The U-M Medical School consistently ranks as one of the top 10 medical schools in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report. This year, U-M is ranked 9th.
Basketball, baseball, soccer, paintball -- it's all fun and games until someone gets an elbow, ball or paint pellet in the eye. Sports-related eye injuries -- which affect more than 40,000 people in the United States a year -- can lead to considerable loss of vision.
Health care providers are realizing the many mental health issues involved in a cancer diagnosis. It starts with the adjustment of hearing a diagnosis and understanding what it means and continues through the grueling nature of most cancer treatments.
While senior athletes are taking gyms and sports arenas across America by storm with the mentality and ambition of athletes half their age, their aging shoulders, knees and muscles may be paying the ultimate price.
Many people take their voices for granted. For people whose careers revolve around speaking, such as teachers, salespeople, clergy and receptionists, untreated voice problems can greatly interfere with their work. It's important to take voice symptoms seriously.
Suspicions of steroid use are clouding Major League Baseball at the start of its 2005 season, but a bigger problem than the image of the national pastime is the health impact of anabolic steroids on adolescents.
Carmen R. Green, M.D., will address the issue of racial disparities in pain treatment during a speech at the American Pain Society's 24th annual meeting in Boston. Her plenary session talk "“ is from 1:30-2 p.m. April 2 at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center.
A special type of MRI scan that measures the flow of water molecules through the brain can help doctors determine early in the course of brain cancer regimen if a patient's tumor will shrink, a new study shows.
The University of Michigan Medical School has created a groundbreaking system for measuring and anticipating issues related to funding, building needs, and faculty productivity. Other schools are asking U-M how they can do the same.
University of Michigan scientists have identified a new and unusual protein that reduces, in laboratory mice, kidney damage caused by chronic renal disease and acute toxic injuries.
New findings in mice may help explain the link between obesity and diabetes, and what it takes to turn an overweight person into one with diabetes. Leptin, a hormone already known for its role in appetite and weight gain, may play a major role.
Efforts to improve the quality of post-heart attack care in hospitals are working -- but they appear to be working better for men than for women, new research shows. And the result is having an impact on the risk of death after patients leave the hospital.
More than 20 million Americans -- including half of all people with diabetes -- suffer from a nerve-damage condition called neuropathy. Now, four new centers across the U.S. offer relief & hope for this painful and sometimes debilitating condition.
The University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Clinical Services has unveiled its Healing Foods Pyramid, which emphasizes foods known to have healing benefits, plant-based choices, variety and balance, support of a healthful environment, and mindful eating.
The widely used herbal remedy St. John's wort appears to amplify the action of the popular blood-thinning drug clopidogrel, sold as Plavix, a small new clinical study finds. The effect could increase the risk of bleeding among those who take both substances.
Like pieces of origami that get mangled during folding, some insulin molecules get produced in bungled forms -- as well as the correct form -- inside the pancreas. And the buildup of bungled insulin may help kill beta cells -- a hallmark of both types of diabetes.
Highly caffeinated energy drinks market themselves as sources of increased energy and concentration. But are these drinks good for you? An addiction specialist raises some concerns, particularly when the beverages are mixed with alcohol, ingested before intensive exercise or used by children.
The jury may be out on whether a low-carb diet is the best way to lose weight. But moderating the carbohydrates you eat could help prevent cancer. It's clear for all the top cancers that diet has an influence on your risk of getting cancers.
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Routine colonoscopies are the best way to prevent colorectal cancer and increase survival rate following diagnosis, especially since many people often do not show any symptoms until it's too late.
EMG testing can provide answers that MRI can't. Expert says both kinds of tests have their strengths, and a current study at U-M is looking at the MRI scan and EMG test to find out which one is better at identifying the source of back pain.
Scientists have discovered a gene called NPHP5 and found mutations in this gene that cause a rare genetic disease called Senior-Loken syndrome. Children with this syndrome develop a cystic kidney disease called nephronophthisis, as well as retinitis pigmentosa.
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital received its first major gift since its campaign to build a new hospital began nearly a year ago - a $4 million grant from the Detroit-based Carls Foundation.
Fewer than half of men surveyed were up-to-date with colon cancer screenings, according to a new study. But men do pay attention to prostate cancer, suggesting to researchers the annual prostate cancer screening might be a good opportunity to urge men to be screened for colon cancer too.
More than 40 million Americans face a high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, and it would cost a lot to give all of them intensive help to prevent the disease from starting. But a new study shows for the first time that the effort would be worth the money.
Some genetically engineered "supermice" with four times the normal bone mass may aid the search for osteoporosis drugs. A new study shows that their bone strength is aided by a signaling protein that stimulates the growth of bone cells and keeps fat tissue from developing.
Despite what able-bodied healthy people might think, people with severe illnesses and disabilities don't wallow in misery and self-pity all the time. In fact, a new study finds, such patients may be just as happy as those without major medical conditions.
Cardiac arrest can strike with frightening speed and without warning. Since emergency personnel often need eight or nine minutes to reach a patient, a device called an in-home defibrillator might help save some of the 450,000 people who die each year from cardiac arrest.
You know that watching your weight, quitting smoking, cutting back on fatty foods and exercising regularly will help your heart. But did you know that these steps might also help your brain, and protect your memory?
Being overweight puts you at a very high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, which carries significant health threats such as heart disease -- the leading cause of death related to diabetes. So what can we do to reduce our risk? Eat healthy and get active!
Chocolate, wine and romance aren't just the quickest ways to your true love's heart. A University of Michigan Health System cardiologist says these Valentine's Day traditions are also the way to a healthy heart.
A new form of treatment for lymphoma that takes a fraction of the time of traditional chemotherapy with fewer side effects caused tumors to shrink in 95 percent of patients, a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found.
A signaling protein called IRE1, which helps stressed-out cells make new proteins, may be more versatile and important than scientists believed. A new study reveals the surprising finding that this same signaling protein is required for the formation of immune cells.
Many people with fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions fear that activity will make their pain worse. But new research suggests they may be able to be more active than they think "“ without suffering from increased pain.
In a new study, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System found that patient-reported symptoms can be used as an effective and less expensive alternative to frequent lower endoscopies to monitor the progression of ulcerative colitis.
Adults under 50 with chronic pain may be less able to cope with their condition and more prone to depression than their elders. And the same "generation gap" exists in both blacks and whites, despite other racial differences in pain.
A new research study found that rats selected and bred for low aerobic exercise capacity had more cardiovascular disease risk factors than rats bred for high exercise capacity.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center are using innovative planning techniques to help men with prostate cancer avoid erectile dysfunction after radiation treatment.
A new University of Michigan Health System study shows that night-time splinting can effectively improve hand and wrist discomfort for active workers with early symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
New research results may help children's hospitals improve patient safety and avoid preventable problems. The study points to ways to improve both the safety of current care, and the way in which hospitals assess their progress in protecting young patients.
Researchers at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the U-M Health System have been taking a closer look at the health consequences patients face when they are unable to pay for their medications, and how health care providers are helping patients get the medication assistance they need.
As the snowflakes start to fall, many emergency rooms become busy with injuries specific to the winter months. An expert cautions us on common winter hazards and how to avoid them.
If you want to avoid allergies or asthma, scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School suggest you start paying more attention to what's in your gut.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System are looking at how people with spinal cord injury burn calories and how that is related to their muscle mass. The goal is to help people with spinal cord injury, but researchers will learn more about the general population as well.
America seems to be always on a diet. At any one time, more than 25 percent of men and 45 percent of women are dieting, yet the U.S. has the highest rate of obesity in the world. Here are some suggestions to help ensure 2005 is the year we abandon the "diet mindset" for a healthy lifestyle change.
Imagine what it would be like to feel dizzy for minutes, hours, days "” or even years. This kind of serious dizziness, called vertigo, makes life miserable for millions of people each year. It starts without warning for no apparent reason, and comes and goes. But, it doesn't have to be this way.
The announcement that Celebrex and Bextra, popular pain drugs in the same family as Vioxx, have also been found to pose an increased risk of heart problems is bound to leave many pain patients confused and worried. A Univ. of Michigan physician with expertise in this area offers help.
Medicines that harm the liver are much in the news these days, from AIDS drugs to heart medications. Now, researchers are seeking people whose livers have been damaged by drugs or herbal remedies, to try to solve the mystery of why this damage happens.
Could the same actions that prevent a heart attack or stroke also prevent or slow the memory loss and confusion of dementia? A new study suggests that for many, the answer could be yes -- controlling blood pressure and cholesterol might have more effect than high-priced memory drugs.
Anyone who wants to take part in a research study must sign a form saying they know what they're getting into. But do they? A new $1.5M project will teach researchers how to communicate better with volunteers, and improve the informed consent process.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a new non-surgical technique can help doctors determine when breast cancer has invaded the lymph nodes, sparing some women an extra trip to the operating room.
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