As the summer Olympics get underway, many of us will be inspired to run, jump, bike and swim just like our Olympic heroes. But some weekend athletes can exercise themselves into sports-related injuries. A sports medicine expert offers advice to wanna-be Olympians and weekend athletes.
As students head back to campus, they'll look forward to all the usual college traditions. But almost half of all college students share a tradition that could wreck their futures: heavy alcohol drinking that puts them at risk for everything from bad grades and date rape to fights, serious injuries and even death.
A new pilot study found combining radiation therapy and the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine may effectively treat bladder cancer without toxic reactions, while allowing many patients to preserve their bladder.
When it comes to efforts to protect children's health at the state level, women and African Americans serving in legislatures are far more likely than others to put forth new bills "” but the issue doesn't appear to rank high on legislatures' priority list.
It's one of the biggest questions facing Americans this election year: Will those who have health insurance be willing to sacrifice in order to insure the millions who don't? A new study suggests the answer may be yes, especially if citizens have a chance to discuss the issue.
Women with a condition called vulvodynia process pain differently, and these women are more sensitive to pain at other points in their body. Vulvodynia causes chronic and sometimes severe pain in the outer genital region.
America's children have many more pediatricians available to treat them today than they did 25 years ago, but the doctors aren't always where the children are. The wealthier the state, the more pediatricians there are for that state's children - - and the concentration varies widely.
Heat-related illness can be a very serious problem, especially among older men and women. Health concerns "“ or just the normal physiological changes of aging "“ may make it difficult for older people to handle high temperatures.
A growing number of teenagers are raiding their parents' pill bottles or buying prescription drugs illegally. Medicines that can help patients can also be misused to produce a high feeling. And they can hook teens into addiction just as easily as other illicit drugs.
We're less active. We eat super-sized portions of greasy, processed food. And as a society we're getting older. Combine these factors and you get a population in which nearly a quarter of the country is obese. It's a $100 billion burden that appears to be getting worse.
Low fat or low carbs? South Beach or Atkins? Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig? Maybe you've tried them all. It's even likely they all worked at first, until suddenly you seemed to hit a wall. With the increasing prevalence of obesity in the United States, what's a desperate dieter to do?
Genetically engineered mice, created at the U-M Medical School, are living every dieter's dream. They eat unlimited amounts of high-fat mouse chow, but have about 50 percent less body fat than normal mice on a low-fat diet. And they show no signs of diabetes or other metabolic disorders.
A new study shows for the first time what many senior citizens who struggle to pay for their prescription drugs might suspect: Cutting back on your medications now because of cost means your health might suffer down the line. The results come from 8,000 seniors followed for three years.
If all hospitals met the quality standards for five high-risk surgeries set by a national coalition, it would save nearly 8,000 lives each year, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System.
U-M scientists have discovered that Stat3, an anti-inflammatory protein, appears to regulate the inflammatory response in lab rats with severe lung injuries.
More than half of people treated for head and neck cancer were unable to return to work after treatment, according to a new study.
A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System has found pulsed dye laser therapy, a treatment currently being used by dermatologists to treat acne, was not effective.
When patients go home from the hospital after a heart attack or chest pain episode, they often face an uncertain future and a lot of worry. But a new tool may give these patients and their doctors a better sense of who's really at risk "” and who can be reassured that they'll probably be fine.
Nearly half of patients whose doctors prescribe drugs to reduce their cholesterol fail to fill their prescription often enough "” or stop filling it altogether. And the higher their insurance co-pay, the lower their chance of staying on the drug, even if they have a history of heart disease.
Of the approximately 35,000 genes in the human genome, scientists have found that activity from just 67 is required to change normal human cells into cancer.
Researchers found that women with breast cancer who made their own treatment decision were more likely to have a mastectomy than women whose surgeon made the decision. Among women who had a mastectomy, fewer than a third received reconstructive surgery to create a new breast.
Trail's Edge campers will take the dreams of children with disabilities to new heights, as they become the first to climb into a tree house constructed especially for kids who use wheelchairs and ventilators.
It's a no-brainer that the brain needs a constant supply of blood to keep it going. But when strokes, clogged arteries or brain tumors block the flow, a new type of brain scan using regular CT machines can quickly help doctors save lives, new research shows.
Every 15 seconds a person in the United States is accidentally poisoned, and about 60 percent of those people are children younger than age six. To help prevent common household poisonings, a U-M expert offers some advice on keeping kids and adults safe.
We depend on cars everyday to drive the kids to school, soccer practice, and friends' houses. But many people underestimate the dangers of motor vehicles. More than just modes of transportation, cars are potential weapons that kill thousands of people each year, but we can make efforts to keep children safer.
Arrhythmias can cause the heart to beat too fast or slow. Treatment is done in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and involves identifying where the short circuit occurs within the heart and heating or cooling the area. This lets the heart's normal conduction system work the way it's supposed to.
A program has children with brain injuries using weakened or underdeveloped upper extremities. The Comprehensive Hand-Arm Movement Program, or CHAMP, works through a combination of the children learning new techniques for using their arm and actual changes that occur in the brain.
Scientists have created a virtual model of the human immune system to study what happens after people inhale the bacterium that causes TB. The computer model is helping scientists learn why some people are able to fight off the infection, while others get sick.
Research from the University of Michigan Medical School indicates that antibiotic-induced changes in microbes in the gastrointestinal tract can affect how the immune system responds to common allergens in the lungs.
Millions of low-income children experience some change in their health insurance status each year, and their health care suffers as a result, a new study finds. Transitions to & from public, private and no insurance are linked to postponed doctor visits and prescriptions, and poor health.
For almost three weeks, it's been impossible to avoid the horrible images and stories coming out of Iraq. It's been a struggle for adults to understand these events, but what about children and teens? The news and pictures may affect them too "” in ways that parents might not predict.
New research may give pancreatic cancer patients better odds for early detection and treatment. A protein blood test that beats the current "gold standard" shows promise for finding cancer while it's still treatable, and other research reveals the cell processes that help tumors grow.
Parents think their children use bicycle helmets and seatbelts more often than children say they use them, according to a new study by a University of Michigan Health System pediatric surgeon that matches parents and children's assessment of safety device usage.
In the first study to look nationwide at surgical volume and mortality for nephrectomy for cancer, University of Michigan researchers found patients faced a 32 percent lower risk of dying at high-volume hospitals compared to hospitals that performed fewer nephrectomies.
Many women who regularly get checked for breast and cervical cancer still don't go for a test that could save them from another big killer -- colon cancer. But perhaps mammogram and Pap smear appointments could be used as "teachable moments" to prompt them to get their colons checked.
A randomized trial of a hospital computer software system developed at the Univ. of Michigan shows that it strengthens the links between those who care for patients in the hospital and beyond, saves money, reduces paperwork and reduces chances for errors.
Living wills don't work -- and can't work -- for their intended purpose of allowing people to say in advance how they'd want to be treated if they became too sick to choose for themselves, a new study says. Instead of living wills, durable powers of attorney should be used.
Four to eight years after men undergo treatment for prostate cancer, they continue to see changes "“ both positive and negative "“ in their quality of life because of that treatment, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and Harvard Medical School report.
Men who have had gonorrhea are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, new research from the University of Michigan Health System finds. Having more than 25 lifetime sexual partners also increases odds of prostate cancer.
Imagine being treated for breast cancer right in your doctor's office, with an incision as small as a pinprick to show for it. A new multicenter study found cryoablation, an outpatient procedure in which surgeons freeze the tumor, is effective at killing cancerous cells in small tumors.
Finding a pharmacy that carries prescription pain medicines might be a challenge for people in mainly non-white areas of Michigan, a new survey says. Only half of pharmacies in non-white areas had even a few drugs used to treat severe chronic pain, vs. 90 percent of pharmacies in white areas.
Children with asthma whose parents smoke at home are twice as likely to have symptoms all year long than children of non-smokers, a new study shows. And about 13 percent of parents of asthmatic children still smoke "” even though second-hand smoke is known to trigger asthma symptoms.
For brain tumor survivors worried that their cancer might come back, follow-up brain scans often can't tell for sure if the tumor has returned. But a new kind of MRI scan that creates a "chemical thumbprint" of the brain appears to give a much more accurate picture of what's going on.
A man with early-stage prostate cancer must weigh the varied risks of four different treatment methods. But widely available patient education materials contain minimal information on the likelihood of side effects and a bias toward active treatment.
In a pilot study, researchers found a family-based self-management intervention aimed at low income adolescents with Type 1 diabetes led to better health and functioning in the short term.
Results of a pilot study suggest the insulin pump is just as effective as insulin injections at controlling Type 1 diabetes in preschool-aged children "“ and with less stress and worry for parents.
While parents may describe their baby as a difficult eater or an overeater, a new study suggests it could be just a sign that the child is more tuned in to the eating habits of those around him.
Depression in senior citizens carries a huge unrecognized cost, a study finds: many extra hours of unpaid help with everyday tasks, delivered by spouses and adult children. Even the moderately depressed require far more hours of care, regardless of other health problems they may have.
A new specialty Down syndrome clinic now open addresses the medical and rehabilitation needs of children and adults with Down syndrome, a condition that affects one in 800 live births.
Researchers are finding that vitamin D plays a significant role in the prevention of heart disease and the function of other critical body systems. And getting enough vitamin D in your system is as easy as soaking up the sun.
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