Michigan Medicine
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May 12, 2025
Free event to offer resources, strategies for adult asthma sufferers
Michigan Medicine will host the Asthma Empowerment Summit, a free event on May 31 in Livonia that will offer insights and treatment options for adults who suffer from asthma.
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April 10, 2025
U-M study will test best way to quit menthol cigarettes
A five-year, multimillion dollar U-M study, funded by the nonprofit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, will test the best way to help people who smoke menthol break that habit.
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March 24, 2025
Center for Global Health Equity names new director
Akbar K. Waljee has been appointed the Leslie D. Yamada and Tachi Yamada M.D. Director of the Center for Global Health Equity at U-M, replacing inaugural center director Joseph C. Kolars.
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March 17, 2025
U-M lecturer, staffer win Grammy with reed quintet
Akropolis, a reed quintet, traces its roots to when its five members were undergraduate students at U-M. Sixteen years later, a piece the quintet recorded won a Grammy.
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February 28, 2025
Michigan Medicine researcher breaks down weight-loss drugs
Randy Seeley, director of the Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center, fields a barrage of inquiries from looking for his perspective on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.
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February 27, 2025
Use of greener anesthesia protects patients, environment
A Michigan Medicine study reveals that the use of less polluting inhaled anesthetic agents reduced harmful health care-related carbon emissions by 50% in one year without impacting patient safety or outcomes.
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February 17, 2025
Pharmacy, Michigan Medicine staffers win Candace Johnson Awards
Holly Jablonski from the College of Pharmacy and Janet Santos from Michigan Medicine have been named recipients of the 2024 Candace J. Johnson Award for Staff Excellence.
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February 17, 2025
Breaking into song moves this Michigan Medicine staffer
Christina Fields has a retirement plan. She wants to be a lounge singer. With retirement still years away, however, Fields satisfies her yen for singing with weekly choir practices and semi-annual choral concerts.
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February 10, 2025
Michigan Medicine staffer spins the ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Jennifer Hawkins, division administrator for Infectious Diseases at Michigan Medicine, recently had the thrill of a lifetime: being a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune.”
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February 3, 2025
Fluoride Q&A: How it helps kids, its unique history in Michigan
Many kids in this country get fluoride from their drinking water, their toothpaste and the occasional treatment in the dentist’s office. But what is it, and why does it support healthy teeth?
