Health & Medicine
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December 18, 2014
UMHS plans $9 million short-stay unit at University Hospital South
The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a $9 million project to renovate an existing area in University Hospital South to create a 22-bed short-stay unit.
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December 18, 2014
Weisers’ $50 million gift impacts six university units
Ronald and Eileen Weiser have made a $50 million gift to U-M, reflecting their involvement with the International Institute, School of Education, Athletic Department, Health System, University Musical Society and Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
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December 16, 2014
Alcohol, cigarette use, number of illicit drugs declines among teens
A survey of students in U.S. middle schools and high schools shows alcohol and cigarette use are at their lowest points since 1975, and use of a number of illicit drugs also show declines.
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December 16, 2014
E-cigarettes surpass tobacco cigarettes among teens
More teens are using e-cigarettes in 2014 than traditional, tobacco cigarettes or any other tobacco product, according to U-M’s Monitoring the Future study.
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December 15, 2014
Internship to research chronic arsenic poisoning yields great lessons
School of Public Health master’s student Kate Helmick spent the summer gathering toenail and saliva samples in Ronphibun, Thailand, as part of a project to check for signs of chronic arsenic poisoning.
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December 11, 2014
Student ambassadors help keep campus smoke free
A Smoke-free Ambassador program has been started to help clarify U-M’s 4-year-old smoke-free campus policy for faculty, staff, students and visitors who light up.
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December 11, 2014
U-M team to study how well state’s Medicaid expansion plan is working
U-M researchers will study how well Michigan’s new Medicaid health insurance option works, and will advise state government on how well it’s living up to what lawmakers intended.
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December 9, 2014
Registration for Active U’s 10th year open through Jan. 13
Registration is now open for the 10th year of Active U, the university’s 12-week physical activity challenge for faculty, staff, students, retirees and employee spouses/other qualified adults.
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November 25, 2014
Teens prescribed anxiety, sleep medications likelier to abuse
Teens prescribed anxiety or sleep medications are up to 12 times more likely to abuse those drugs than those who had never had a prescription, according to a U-M study.
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November 25, 2014
M+Box now approved for storing protected health information
U-M has finalized an agreement allowing students, faculty, and staff to use M+Box, a cloud-based file sharing and collaboration service, for storing protected health information governed by HIPA.
