A potential solution to help get immobile bodies moving? A vibrating device to activate muscles — fulfilling a key part of a patient’s recovery while in intensive care.

A federal “right-to-try” law for medical treatments could soon become reality. But systems to expand access to investigational options while protecting patients are already in place, says a U-M expert.

As funding for basic science research and education stalls in the U.S. and other countries, competition from China is skyrocketing, a new study finds.

Medical emergencies cause a high number of vehicle crashes. University of Michigan researchers have teamed up with Toyota to examine whether new vehicle technology could predict — and potentially prevent — such scenarios.

Learn about a cutting edge minimally invasive stroke treatment procedure, endovascular thrombectomy, and hear how it saves one Belleville woman's life.

When a prominent journal added eye-catching, data-driven graphics to its tweets about research papers, nearly three times as many people clicked the links to read the full study.

Printed simulations of lifelike body parts allow surgeons-in-training the opportunity to practice complex surgeries before assisting with the real thing.

Discover how a new method could accelerate and improve the process for providing neurosurgeons with the pathology information they need to make decisions during surgery.

UM study shows robotic surgery hysterectomy is less risky than laparoscopic hysterectomy. Learn more about robot assisted surgery & robotic hysterectomy.

The Watchman implant is an alternative to blood thinners for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation treatment. Learn more about the Watchman implant for Afib.

U-M scientists crated amniotic sac tissue from human stem cells. Learn how lab created amnion could assist with fertility medicine and large wound treatment.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy at the U-M Wound Care Clinic helps with non-healing wounds & tissue damage. Learn more about oxygen therapy & hyperbaric medicine.

A New study finds medical apps like diabetes apps or depression apps may be insufficient. Learn more about the U-M study on mHealth apps and mobile health apps.

A device called the Total Artificial Heart helps some of the sickest heart-failure patients regain function — outside of the hospital — while awaiting a transplant.

University of Michigan is using EndoFLIP to help diagnose digestive diseases. Learn more about this new medical technology and how it's helping patients.