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Study shows critically ill patients with the novel coronavirus have high rates of cardiac arrest and poor outcomes even after CPR, an effect most strongly seen in older patients.
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A new observational study finds patients in the hospital for COVID-19 have high levels of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), an immune-derived pathogenic protein that is strongly predictive of kidney injury.
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Researchers report first clinically actionable findings for a rare blood vessel disease in a study of four unrelated families, all with the same genetic variant.
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The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved the appointments of Gorav Ailawadi, M.D., M.B.A., as chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and the Helen F. and Marvin M. Kirsh Professor of Cardiac Surgery in the Medical School, effective September 1.
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New genetic research finds spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, heart attacks may be more similar to different diseases than to other heart attacks.
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Positive clinical trial points to possible additional option for patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease. A study investigator explains the excitement and the caution.
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A team from across the University of Michigan was named a finalist in the first phase of the American Heart Association COVID-19 data challenge. The challenge focuses on understanding the relationships between COVID-19 and other health conditions, health disparities and social determinants of health that may bring a higher burden of illness or mortality.
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Recurrent stroke rates declined for Mexican Americans in a population study, closing the gap with non-Hispanic whites.
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Apps like Uber or Lyft can find you easily for a ride to the airport. So why is getting help to get to a hospital in an emergency so much more complicated?
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An international group of experts suggests an approach to study seizures that could help propel understanding of epilepsy forward.
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Researchers found many instances of respiratory failure and kidney injury, but not heart failure, among COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs across the country.
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Current and former sleep medicine fellows discuss the flourishing subspecialty.
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Other health emergencies didn’t stop for COVID-19. One man who needed heart surgery right before the COVID-19 crisis shares his story.
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Nearing the need for hospice at the age of 52, one patient underwent a rare heart surgery that not only removed his disease, but repaired his heart, and gave him back his life.
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Without an alarm clock set for school, sleep routines are anything but routine right now in many homes. A sleep psychologist shares what parents should know.