Most older adults have faced an attempted scam, and some have been defrauded, but rates were higher among those with health problems or disabilities.

Free colonoscopies for people whose at-home stool tests (such as Cologuard and FIT) turn up signs of potential cancer are now covered by insurance, and a study shows this will save money.

Dental pain treatment with opioid painkillers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone declined before and during the pandemic but the rate of decline slowed after 2020.

DCMB welcomes eight new faculty in 2022-2023.

Chronic pain can present in multiple forms for multiple sclerosis patients. Some forms make it harder to stay active than others.

Open enrollment season for Medicare, Healthcare.gov Obamacare plans, work-related insurance is here – and Medicaid enrollment renewal is due for many. How to get help.

Study reveals presenting adults between 76 and 85 with personalized information about the benefits and harms of colon cancer screening decreases excess screening

For people with expensive prescription drugs, switching plans could save them thousands of dollars in copays. And a simple tool can help people easily compare out-of-pockets expenses for anyone with a Medicare Part D prescription plan.

A Michigan Medicine study uses single cell analysis of gene expression combined with spatial transcriptomics to reveal previous unrecognized immune cell types and interactions within adipose tissue. Spatial transcriptomics is a newer technology that captures all gene expression in small spots across an entire thin section of tissue.

Read Kin Fai Au's interview in 'Genomeweb'

The Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) and the Institute for Heart and Brain Health (IHBH) at the University of Michigan Medical School are pleased to welcome Meng Wang, PhD, as a new Assistant Professor as of September 1, 2023.

Cancer screening guidelines increasingly factor in how long a person has left to live, to guide whether to continue or stop screening. A new poll explores older adults’ attitudes toward this approach.

Advanced programs in healthcare equip doctors, nurses, and others with the skills and knowledge needed for successful careers in health. Explore how Michigan’s Clinician Scholars Program can empower healthcare innovators across different disciplines and enhance medical education.

How U-M scientists can focus on science while safely transferring data using Globus

Congratulations to Dr. Kai Wang, who was awarded a K99/R00 grant starting August 2023 from the NIEHS titled “Improving chemical exposome target prediction by application of Coupled Matrix/Tensor-Matrix Completion algorithms.”