Sam Page
Public Relations Representative Intermediate, Michigan Medicine
Sam Page covers gastroenterology, hepatology, otolaryngology, radiology, and the University of Michigan Medical School. Page previously worked for 11 years at Sports Illustrated.
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Researchers uncover hundreds of emojis in patient records
A review of electronic health records shows which emojis are most often used and in what context.
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U-M Medical School faculty awarded $1.1 million AMA grant to develop precision education tools
Matthew Caldwell, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School,
received of one of the AMA’s Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grants for his proposal, "PACE: Precision Analytics for Coaching Effectiveness."
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Managing cirrhosis pain without drugs
Michigan Medicine hepatologists are preparing a year-long study looking at the techniques cirrhosis patients can use at home to relieve chronic pain without medication.
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New metric better predicts which drug-induced liver injury patients require transplant
Study finds the DILI-Inpt prognostic score outperformed existing systems in identifying which hospitalized patients with severe idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury were unlikely to recover on their own.
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Experts urge continued hepatitis B vaccine birth doses for newborns
Hepatologist Anna Lok, M.D., explains the importance of giving all children a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
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Lactulose and tai chi show promise preventing falls for cirrhosis patients
Lactulose and tai chi can prevent falls in patients with cirrhosis, according to results from the LiveSMART Trial run by Michigan Medicine.
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After 25 procedures and constant fainting, patient finds long term relief
After 25 procedures and constant fainting, patient finds long term relief at Michigan Medicine.
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Alexa Canady reflects, shares advice after trailblazing neurosurgery career
Alexa Canady, the first African American female neurosurgeon, celebrates her 50th anniversary as a U-M Medical School alum, sharing advice and reflecting on her extraordinary career.
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Three U-M faculty elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dee E. Fenner, M.D., Lisa Hope Harris, M.D., Ph.D., and Frederick Kofi Korley, M.D., Ph.D., are the latest University of Michigan Medical School faculty to join the National Academy of Medicine
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Physicians investigate Reddit to better understand self management of inflammatory bowel disease
Reddit’s popularity as a tool for self managing inflammatory bowel disease highlights opportunities for improvements in clinical care, according to a paper published in Journal of Medical Internet Research.
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Human ability to focus on specific sounds not found to originate in auditory nerve, brainstem
Michigan Medicine research illuminates the mechanisms through which humans can pick out and focus on single sounds in noisy environments.
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Addressing body-image distress in head and neck cancer patients
Michigan Medicine joins a clinical trial led by Medical University of South Carolina, who has developed a disease-specific cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) called BRIGHT that’s targeted toward head neck cancer patients with body image distress, a common problem.
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How GI behavioral therapy helped one patient escape the pain of pandemic stress
A patient found help with her irritable bowl syndrome, also known as IBS, with gastrointestinal behavioral therapy at Michigan Medicine.
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The importance of language in medical training materials
A medical student discusses why one producing medical materials in certain languages creates problems for those who aren't native speakers of the language.
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AI analysis of colonoscopy improves assessment of Crohn’s disease
In a new study, artificial intelligence matched and potentially exceeded the performance of gastroenterologists and conventional scoring in evaluating endoscopies of Crohn’s disease patients.