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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.
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A free online tool could potentially save some prostate cancer patients more than $9,000 in out-of-pocket drug costs, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
Health Lab
Medicaid expansion’s impact on low-income Michigan residents included reduced uninsurance, increased primary and preventive care, and better financial health.
Health Lab
Few children are getting eyes checked at their pediatrician or other regular doctor’s office, and rates vary greatly by insurance status.
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RSV vaccines are now available to older adults for the first time; a poll gauges awareness and interest among those over 60.
Medicine at Michigan
The Pap test, developed over a century ago, has been the standard of care for detecting cervical cancer. But it is collected through an invasive and uncomfortable vaginal exam. Michigan Medicine researchers have evaluated several at-home tests to detect HPV, a virus that causes cervical cancer. The at-home tests are more accurate than a Pap test and could make screenings more accessible for many people.
Health Lab
Access to mental health care has lagged even as diagnoses have risen; a proposed federal fix aims to increase insurance coverage of care.
Health Lab
Researchers at the University of Michigan are now delving into the molecular-level details of sperm formation, with a particular focus on how abnormalities in this process might lead to male-factor infertility.
Health Lab
Gender-affirming care for transgender teens is restricted or may be soon in 20 states; this has increased travel time to available clinics
News Release
There are 13 U-M graduate medical education programs ranked in the top 10 by Doximity.
Health Lab
Screening for dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive impairment is something most older adults want for themselves or feel others their age should have access to.
Health Lab
The rapid rise in telehealth and telemedicine use during the pandemic helped increase access to care for people in rural areas especially those with mental health provider shortages.
Health Lab
After decades of falling global maternal mortality rates, has the momentum evaporated? A new WHO report suggests just that, and Michigan Medicine researchers are urging their peers not to take their collective eye off the ball.
Department News
Dr. Lisa Harris receieves The Greenwall Foundation’s Bernard Lo, MD Award in Bioethics.
Health Lab
Research suggests transgender and nonbinary people are significantly more likely than cisgender peers to be admitted following a visit the emergency department.