Health & Medicine

  1. November 21, 2022

    Two Medical School projects receive $20M funding boost

    Two projects involving Medical School researchers have received a total of $20 million to fund efforts to address alcohol use by adolescents, and delirium in hospitalized older adults.

  2. November 16, 2022

    Campus community advised to guard against adenovirus

    Chief Health Officer Robert Ernst shared an update and reminded people how to remain vigilant and protect themselves against respiratory illnesses in advance of the upcoming Thanksgiving break.

  3. November 16, 2022

    School of Public Health announces two new interdisciplinary initiatives

    The School of Public Health has launched two new initiatives under its Public Health IDEAS umbrella that will focus on preventing the spread of infectious diseases and building health equity.

  4. November 11, 2022

    Highly processed foods can be considered addictive

    Can highly processed foods be addictive? It’s a question that researchers have debated for years as unhealthy diets are often fueled by foods loaded with refined carbohydrates and added fats. To find a resolution, a new University of Michigan and Virginia Tech analysis took the criteria used in a 1988 U.S. Surgeon General’s report that…
  5. November 9, 2022

    U-M president, Michigan Medicine CEO react to Proposal 3 passing

    President Santa J. Ono and Michigan Medicine CEO Marschall S. Runge expressed their support for access to comprehensive reproductive health care following the success of a statewide reproductive-rights ballot initiative.

  6. November 7, 2022

    Ways to stay healthy amid rise in respiratory illness

    U-M is advising how campus community members can protect themselves from a range of respiratory illnesses amid expected increases in travel and indoor gatherings through the end of the fall term.

  7. November 1, 2022

    Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information breach

    Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 33,850 patients about employee email accounts that were compromised in a way that may have exposed some of their health information.

  8. October 31, 2022

    $10.7M to support next generation of clinical pain researchers

    Funding from the National Institutes of Health HEAL Initiative will establish a national education training initiative for early-career clinical pain researchers at U-M.

  9. October 17, 2022

    Task force focused on abortion access continues planning

    Doctors, faculty, students and staff from U-M’s task force on abortion care access have been monitoring the multiple court rulings that have made abortion status in the state uncertain.

  10. October 10, 2022

    Well-being Collective takes holistic approach to health, wellness

    U-M has created a holistic, strategic and comprehensive infrastructure to address the health and wellness needs of faculty, staff and students by launching a campus Well-being Collective.