Health & Medicine
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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.
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December 5, 2023
Hospital receives U.S. News’ highest award for maternity care
U-M’s Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital has again been recognized as a top hospital in the country for maternity care by U.S. News & World Report.
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December 4, 2023
$9M grant to help train occupational health professionals
The Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering in the School of Public Health has received a $9 million grant to continue its role in training future occupational health professionals.