In the News
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December 6, 2024
Brad Stulberg, adjunct clinical assistant professor of public health, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” is a “macho aesthetic” combining a distrust of FDA-approved therapies, an enthusiasm for supplements and a fixation with manly strength. “I think many young men are drawn to this attitude toward fitness, and it’s being delivered by people who are coded as conservative,” he said.
The Atlantic -
December 5, 2024
“Our long-term vision is an idea of taking diagnostic tools and moving them inside the body,” said Aaron Morris, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, whose lab is developing internal implants that can detect immune system diseases like cancer, sepsis and multiple sclerosis. Lonnie Shea, professor of biomedical engineering, says drawing markers of these conditions to a more accessible site — in the form of tiny pill-shaped disks of biomaterial scaffolding — could allow for earlier detection.
MLive -
December 5, 2024
“(Trump’s) tax cuts will stimulate demand and worsen the budget and trade deficits — unless tariffs succeed in reducing demand, growth produced by tax cuts raises revenues sufficiently, or higher corporate investment increases productivity and innovation so much that U.S. exports increase. These are all big bets which are unlikely to be delivered,” wrote Linda Lim, professor emeritus of corporate strategy.
The Straits Times (Singapore) -
December 5, 2024
“It’s not uncommon that big corporations, when they want to do large-scale projects, present things in an either-or fashion to shape the debate in the direction they would like. The idea of ‘if you don’t go with this, then we’ll just tear it all down’ seems like extortion to me, and I don’t think the public should allow itself to be extorted,” said Craig Wilkins, associate professor of architecture.
Detroit Free Press -
December 4, 2024
U-M researchers studying Detroit’s recovery from bankruptcy sought to achieve inclusion by talking with humanists, architects, social scientists, urban designers and city planners. “People want the truth about the history of Detroit as a way toward reconciliation. That expresses what the humanities could contribute toward (a) stated goal of an inclusive recovery,” said Robert Fishman, professor emeritus of architecture and urban and regional planning, who led the study with Angela Dillard, vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of history, Afroamerican and African studies and in the Residential College.
The Detroit News -
December 4, 2024
“I’m advocating for their thoughtful use. Because if you have a senior and you just write a prescription and the visit takes five minutes, is that an appropriate level of care?” said Andrew Kraftson, clinical associate professor of endocrinology, who worries about the side effects of weight-loss drugs on elderly patients.
The Associated Press -
December 4, 2024
“What we saw during the Trump administration is that, absolutely, cruelty was the point, and that much of the immigration enforcement tools … were meant to be visible and were meant to be deterrents,” said William Lopez, clinical associate professor of health behavior and health equity, referring to the separation of children from their parents, workplace raids and the promise to build a border wall.
MSNBC -
December 3, 2024
Doctoral student Grace Zhang and Regina Baucom, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, found that morning glory plants can withstand the effects of weed killers and show resistance to insect damage. “Resistance is a big problem, tolerance is a big problem. But beyond that, we don’t really have a great idea of how herbicides impact plant evolution in general and how it might impact how plants interact with other things in their environment,” Zhang said.
Earth.com -
December 3, 2024
Although parallel parking can be stressful, many drivers avoid using their vehicle’s smart-parking features to assist with the maneuver because they simply don’t trust the systems, says Greg Stevens, research director at Mcity: “You sit there and go, ‘Oh, this is so stressful,’ (but) getting over that trust hump has been a big issue.”
WIRED -
December 3, 2024
“Any information that is pushing anyone in the direction of more extreme or rigid thinking about weight or food … the potential for that to normalize disordered thinking or provide ideas of increasingly harmful behavior is really high,” said Kendrin Sonneville, associate professor of nutritional sciences, about pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage users to engage in disordered eating behaviors.
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