A melanoma survivor shares facts and tips about preventing all types of skin cancer.

A new urine-based test addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive cancer that needs immediate treatment.

Telehealth study of patient portal e-visits by Medicare participants shows few had an interaction for which their provider billed them.

Tik Tok trend of going barefoot in public is a bad idea according to podiatrists

Today, thanks to researchers, medical and public health experts, pharmaceutical companies, engineers and others, we know more and can do more about the coronavirus called SARS-CoV2, and the disease called COVID-19, than ever before.

New website to help adolescents with disabilities learn about reproductive health.

Making music by singing or playing an instrument, or listening to music, brings health and wellbeing benefits to many older adults.

Cases of kidney stones in children are increasing, but parents can minimize the chances their kids develop them.

One diabetes program is moving to revolutionize investigations and treatment in the field

A Michigan Medicine expert calls for comprehensive scoliosis awareness and care.

Researchers at Michigan Medicine developed an AI-driven algorithm that accurately predicts death and complications after PCI — which could emerge as a tool for clinicians as they determine treatment for blocked heart arteries.

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, wow, that's a mouthful, more commonly known as the HITECH Act, spent billions to promote the uptake of electronic health records by US hospitals. Fast forward more than a decade later, and now approximately four out of five healthcare institutions have electronic health record systems in place that integrate clinical notes, test results, medications, diagnostic images, et cetera. The adoption of EHR systems into healthcare introduces new and exciting opportunities to extract information that can be used to augment other types of data for research. As you might imagine though, it can be tricky to pull out meaningful information from the text of clinical notes. In this episode, we'll speak with a University of Michigan researcher, Dr. Vinod Vydiswaran, who's been developing methods to identify dementia from EHR data.

Buying health care services directly online offers convenience but also risks if patients don’t tell their regular doctor or provider. Poll looks at older adults’ use and attitudes.

Surgery patients who drink at a risky level have higher risks of complications; surgical teams could use artificial intelligence to search their records for signs that they may need to cut back.

Researchers and clinicians at the U-M Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center began sending reconditioned pacemakers to low- and middle-income countries for compassionate use cases in 2010 through the “My Heart Your Heart” program.