Health & Medicine
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April 10, 2023
Heritage Project — Such horrible business
Early one morning just before Christmas 1857, men arriving for work on the construction of a church found heaps of fresh earth next to empty graves in a little graveyard.
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April 6, 2023
Center for Interprofessional Education announces 2023 awards
The Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education has recognized those who have made outstanding contributions in advancing interprofessional education.
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April 4, 2023
New institute to support, catalyze opioid research
U-M has launched the Opioid Research Institute, a new transdisciplinary institute that will bolster research collaborations and strengthen community engagement to address the national opioid overdose crisis.
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April 3, 2023
U-M Health, Sparrow officially join to deliver health care
Sparrow Health System has officially joined U-M Health, effective April 1, having received the necessary regulatory approvals to partner after announcing their plans in December to create the statewide care system.
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March 28, 2023
Wastewater dashboard expands monitoring in five communities
A public dashboard that tracks pathogens detected in wastewater in Ann Arbor, Flint, Jackson, Tecumseh and Ypsilanti recently added monitoring for monkeypox, influenza-A, norovirus GII and respiratory syncytial virus.
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March 20, 2023
College of Pharmacy plans medication disposal event next week
The College of Pharmacy will host a Safe Medication Disposal Event from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. March 28 at two locations on the Central and Medical campuses.
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March 20, 2023
MC3 is a ‘game changer’ for mental health in Michigan
When primary care providers across Michigan have trouble finding local mental health therapists and support services, they often turn to a service called MC3, based at U-M’s Department of Psychiatry.
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March 13, 2023
Loneliness, isolation down but still high among older adults
After three years of pandemic living, loneliness, isolation and lack of social contact have finally started to decline among older adults, U-M’s National Poll on Healthy Aging shows.
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March 13, 2023
RNA Center Symposium to explore future of RNA therapeutics
The U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine will explore what biomedical applications might result from RNA research March 24 at its seventh annual symposium, “From Molecules to Medicines.”
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March 10, 2023
Student anxiety, depression — and care efforts — higher than ever
While rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts are at all-time highs, more college students than ever report receiving therapy or counseling, according to a new report.