Health & Medicine
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February 20, 2014
Multidisciplinary team awarded NIH grant to track kidney disease
The U-M Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center will receive a $8.5 million federal contract to serve as the coordinating center for the United States Renal Data System.
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February 15, 2014
Gene-based cancer diagnosis tech wins entrepreneurship contest
Three U-M pathology researchers who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment have won a statewide competition organized by the Center for Entrepreneurship.
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January 31, 2014
2014 Best Doctors list features hundreds of UMHS physicians
Nearly 500 U-M physicians have been named by their peers to the 2014 Best Doctors in America List.
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January 29, 2014
U-M named one of nation’s 100 healthiest employers
U-M has been named one of the 2014 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America by Healthiest Employers LLC.
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January 22, 2014
$4.35M from Davidson Foundation to fuel research-driven innovation
The William Davidson Foundation has awarded $4.35 million to U-M to support programs that will accelerate the flow of university-generated ideas to the marketplace.
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January 20, 2014
Flu is widespread; how you can help prevent transmission
Chief Health Officer Dr. Robert Winfield has sent a message to the campus community encouraging people to take measures against contracting or spreading influenza.
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January 14, 2014
Active U tracking starts today; new app available
Starting today, thousands will begin tracking their exercise minutes for Active U, MHealthy’s 12-week physical activity challenge, and can do so with a new app for iOS devices.
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January 8, 2014
Millions of lives saved since surgeon general’s 1964 tobacco warning
An estimated 8 million lives have been saved in the United States as a result of smoking measures that began 50 years ago this month, according to a Yale-led study co-authored by three U-M School of Public Health researchers.
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January 8, 2014
Public health leaders call for renewed push against tobacco use
Public health leaders from several organizations, including U-M’s School of Public Health, are calling for “bold goals” in the next phase of the fight against tobacco use.
• Millions of lives saved since surgeon general’s 1964 tobacco warning
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December 18, 2013
Study indicates teens more cautious about using synthetic drugs
The use of synthetic marijuana by the nation’s teens dropped substantially this year, and a sharply increasing proportion of them see great risk in using so-called “bath salts,” according to the annual Monitoring the Future study.