August 31, 2020
The Future of Cancer Research
Costas Lyssiotis, PhD shares his perspective about what he sees as the future of cancer research.
August 2020 News
August 28, 2020
Too Many COVID-19 Patients Get Unneeded “Just in Case” Antibiotics
Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc discusses the importance of faster in-hospital testing for coronavirus and other infections to reduce overuse of antibiotics and unneeded harm.
August 28, 2020
Endocrine Society Announces 2021 Laureate Award Recipients
The Endocrine Society honors Richard Auchus, MD, PhD with the Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award and Sally Camper, PhD with the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award.
August 27, 2020
Closing Gaps in Care: COVID-19 in Patients with Cancer Bring Health Inequities to the Surface
John Carethers, MD discusses health inequities in the COVID-19 pandemic and the socioeconomic and biological factors that may explain why these differences in outcomes exist.
August 26, 2020
U-M Clinical Registry Harmonizes Data to Support Global Fight Against COVID
Emily Somers, PhD, ScM discusses the development of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Registry, which organizes COVID-19 clinical data to help advance critical research across the globe.
August 25, 2020
Dr. MeiLan Han on Using Imaging to Identify Early COPD
MeiLan Han, MD, MS discusses the potential for imaging to be used as a way to identify patients at increased risk for disease progression to COPD.
August 25, 2020
Primary Care at a Crossroads: Experts Call for Change
Two teams from the Divisions of General Medicine and Hospital Medicine, led by Laurence McMahon, MD, MPH and Tanner Caverly, MD, MPH, look at issues currently facing primary care practitioners.
August 24, 2020
Fluid Management Key to Protecting Kidneys in COVID-19 Patients
Michael Heung, MD, MS discusses fluid management in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
August 20, 2020
Telehealth Visits Skyrocket for Older Adults, but Concerns and Barriers Remain
Jeffrey Kullgren, MD, MPH, MS discusses the results from the latest National Poll on Healthy Aging that surveyed a national sample of adults age 50–80 about their experiences related to telehealth visits.
August 19, 2020
Study Reveals Transcription Factor’s Role Linking Diet and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Lei Yin, PhD co-leads a new study that finds that mice lacking the transcription factor E 4 BP 4 were protected against diet’s damaging effects.
August 18, 2020
How the Old-Fashioned Telephone Could Become a New Way for Some to See Their Doctor
Julia Chen, MD co-authors an article that looks at how the telephone could be a tool in treating many patients who do not have computers or computer know-how.
August 17, 2020
Some Physicians Are Ordering Thyroid Tests for Unsupported Reasons
Debbie Chen, MD and Megan Haymart, MD find that up to one-third of physicians are sending patients for a thyroid ultrasound for reasons not supported by clinical care guidelines.
August 13, 2020
Oxygen Therapy Harms Lung Microbiome in Mice
A team led by Robert Dickson, MD found that COVID patients who are administered oxygen, a universal therapy, may have unintended consequences from the microbiome.
August 13, 2020
Managing Pandemic Health Risks on College Campuses
Preeti Malani, MD, infectious disease expert and chief health officer for the University of Michigan, interviewed by the New York Times about how to minimize the health risks on and around campuses this fall.
August 12, 2020
Does High Blood Sugar Worsen COVID-19 Outcomes?
Roma Gianchandani, MD, first author of a new Diabetes paper, developed a tool to identify and manage high blood sugar in patients with COVID-19.
August 11, 2020
The Top 5 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Explained
Adam Lauring, MD, PhD describes the science behind the most promising vaccines for the coronavirus pandemic.
August 10, 2020
COVID-19 Apps and Wearables Are Everywhere. Can They Actually Benefit Patients?
Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc discusses COVID apps and wearables and the current challenges associated with them.
August 7, 2020
The ‘Uberization’ of 911
Stephen Dowker, EMT and Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH share updates that are coming to improve pre-hospital communication systems, and what patients and clinicians can expect.
August 7, 2020
Study Shows Variation in Hospital Visitor & ICU Communication Policies Due to COVID-19
Thomas Valley, MD, MSc discusses his study that looked at changes to visitation policies and communication practices in Michigan intensive care units as a result of COVID.
August 6, 2020
Recovery After Severe COVID Infection Poses Unique Challenges
Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc and Jake McSparron, MD discuss the multiple issues that patients with COVID-19 may face after being discharged from the hospital.
