Health & Medicine
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April 29, 2024
Young heart transplant recipient fights off cancer with toughness
Roman DiLeo was born in June 2022 and needed several life-saving medical procedures – from heart pumps to a heart transplant. Roman is not only a fighter but a cancer survivor.
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April 29, 2024
It Happened at Michigan — Family trees and the ‘striking incidence’ of cancer
For years, U-M pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin studied the lives — and deaths from cancer — of an extended Ann Arbor family.
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April 24, 2024
Medical marijuana use decreased in recreational‑use states
Recent data on medical cannabis use found enrollment in medical cannabis programs increased overall from 2016-22, but decreased in states where nonmedical cannabis use became legal.
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April 23, 2024
Michigan Medicine, others get $15M to study inflammation
The American Heart Association has awarded $15 million to scientists at U-M and two other universities to study inflammation’s role in cardiac and brain dysfunction.
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April 23, 2024
Runge addresses U-M’s role in human health and well-being
In the latest Michigan Minds podcast, Marschall Runge, executive vice president for medical affairs, discusses U-M’s role in human health and well-being, a key area of the university’s Vision 2034.
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April 17, 2024
Chemicals stored in home garages linked to ALS risk
A new Michigan Medicine study finds that storing chemicals in a garage at home may be associated with an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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April 15, 2024
University establishes the Common Agenda for Well‑being
The steering committee of U-M’s Well-being Collective has established the Common Agenda for Well-being, which will serve as a blueprint for the collective’s work moving forward.
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April 8, 2024
Vision 2034 positions U-M as ‘the defining public university’
U-M has released its strategic vision for the next 10 years and has pledged to be the defining public university, “boldly exemplified by our innovation and service to the common good.”
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April 5, 2024
Statewide effort to study how environment affects cancer risk
Researchers at U-M’s Rogel Cancer Center plan to use a $13 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study how exposures to toxic metals are impacting the cancer risk of Michigan residents.
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April 4, 2024
Center for IPE presents awards for innovation, excellence
The Center for Interprofessional Education has awarded two teams with awards recognizing those who have made outstanding contributions in advancing interprofessional education and practice.
