November 22, 2021
DNA Testing at the Doctor’s Office
Cristen Willer, PhD and colleagues discuss how these DNA tests might be useful in practice and what cautions remain.
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November 18, 2021
Liquid Biopsies to Detect and Monitor Oligometastases
Daniel Hayes, MD, discusses whether liquid biopsies can provide insight into the challenge of curing metastatic breast and possibly other cancers, how oligometastases are similar to a primary cancer, and why some kinds of local therapy for widespread disease might improve survival and lead to a cure.
November 17, 2021
Androgen Hormones May Exacerbate Sex Differences in COVID-19 Outcomes
Nitin Kumar, PhD and colleagues, led by senior author Santhi Ganesh, MD, explore the role of hormones in the COVID-19 vascular damage that’s generally worse in men than in women.
November 16, 2021
Xoran Receives Grant Award for Mobile Lung CT
A team of MCIRCC researchers and collaborators from Xoran Technologies has received an NIH grant award to support development of "TRON", a mobile CT scanner. Congratulations to Robert Dickson, MD, Michael Sjoding, MD, Meilan King Han, MD, MS and Craig Galban, PhD!
November 15, 2021
Fragmented Care and IBD: Outcomes in U.S. Veterans
Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg, MD led a team of gastro specialists in examining how a lack of coordination in care among doctors and facilities can impact veterans with inflammatory bowel disease.
November 12, 2021
Taubman Institute Appointed Two New Emerging Scholars
Congratulations to Brian Emmer, MD and Anna Mathew, MBBS on being selected as Taubman Emerging Scholars, a program created to accelerate the work of faculty members who run research labs in addition to caring for patients.
November 11, 2021
Predisposition to Proinsulin Misfolding as a Genetic Risk to Diet-Induced Diabetes
A new study in American Diabetes Association by Peter Arvan, MD, PhD & his lab provide evidence that even a small, subtle defect in the ability to fold the proinsulin protein is all that it takes to turn a weight-gain diet into full-blown diabetes.
November 10, 2021
Taking Care of Your Lungs During COVID and Beyond
MeiLan Han, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan, offers insight and advice to help you breathe easier.
November 9, 2021
Life Kit: How to Become a Morning Person
Qurratul Aine Shamim-Uzzaman, MD recently joined NPR's Life Kit to talk napping and melatonin production.
November 8, 2021
Exploring Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and other Types of Dementia
Listen to Kenneth Langa, MD, PhD discuss this topic in a new episode of the Minding Memory podcast.
November 2, 2021
Patients with Rare Scleroderma have Deadlier Organ Damage, Despite Getting Standard Treatment
Researchers say it’s a sign that more targeted therapies are needed for the vulnerable patient population.
October 29, 2021
Is Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Hereditary? If I Have APS, Should My Family Members Be Tested?
Yu Zuo, MD, MSCS discusses the genetics of APS and whether family members of patients with APS should be tested.
October 28, 2021
Type-1 Interferon To Prevent Leukemia Relapse After Allogeneic Transplantation
John Magenau, MD and colleagues report in Blood Advances that augmenting early graft-vs-leukemia response by prophylactic Type 1 IFN may potentially reduce rates of leukemic relapse after HCT in very high risk AML.
October 27, 2021
Patients’ Referral To Primary Care After COVID-19 Hospitalization Varied Widely During The Pandemic
New work by Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc and colleagues, using data from the Michigan HMS Mi-COVID19 registry, looks at post-hospital transitions back to primary care for patients hospitalized for COVID-19 or sepsis.
October 26, 2021
What The Future May Hold For The Coronavirus And Us
Adam Lauring, MD quoted in a New York Times article on SARS-CoV2 and virus evolution: “We just have uncontrolled infections in much of the world, and that’s going to lead to more chances for the virus to evolve.”
October 25, 2021
Will Covid-19 And The Flu Cause A 'Twindemic?' What Experts Are Saying About Co-Infection Risks
Payal Patel, MD, MPH featured on WXYZ Detroit, states; "My advice to my patients and the general community is definitely to get the flu vaccine."
October 22, 2021
Should We Still Be Taking Aspirin To Prevent A Heart Attack Or Stroke?
Geoffrey Barnes, MD speaks with Guy Gordon on WJR Radio about aspirin and salt intake.
October 21, 2021
Michigan Medicine Receives CDC Funding to Continue Supporting and Improving the U.S. Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance System
Congratulations to Rajiv Saran, MD, MBBS, MS and team who received $6M in funding from CDC to support and improve the U.S. CDC Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance System.
October 20, 2021
Remembering Richard Swartz, MD
Dr. Swartz was an outstanding teacher, wonderful colleague, and loved by all of his patients. Click to learn more about Dr. Swartz and his legacy.
October 19, 2021
Is Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Hereditary? If I Have APS, Should My Family Members Be Tested?
Yu Zuo, MD, MSCS discusses the genetics of APS and whether family members of patients with APS should be tested.
