Jane Racey Gleeson

Jane Racey Gleeson is a contributing writer for a variety of divisions within Michigan Medicine, including the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Neurosciences and Pulmonology. With a focus on targeted communications she has developed content for the Michigan Medicine website and Health Lab blogs for 15+ years. 
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Treating a brain aneurysm with the market’s tiniest flow diverter
Treating a brain aneurysm with the market's tiniest flow diverter
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Free course shines light on sleep health
An expert-led course on sleep helps educate students about the importance of creating and maintaining good sleep habits for health and wellness.
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After years of searching, woman finds help for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
A patient finally gets a diagnosis of, and relief for, idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
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Using biologic injections for severe asthma after COVID
Biologic injections end up being the best treatment for treating severe asthma after having COVID for one patient.
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Despite tremendous hurdles, a young man is thankful for “the ultimate gift of life”
Young man with cystic fibrosis gets organ donation that changes his life
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From no longer working to cycling 14 miles
Patient at Michigan Medicine finds treatment for venous disease, which drastically changes his life.
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Young man’s debilitating back pain a thing of the past
Piotrowski consulted with a spectrum of doctors, physical therapists and chiropractors, each with a different recommendation for how to treat a herniated disc in the lower portion of his spine until he found one at Michigan Medicine recommending lumbar microdiscectomy, a procedure that involves small incisions to remove portions of the herniated disc and ease pressure on the spinal cord nerves.
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The malfunction of an undamaged brain
People with these two functional neurologic disorders often go misdiagnosed
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Do you know what Moyamoya disease is?
Moyamoya disease is a rare condition that can cause blockage of the blood vessels in the brain and increase the risk of stroke. Learn more about this chronic disease from U-M Health’s neurologist and neurosurgeon as they explain more about how it is diagnosed and treated.
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Rare congenital heart disease no match for one mother
For a rare heart condition, finding and getting to the right team of specialists at Michigan Medicine saved her life, and her chance to have kids.
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Can a wearable device make an impact on your heart health?
From heart arrhythmias, high blood pressure and heart failure, mobile apps can provide a snapshot into heart disease
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Living longer on ventricular assist devices
Heart failure patients get back to a longer, more fulfilling life, thanks to VAD technology
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A rare diagnosis and a young mother who’s spreading the word
Courtney Weirauch didn’t know what lymphangioleiomyomatosis was – but she quickly learned about the rare lung condition and how it would impact her life.