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Maternal suicide study provides insights into complicating factors for perinatal deaths

Suicide during pregnancy and in the months after having a baby is more likely among women who have had other mental and physical health problems, intimate partner issues or recent bereavement.
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An unequal toll of financial stress

Inflation rates may have cooled off recently, but a poll shows many older adults are experiencing financial stress – especially those who say they’re in fair or poor physical health or mental health
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Older women more likely to receive heart surgery, die at low quality hospitals

Women over the age of 65 who require complex heart surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals — where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
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Sunscreen dispensers make skin cancer prevention easier

Medical students have worked to place dispensers at parks, pools and golf courses around Washtenaw County to give people easy access to sunscreen.
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What can America do to make health care and health outcomes more equal?

Inequality in health care access and delivery, and in health outcomes, have changed somewhat in the past 20 years but more needs to be done to reduce racial and ethnic disparities.
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Researchers find common immune system mechanism between pregnancy, cancer

Researchers find common immune system mechanism between pregnancy, cancer
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10-year-old works to regain independence after rare brain hemorrhage

A young girl works with physical therapists and other specialists in two unique clinics to regain strength again after a rare brain hemorrhage.
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Primary care physicians are hesitant to accept chronic pain patients using opioids or cannabis

Michigan Medicine research finds that patients with chronic pain who use either substance may find it harder to find primary care physician than those who don’t.
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Work-related nerve injuries are common with repetitive motions

Investigators from Michigan Medicine set out to better understand more about occupational nerve injuries.
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Nanoparticles reprogram mouse immune systems to cope with allergens

Two doses of allergen-encapsulating nanoparticles delivered intravenously prevented anaphylaxis during a food allergy test in mice, according to new research.
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Creating supranormal hearing in mice

A study from Michigan's Kresge Hearing Research Institute produced supranormal hearing in mice, while also supporting a hypothesis on the cause of hidden hearing loss in people.
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Female heart patients less likely to have additional problems fixed during surgery

Two studies led by Michigan Medicine find that female patients who undergo heart surgery are less likely to have secondary ailments corrected during a procedure — despite guidelines that indicate they should.
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Uncovering the link between a common congenital viral infection and autism

Children who contracted a viral infection known as congenital cytomegalovirus in utero may be nearly two and half times more likely to be diagnosed with autism, a study suggests.
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Kinesiology students help hospital patients get walking again

The new initiative pairs kinesology undergrads with patients in the Medical Short-Stay Unit at Michigan Medicine to keep them up and moving during their stay.
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Properly treating, and recovering, from pediatric sports injuries

A kid's orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist gives parents tips to make sure their children get the care they need when injured and have an effective recovery.