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October 25, 2018
Christina Chapman, assistant professor of radiation oncology, believes more attention should be given to openly discussing and addressing racial disparities in breast cancer treatment and outcomes: “It’s not really that different to talk to a black woman than it is to talk to a white woman with breast cancer. In general, we’re all humans at our core.”
Bustle -
October 25, 2018
“It’s a fear of contagion, if we give states any kind of excuse to suspend immunity, that they will take advantage of that and that, overall, the system will be harmed,” said Steven Ratner, professor of law, on Turkey’s suggestion that international rules on diplomatic immunity should be reviewed in light of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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October 25, 2018
Plain aspirin can work just as well as expensive anticoagulant drugs after knee surgery to prevent blood clots, according to research led by Brian Hallstrom, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery. For a patient who had a blood clot in the past, he said he would still use anticoagulants, but “most people can get aspirin alone without much concern.”
The New York Times -
October 24, 2018
“The claims are compelling, and the legal theory is creative. (However), it is hard to see the Supreme Court upholding a favorable verdict, if the case gets that far,” said David Uhlmann, professor and director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program, regarding a landmark federal lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of 21 young plaintiffs who are demanding that the government fight climate change.
The New York Times -
October 24, 2018
“Bryan Cranston makes sense for this sort of move. He sort of personifies the notion of no nonsense, earnest craft, which I can imagine Ford is trying to shift toward,” said Marcus Collins, lecturer at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, commenting on the new “Built Ford Proud” TV spots that carry the voice and face of the Emmy-winning actor.
USA Today -
October 24, 2018
“Perhaps the greatest inventor of all time, (Thomas) Edison changed the world with his brilliance and love for creating new ways to improve our lives. For Edison, deafness allowed him to shut himself off from ‘the particular kind of social intercourse that is small talk … all the meaningless sound that normal people hear,” wrote Howard Markel, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, psychiatry, history, and health management and policy, and director of the Center for the History of Medicine.
PBS NewsHour -
October 24, 2018
(This item is being repeated due to a broken link in Wednesday’s version.)
More than half of older patients surveyed said their primary care provider did not ask them about their vision, even though the number of adults with vision impairment is expected to double over the next three decades, according to Preeti Malani, professor of internal medicine and U-M’s chief health officer, who directs the National Poll on Healthy Aging.
Healio -
October 23, 2018
Trauma to the head from playing football can lead to brain damage, and unscientific denials of the possibility are unacceptable, wrote Adam Finkel, clinical professor of environmental health at the School of Public Health: “All the stakeholders (especially the physicians) need to stop playing defense by concocting unscientific excuses for inaction, and start drawing up plays that will better preserve the game and its workers’ health.”
Chicago Sun-Times -
October 23, 2018
“We can go out and show that a drone is really impressive at following a prescribed path, which is what a lot of these light shows are doing. People have very meticulously created what they believe is an artistic pattern for the group of drones to follow, which is normally great … but if something goes wrong, maybe it’s not so great,” said Ella Atkins, professor of aerospace engineering and electrical engineering and computer science.
Detroit Free Press -
October 23, 2018
More than half of older patients surveyed said their primary care provider did not ask them about their vision, even though the number of adults with vision impairment is expected to double over the next three decades, according to Preeti Malani, professor of internal medicine and U-M’s chief health officer, who directs the National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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