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Some Physicians Are Ordering Thyroid Tests for Unsupported Reasons
While most thyroid ultrasound orders are warranted, researchers say guidelines could be clearer to help reduce over diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
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Convalescent Plasma and COVID-19: Hope, Blood and Chance
Convalescent plasma has shown promise against COVID-19, but new research will try to prove if it really works.
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Culture Is Complicated, and There’s a Curriculum for It
Surgeons are used to discussing clinical complications, and there’s even a formal process for it: In the Department of Surgery, weekly death and complications conferences are held to peer-review specific cases with adverse outcomes.
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How Should Hospitals Ask Patients for Donations?
Hospital fundraising provides critical resources, but a new study looks to ensure it’s done effectively and ethically.
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Medicaid Expansion Meant Better Health for Most Vulnerable Adults, U-M Study Finds
Medicaid expansion improved health of low-income Michigan residents, especially those who are Black, have multiple chronic conditions, or are well below poverty level.
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Is COVID-19 Widening the Gender Gap in Academic Medicine?
A new study finds fewer women publishing COVID-related papers, especially in early days of pandemic.
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COVID-19 and Teletherapy May Be Changing How Much You Know About Your Therapist
With the coronavirus risk, many therapy sessions have moved online to video calls. 
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This Spring They Were Heroes, But Summer May be Cruel for Health Professionals
As COVID-19 cases rise in many states, experts in the mental health of healthcare providers worry about those providing care.
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Study: Mixed Progress in Efforts to Reduce Low Value Breast Cancer Surgery
A U-M review found national Choosing Wisely recommendations to reduce overtreatment in early stage breast cancer weren’t consistently followed.
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COVID-19 Care is (Mostly) Free to Patients. Should Other Vital Care Be Too?
Rapid changes to insurance co-pays and deductibles for COVID-19 care helped remove the cost barrier to coronavirus care. Those changes could also help people with other conditions.
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New Analytic Tool Designed to Help Guide Precision Cancer Research and Treatment
A new precision medicine analytics tool called TransPRECISE developed to help oncologists with cancer treatment and research.
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Even Before COVID-19, Many Adults Lacked Stable Food Supply
Food insecurity was already affecting older adults before COVID-19 disruptions to food supplies and the economy, a poll finds.
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Which Operations Can Restart First? New Guide Helps Hospitals Decide
As hospitals re-start elective surgery after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new guide can help them prioritize scarce resource use.
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Many Could Face Sky-High Surprise Bills from Air Ambulance Flights
Surprise billing remains a serious issue for those who need emergency ambulance services. A recent study shows over 70% of patients using air or ground ambulance services could have received a surprise bill.
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Hazardous Drug Spills Put Cancer Nurses at Risk
New study highlights the persistent dangers cancer nurses face from exposure to hazardous drugs.
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