What to know about psychosis
Hearing voices. Seeing imaginary people and animals. Feeling paranoid. Thinking others can hear their thoughts. A teen or young adult experiencing these sensations might get really scared or confused. They might think it’s something to hide. They might try to ignore it and hope it goes away. MORE FROM MICHIGAN: Sign up for our weekly […]
What to know about psychosis
Hearing voices. Seeing imaginary people and animals. Feeling paranoid. Thinking others can hear their thoughts. A teen or young adult experiencing these sensations might get really scared or confused. They might think it’s something to hide. They might try to ignore it and hope it goes away. MORE FROM MICHIGAN: Sign up for our weekly […]
COVID-19 vaccine incentives get mixed reception from young people
Prizes and raffles met with favor from majority of teens and young adults, but 1 in 4 express concerns. Offering teens and young adults a chance at a college scholarship, cash, discounts or just some free food might help move the needle on COVID-19 vaccination rates, a study suggests. But a sizable minority of young […]
Michigan Medicine Partners with Packard Health to Increase Access to Care Through New Patient Service Center
In partnership with Packard Health, Michigan Medicine Laboratories, or MLABS, has opened a new patient service center for specimen collection at Packard Health Main (2650 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108). The facility houses phlebotomists skilled in caring for patients of all ages and appointments are not needed. “We’re really excited about this partnership with […]
Doctors across state borders
As special pandemic rules end, a new telehealth analysis shows potential outsize impact on patients in some states and rural areas of others. The massive rise in telehealth during the pandemic couldn’t have happened without temporary rules that gave health care providers and their patients more flexibility to connect online or by phone – even […]
High fat diet, unregulated athletic exercise endurance enhancers linked to risk of pancreatic cancer
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have found a cell nuclear receptor activated by high fat diets and synthetic substances in unregulated athletic performance enhancers fuels the progression of precancerous pancreas lesions into pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a highly lethal form of cancer with rising occurrence, and strategies to prevent […]
Formula Shortage: What Providers Are Telling Worried Parents
After a bacterial contamination at a Michigan plant that produces formula for Abbott Nutrition, the leading formula manufacturer in the U.S., killed two infants and sickened two more, nationwide voluntary recalls have left shelves empty and parents at a loss. “I had a mother that was so desperate that … she was going to get […]
U-M Health again earns nursing’s highest honor through Magnet redesignation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – University of Michigan Health nurses continue to be recognized as among the best in the nation, again receiving the highest honor in nursing. The American Nurses Credentialing Center announced March 17 that U-M Health, of Michigan Medicine, achieved Magnet redesignation. The prestigious Magnet distinction, awarded to less than 10% of U.S. […]
A third of new moms had postpartum depression during early COVID
People who delivered babies during the pandemic also reported more distress and anxiety. For many, having a baby during the pandemic era may have been a more isolating experience than usual. Masks during delivery. Birthing without a partner in the room. Skipping traditional baby showers. Fewer visits from family and friends. And now, two new […]
New research links continents to key transitions in Earth’s oceans, atmosphere and climate
A new study led by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and Michigan Tech geologist Chad Deering advances the understanding of the role that continents have played in the chemical evolution of Earth’s oceans, with implications for understanding atmospheric oxygenation and global climate oscillations. The team of researchers analyzed a global database of the […]