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What does the future hold for telehealth? New report gives hints
Telehealth including video visits, e-Visits and other telemedicine have ramped up rapidly during the pandemic. New data could shape future use.
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Balancing life and medicine
How three former gymnasts apply lessons learned to their medical careers.
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What happens when preventive care becomes free to patients?
Preventive services such as mammograms, birth control, immunizations and colonoscopy have no out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act.
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Teamwork saves lives: COVID-19 hospital network shares key lessons to improve care
Hospitals across Michigan pooled COVID-19 patient data to reduce variation and improve outcomes in care, including antibiotic use, mortality risk prediction and VTE prophylaxis.
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‘Seizing a disruptive opportunity’ to improve gender equity in medicine
Women have borne a disproportionate burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, and women in medicine are no exception. Can we seize this disruptive opportunity to improve gender equity in medicine?
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What will it take to get more of the U.S. vaccinated against COVID-19?
Prizes, lotteries, discounts and freebies for COVID-19 vaccination may help overcome vaccine hesitancy and reward the vaccinated too
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What Lies Ahead for the Affordable Care Act?
A key Supreme Court ruling expected soon, and other policies and proposals playing out at the state and federal level.
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Vast Under-Treatment of Diabetes Seen in Global Study
Diabetes care should include medication to reduce blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure, and counseling on diet, weight and exercise. But few people in developing nations receive all of this.
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What are the Effects of Terlipressin When Treating HRS-1?
The drug terlipressin is commonly used to treat hepatorenal syndrome in other parts of the world, but lacks FDA approval. Researchers examine both its efficacy and safety.
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A Year-Long Sprint: Sanjay Gupta Reflects on Communications and the Pandemic
CNN health reporter Sanjay Gupta discusses a wide range of health communication topics and his personal experiences.
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Even Small Health Insurance Bills May Cause Healthy Low-Income People to Drop Coverage
Requiring cost-sharing of people in Medicaid expansion programs just above the poverty line leads to adverse selection, Michigan study finds.
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A Radiologist’s Return: Lessons Learned After a 14-Year Hiatus
She made her comeback. Now she wants to help change the culture of medicine.
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Michigan Health Lab’s 5 Most Viewed Stories May Surprise You
From bathroom breaks to physician fashion trends, some interesting stories continue to rise to the top of readers’ searches.
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Michigan Health Lab Turns 5
A thank you to the readers, and look back at the most read story of each year since our launch five years ago.
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Epidemic of Firearm Injury Spurs New Wave of Research
Firearm injuries and deaths, from mass shootings to suicides, are a public health epidemic, but research on gun injury and death has lagged. New injury prevention studies could change that.