Health & Medicine
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November 25, 2019
Software tool can design new tuberculosis drug regimens
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool from U-M can predict how current drugs can be combined in new ways to create more effective treatments.
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November 25, 2019
Precision Health Investigators Awards fund seven teams
Seven projects that exemplify the breadth of approaches encompassed by precision health research will receive $300,000 over two years through Precision Health’s 2019 Investigators Awards.
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November 19, 2019
U-M, state launch website to guide safe pain treatment
U-M’s Injury Prevention Center helped launch an online toolkit that provides health providers and patients with guidance to make pain care safer, prevent opioid-related harms, and find substance use treatment.
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November 18, 2019
REMINDER: There’s still time to get a flu shot on campus
Winter weather brings with it flu season, but U-M employees, spouses or other qualified adults, and retirees still can get a flu vaccine at walk-in campus clinics scheduled through January.
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November 13, 2019
Recent U-M health benefit led to increased IVF rates
Research has found that since 2015, when U-M added coverage for infertility treatments, the use of in vitro fertilization increased more than nine times among women in the university’s lowest-salary bracket.
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November 7, 2019
New collaboration could help rethink trauma care in India
A new partnership between U-M and GVK EMRI, the largest ambulance services provider in India, may help shape response to trauma after an accident on India’s streets.
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October 24, 2019
Be a Hero at the Big House donor drive set for Nov. 10
The community is invited to roll up its sleeves and give blood, and join in other fun activities, Nov. 10 at Michigan Stadium during the annual Be a Hero at the Big House event.
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October 23, 2019
School of Dentistry awarded $3.8M ‘Cancer Moonshot’ research grant
Three U-M faculty members are lead collaborators on research into new cancer prevention therapies that are funded by a $3.8 million federal grant and part of the national Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
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October 23, 2019
MHealthy resources can help prevent opioid misuse
Helping to mark October as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, MHealthy has compiled a list of U-M and community resources to help raise awareness and reduce risk of misuse.
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October 17, 2019
$10M gift fuels U-M efforts to improve the world’s health
A new $10 million gift from Tadataka and Leslie D. Yamada will fund the U-M Center for Global Health Equity, which will help make a greater positive impact by addressing health inequities in the poorest nations.
