Metabolic mechanism protects hearts from damaging metabolites that build up in cold storage, study finds

The University of Michigan Medical School will no longer participate in the annual U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings of medical schools.

Using stroke as a measure of quality after TAVR could put stroke centers at a disadvantage, the study suggests

Patients seen at transplant centers had almost 80% higher odds to receive “bridge-to-transplant” designation

A study led by Michigan Medicine has uncovered that suPAR, a protein, causes atherosclerosis, linking cardiovascular disease and kidney disease. The research shows potential for suPAR to be a treatment target for both conditions.

The study found that machine learning techniques improved diet prediction by 10-20%.

Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers received potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and heart pumps, about half as often as white adults, possibly due to racial bias, a small National Institutes of Health-supported study has found. Visit our blog for the full story. Please note that this article was adapted from a NIH release.

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