Research
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January 31, 2014
How patients make medical decisions
Sooner or later, everyone faces decisions about whether or not to have surgery, take a new medication or have a cancer-screening test. A new University of Michigan study published in Health Expectations explores the costs and benefits patients say are important in making these kinds of medical decisions, and how those costs and benefits explain what they actually decide to do.
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January 27, 2014
Analysis shows the War on Poverty lost the political battle
A new University of Michigan analysis challenges the conventional wisdom that President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty failed.
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January 23, 2014
Fewer Americans have their own vehicle, UMTRI research shows
The percentage of American households without a vehicle has increased nearly every year since 2007, a U-M researcher says.
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January 21, 2014
Great Lakes evaporation study seeks to dispel misconceptions
While the recent Arctic blast will likely contribute to higher Great Lakes water levels in 2014, new research shows the processes at work are not as simple and straightforward as one might think.
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January 20, 2014
U-M-developed treatment for Gaucher disease to be reviewed by FDA
Cerdelga, a treatment for Gaucher disease type 1 licensed by the University of Michigan to Genzyme Corp., recently was accepted for accelerated priority review by the FDA.
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January 20, 2014
U-M researchers involved in Rosetta mission to land on comet
U-M scientists are part of a unique space mission to be the first craft to land on a comet as well as track it for an extended period of time.
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January 20, 2014
Scholarship and Creative Work
Research about ancient sharks, drugs and dating violence, college football and Arab Spring.
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January 17, 2014
Bailed-out banks issued riskier loans
Banks that received federal bailout money approved riskier loans and shifted capital toward risky investments, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
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January 16, 2014
U-M researchers find Facebook memes can evolve like genes
Facebook memes that morph into thousands of variations as they spread across the social network mirror the evolution of biological genes, researchers have found.
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January 15, 2014
Luck is more important than fantasy sports players think
A new study shows that fantasy sports players believe they have much more control over the outcome of games than they actually do.
