVID-19 deaths globally — instead of the 6 million officially reported by countries individually — has been delayed because of objections from India. “Science has to be responded to with science. If you have an alternative estimate, which is through rigorous science, you should just produce it,” said Bhramar Mukherjee, professor of biostatistics.
The New York Times -
April 19, 2022
Care and treatment of dementia patients is costly to society and is emotionally and financially draining to their families, says HwaJung Choi, research assistant professor of internal medicine, and health management and policy: “It’s extremely important to reduce the rate and to reduce the total number of people with dementia, because dementia is a very expensive disease.”
U.S. News & World Report
