Why Do Some People Need a Third Dose of the COVID Vaccine?
Daniel Kaul, MD discusses what scientists have learned about COVID-19 vaccines and those who are immunocompromised, and what answers they’re still hoping to find.
Daniel Kaul, MD discusses what scientists have learned about COVID-19 vaccines and those who are immunocompromised, and what answers they’re still hoping to find.
Michael Heung, MD, MS discusses critical care nephrology, and the challenges and opportunities within the field.
Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc to co-lead a National Institutes of Health study that will examine the antibody response to an additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in people with autoimmune diseases.
Lauren Wallner, PhD, MPH and team explore how to improve the delivery of team-based survivorship care after primary breast cancer treatment through a multi-level intervention.
Jonathan Sexton, PhD and team discover several drug contenders already in use for other purposes that have been shown to block or reduce SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells.
Sang Gune Yoo, MD; Devraj Sukul, MD; and team find that people who use marijuana were more likely to experience complications after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD, PhD and team find that even after a short stay in the hospital, COVID patients experienced long-term health and financial impacts.
Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani, DVM, MPH, PhD; J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD; and team find that psoriasis became more severe when more interferon kappa was present.
The Department of Internal Medicine 2020 Annual Report, “Tales from the Frontline 2020”, highlights the many aspects, challenges, and successes in the initial and ongoing stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Muneesh Tewari, PhD and team find that the device was able to detect infection and cytokine release syndrome events several hours sooner than routine monitoring.
Jeffrey Berinstein, MD; Peter Higgins, MD, PhD; and team explore the benefits of the drug when treating patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis.
Adam Lauring, MD, PhD clarifies the information presented in the latest CDC report and reviews key facts about the Delta variant.
Lona Mody, MD, MSc discusses her new study that shows that a multi-pronged approach can reduce multidrug resistant organism levels in the nursing home environment.
Alan Baptist, MD, MPH evaluates the effectiveness of a short multi-component exercise program for older adults with asthma.
MeiLan Han, MD, MS talks about what it may take for recovered COVID-19 patients to regain respiratory fitness after having the virus.
Nora Becker, MD, PhD and John Ayanian, MD, MPP find that women were 20% to 30% less likely to get such services than in 2019, especially those from lower-income and higher-minority areas.
Michigan Medicine’s adult hospitals ranked best in Michigan and 11th in the nation in the 2021-22 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings, with 6 of the Department of Internal Medicine's specialties ranking nationally.
Rodica Busui, MD, PhD finds that pairing basal insulin with continuous glucose monitoring improved blood sugar and quality of life for adults with type 2 diabetes.
U-M researchers analyze serum from hospitalized COVID patients and find that those with higher levels of anti-NET antibodies were more likely to develop severe COVID symptoms.