A collection of recent studies from experts at the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and the U-M Center for Disability Health and Wellness offers insights into how these barriers show up in everyday care and how practical changes in communication, care delivery and policy could help create a more equitable health system for people with disabilities.

Urinary tract infection symptoms can be treated with antibiotics in some patients without further testing, but overuse of antibiotics can breed resistance and under-testing can overlook other issues. A new guide could help.

The American Cancer Society reports that mortality rates have continued to decline since the 1990s. N. Lynn Henry, of Michigan Medicine, answers questions about how factors such as healthy lifestyle choices, early screening and clinical trials have improved cancer survival rates.

As scleroderma research moves forward, involving patients with scleroderma in clinical trials can give researchers insight into what is most important for patients living with the condition.

A survey of Michigan nurses shows high levels of student loan debt, with many exceeding caps that have been proposed for federal loans.

Karen Hollingsworth’s training as a nurse helped her identify the symptoms of a urinary tract infection and when it rapidly developed into septic shock.

A new tool, developed at the University of Michigan, acts as a tape recorder produced and maintained by the cell itself, enabling scientists to rewind back in time and view interactions on a large scale and over long periods of time.

Women may receive heart procedures later due to surgical criteria based off male anatomy, two studies suggest.

Study from Michigan Medicine find that details of insurance coverage for IVF vary greatly among larger, self-insured employers, making insurance coverage challenging to follow for a wider, country-wide roll out.

The results of a Michigan Medicine pilot study suggest long term exposure to higher pollen levels leads to worse symptoms and quality of life for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.

The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program may inadvertently penalize hospitals that serve high percentages of Medicare Advantage enrollees, costing millions of dollars in financial.

Problems with the United States stroke transfer system are drastically reducing survivors’ chances of receiving critical treatment and increasing the likelihood that they will leave the hospital with a disability, a study suggests.

A mother of two, who is deaf, details her childbirth experience to share with others.

A machine-learning-based approach to mapping real-time tumor metabolism in brain cancer patients, developed at the University of Michigan, could help doctors discover which treatment strategies are most likely to be effective against individual cases of glioma.

Only about half of parents say children should never swear, even as many acknowledge that their own kids sometimes do, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.