November 23, 2009
The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the U-M Health System. The analysis shows only 7.6 percent of victims survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a number that has not changed significantly in almost 30 years. It’s a dismal trend considering enormous spending on…
November 23, 2009
The Record accepts obituaries from University departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All obituaries must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
November 23, 2009
For most Americans, Thanksgiving Day means a flurry of food, family and football. But the real frenzy begins the day after, researchers at U-M and Western Michigan University say. “Just as turkey and pumpkin pie are associated with Thanksgiving, the day after has become synonymous with one thing — shopping,” says David Wooten, associate professor…
November 23, 2009
Police Beat is a monthly feature. The next publication will be Dec. 14.
November 23, 2009
This year has been one of the most brutal years in a generation for Michigan’s economy, and next year still will be difficult, U-M economists say. And with the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite…
November 23, 2009
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Nov. 19 meeting. Schematic design approved for zoology museum renovations The regents approved the design for the project to relocate the majority of the Museum of Zoology’s collection from the Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building to approximately 46,000 gross square feet of renovated…
November 23, 2009
Screening for colon cancer in patients with chronic colitis has never been more sensitive. But advanced screening methods — which can pick out pre-cancer years before a cancerous condition develops — are leading physicians to question the standard treatment options that includes surgical removal of the entire colon, a procedure that can worsen a healthy…
November 23, 2009
Steve Carmody is used to looking familiar to people he’s never met. After a 30-year career in journalism and a stint on reality television, he says it’s to be expected. “For a while I would run into people at airports who recognized me,” says Carmody, a general assignment reporter for Michigan Radio. “I thought, ‘How…
November 23, 2009
Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students were more likely to engage in bad behaviors than other youths, a new U-M study shows. Kids between the ages of 12 to 17 who used nonprescribed medications to get high or as an alternative to…
November 23, 2009
A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by U-M doctoral students and professors. Battery-powered cell phones serve as hand-held computers and more these days. People run power-hungry applications while depending on the phones to be available in emergencies. “Today, we…
