Health & Medicine
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September 16, 2014
Center announces new grant awards for drug discovery research
The Center for the Discovery of New Medicines has awarded its third round of grants, providing funding to eight projects from labs across U-M.
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September 5, 2014
Experts explore how to rescue U.S. biomedical research enterprise
Systemic flaws in the way biomedical research is conducted in the United States have created a “creeping malaise in the midst of the bounty of discovery and success.”
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September 2, 2014
Symposium: Sustaining the biomedical research enterprise
Inauguration day will begin with a symposium marking what is being described as one of the most hopeful and exciting times in biomedical discovery.
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August 25, 2014
Join MHealthy Wellness Weeks on Facebook, Twitter
Beginning this week MHealthy wellness experts take to Twitter and Facebook with a new series of themed Wellness Weeks.
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August 21, 2014
FDA approves U-M invented drug for Gaucher disease
Cerdelga, a treatment for Gaucher disease type 1 licensed by U-M to Genzyme Corp., has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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July 28, 2014
Event explores participatory design to tackle health care needs
Modeled after the Maker Faire movement that is increasing in popularity, the idea behind the upcoming We Make Health Fest is to bring together those who have an idea for how to use technology to advance health care with the people who know the nuts and bolts of how to create it.
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July 17, 2014
Medical School expands research, initiatives for learning at all levels
The Medical School is expanding and refocusing its department that studies learning as an emerging academic field, and has a new chairperson to lead it.
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June 19, 2014
Strong year-end financial results position UMHS for future growth
The U-M Health System reports an anticipated 0.7 percent targeted margin of $17 million on operating revenues of $2.52 billion for the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers.
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June 16, 2014
Active U team winners announced; 21 million exercise minutes logged
Active U’s ninth year saw nearly 11,000 participants log more than 21 million minutes of physical activity over the 12-week exercise challenge.
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June 12, 2014
Most U-M medical plans to cover in vitro fertilization
The university will expand its current coverage of infertility diagnosis, drug therapy and counseling to include in vitro fertilization under most U-M medical plans.
