Health & Medicine
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January 17, 2024
Big Heart Blood Battle runs through Feb. 23
The Big Heart Blood Battle, an annual winter blood-donation competition against three other universities, has begun and will run through Feb. 23.
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January 17, 2024
Finalists selected for Michigan Health Equity Challenge
The Michigan Health Equity Challenge recently announced the selection of 10 project finalists that address health equity challenges in southeast Michigan.
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January 12, 2024
Michigan Medicine brings Recharge Rooms to employees
Michigan Medicine recently became the first health care system in the Midwest to bring Recharge Rooms to its employees.
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January 10, 2024
Active U brings movement, team support and T-shirts
Active U’s 12-week physical activity challenge is back this winter, offering team support, friendly competition and motivation to get moving during colder months.
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December 14, 2023
U-M startup blends art, stories to help health care workers
ArtSpective, a new U-M startup that provides implicit bias training for health care workers, uses fine-art photographs and guided storytelling to improve patient-provider interactions.
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December 14, 2023
Teen drug use remains below pre-pandemic levels
The percentage of teenagers reporting they used any illicit substances in 2023 held steady below the pre-pandemic levels reported in 2020, according to the Monitoring the Future survey.
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December 14, 2023
Genetic depression ‘protection’ no match for pandemic stress
Living through a historic pandemic while handling the stress of the first year of college sent one-third of students in a new U-M study into clinical depression.
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December 12, 2023
Twelve tips for staying healthy through the holidays
As the holiday season gears up and cases of flu, COVID-19 and RSV have started to rise, three U-M Health doctors suggest ways to avoid winter illnesses.
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December 7, 2023
U-M Health, Holland Hospital announce strategic alliance
The Board of Regents have approved a strategic alliance between U-M Health and Holland Hospital that will benefit health care patients across west Michigan.
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December 6, 2023
U-M Health recognized as a 2023 Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital
The Leapfrog Group has named U-M Health as a Top Teaching Hospital, highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality.
