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A complex camera has the potential to help doctors get a clearer, more accurate look at the human eye. How a trio of U-M experts from different fields made the discovery.
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Using a real-world outbreak as a test case, a team combined patient transfer data and whole-genome sequencing to identify hot spots for antibiotic-resistant bacteria transmission.
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See how Michigan Medicine's Breast Cancer Ally smart phone app provides individualized information, resources and supportive tools to breast cancer patients.
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Tough conversations — and treatment decisions — are necessary after a complex diagnosis. A Michigan Medicine vascular surgeon designed a tool to help start them.
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Learn about the latest advancements in artificial placenta research at U-M, including how an artificial womb saved premature baby lambs from lung failure.
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Microscopic nanoparticles could be the key to blocking bacterial proteins that cause infections to spread — technology with particular benefit to high-risk hospital patients.
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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.
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A new trial plans to identify patients at urban hospitals who are at risk of hypertension and use text messages to help them reduce their blood pressure and obtain follow-up care.
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Learn about the XEN Gel Stent, a minimally invasive glaucoma treatment now offered by The University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.
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A new digital tool offers an evidence-based guide to vascular access devices that could change bedside decisions — and boost patient safety.
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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.
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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.
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Discover how a discreet app can help improve physician and patient communication around GI symptoms.
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Learn more about a new study that showed mobile reminders boosted medication adherence in high blood pressure patients.
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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.