Zachery Reichert, MD, PhD and team find that measuring the proportion of DNA in the bloodstream that comes from a tumor may be able to guide treatment discussions.
Yatrik Shah, PhD and team find that a low protein diet could enhance standard treatment for colon cancer.
William Chey, MD discusses how sugar alcohols are processed by the gut and the gastrointestinal symptoms that can occur.
U-M researchers investigate why cells called alveolar macrophages, the first line of defense in the lungs, appear to be compromised with age.
Andrew Kraftson, MD discusses bariatric surgery and how it can benefit people with type 2 diabetes who meet the surgery criteria.
John Varga, MD and team discover a gene that plays a crucial role in the scarring that occurs in patients with scleroderma.
Ora Singer, MD, who directs the Vasculitis Program with Julia Ford, MD, discusses the progress the program has made since its launch in 2021 and goals for the future.
Kenneth Langa, MD, PhD; Deborah Levine, MD, MPH; and colleagues find that people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment are more likely to be older, have lower levels of education, and to be racialized as Black or Hispanic.
Muneesh Tewari, MD, PhD discusses his study that evaluated the use of a high-frequency monitoring device to detect fever in pediatric patients with cancer being monitored at home.
David Markovitz, MD and colleagues discover that the potential therapy is effective against every type of coronavirus in an animal model.
Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD shares insights about caring for patients with peripheral and autonomic neuropathy.
Yu Kuei Alex Lin, MD and colleagues find that people’s beliefs about hypoglycemia play an important role in their hypoglycemia outcomes, even when they are using advanced diabetes technologies.
Robert Dickson, MD; Rishi Chanderraj, MD; and team find that early treatment with specific antibiotics depletes the body of gut anaerobes that protect against pneumonia, organ failure and mortality.
Michele Heisler, MD, MPA and Anna Lok, MD were elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the highest honorary society in the country for researchers in the fields of health and medicine.
Salim Hayek, MD and team find that risk factors for cardiovascular disease, not pre-existing heart disease, are the main contributors to death and poor outcomes for critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Congratulations to William Rainey, PhD who was honored with the Endocrine Society Outstanding Mentor Award.
Dinesh Khanna, MBBS, MSc and colleagues find that tofacitinib was well tolerated among patients with early systemic sclerosis in a phase I/II study.
Deborah Levine, MD, MPH and team set out to see if differences in long-term blood pressure control explained why Hispanic people face a higher overall risk of dementia than non-Hispanic white people in the U.S.
Eric Brandt, MD, MHS and colleagues find that adults with cardiovascular disease were more than two times likely to be food insecure than those without the disease.
Nora Becker, MD, PhD and colleagues find that the more chronic conditions a person has, the higher their odds of having unpaid debts, poor credit scores, and bankruptcy.
