Study reveals the pervasiveness of the medical devices’ skin-color bias.

A third of patients who’d recently undergone bariatric surgery at University of Michigan Health were at high risk of opioid overdose.

Even at age 9 or 10, as many as 10% of children are curious about using substances, and many parents haven’t made specific rules or say kids’ access at home would be easy.

Tonsillectomy pain is often treated with opioids, but leftovers can be a risk factor for misuse or abuse. Reducing the default prescription size in hospital computer systems could help right-size pain control.

In 152 hospitals, efforts to treat sepsis faster have not resulted in antibiotic overuse.

Hospitals across the country are teaming up to improve outcomes in kids who need mechanical heart pumps for congenital heart disease or heart failure.

Opioids can help reduce the amount of medication needed to achieve anesthesia.

Researchers compare experiences between Michigan families whose children were in-person, remote or hybrid school a year after the pandemic began.

Study finds transgender college students are 2-3 times more likely to be diagnosed with sleep disorders, depression and anxiety, and have 3-4 times higher likelihood of suicidal behavior.

Vaccine incentives have been used to encourage COVID-19 vaccination and could be used in other immunization campaigns. A study looks at youth attitudes.

Kids say they have felt ignored amid policy responses to the pandemic that seemed more focused on the fates of restaurants, bars and entertainment venues than keeping schools open and safe.

The University of Michigan partners with residents from Upper Peninsula county to create a new firearm safety education program.

Although obesity is now known to be a chronic disease that often doesn’t respond to diet and exercise alone, many people with obesity don’t have access to weight loss drugs and operations.

Hospices often prescribe medicines like Xanax, Haldol and Seroquel to patients to ease end-of-life symptoms, but a new study shows very wide variation in the chances patients will get these drugs.

Sexual health is linked closely to physical and mental health for older women, with menopause playing a big role, a new poll finds.