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Nine-year-old finds strength through adaptive accommodations
The physical medicine and rehabilitation team of Alexia Jambor has helped her and her family advocate for adaptive accommodations at school to benefit not only Alexia, but other differently abled children.
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Children on Flovent for asthma more likely to stop inhaled steroids after drug pulled from market
The discontinuation of a popular asthma medication was linked to a higher rate of children stopping inhaled steroid therapy altogether, a study suggests.
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A structural biologist weighs in on the tricky task of determining RNA’s shape
A recent article in Nature details why the quest to determine the shapes of RNA is difficult even for artificial intelligence.
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Drug combination reduces breast cancer risk and improves metabolic health in rats
Researchers investigated the combined effects of bazedoxifene and conjugated estrogens in rat models as an alternative to tamoxifen.
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Pope Francis’ death right after Easter sounds miraculous - but patients and caregivers often work together to delay dying
Michelle Riba explains how meaning matters just as much as medicine at the end of life.
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Drug targets identified for pancreatic cancer
U-M researchers have discovered that simultaneously targeting PIKfyve and KRAS-MAPK can eliminate tumors in preclinical human and mouse models.
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Finding a 'beautiful gift' within stage 4 lung cancer
How one woman found 'a beautiful gift' within stage 4 lung cancer.
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How acupuncture gave one patient with chronic nausea her life back
How acupuncture gave one patient with constant nausea back her life.
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Researchers use nanoparticles to target glioblastoma in mice
University of Michigan researchers have created nanodiscs that can target cholesterol levels in GBM, starving the cancer cells and increasing survival rates of the treated mice.
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Drug candidate successfully treats atherosclerosis, fatty liver disease in large mammals
A compound that was previously found to treat severe fatty liver disease also reduces atherosclerosis, a primary driver of cardiovascular death, in non-human primates. The drug candidate was developed at the University of Michigan.
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The most effective prevention method for complications post lung transplant
Out of the two most common treatments for chronic lung allograft dysfunction, a condition that can form after lung transplantation that has no treatment, a study from University of Michigan Health found that cyclosporine is not as effective as tacrolimus in preventing the condition.
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Using ultrasound technology to quickly diagnose giant cell arteritis
Ultrasound technology at University of Michigan Health is helping diagnose giant cell arteritis in patients to begin potentially moving away from using invasive surgical biopsy methods.
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The puberty talk: Parents split on best age to talk about body changes with kids
Most parents agree that talking to their kids about puberty is important, but when to have that conversation remains unclear, says a national poll.
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Cerebral palsy medications given to adults may not match needs
Prescribing medications that treat the most obvious parts of adult cerebral palsy pain and symptoms without examining for the underlying cause is a common experience for adults with cerebral palsy. This means that proper treatment is being overlooked and these medications can cause further complications later in life.
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To keep high risk patients out of hospitals, at-home monitoring shows promise
Remote patient monitoring at home was associated with a major reduction in hospitalization in high risk patients.
