Two tiny groups of brain cells, right next to each other, play a key role in driving feeding – and stopping. The brain’s own opioid system also gets involved
Patient-provided data can help doctors and health care professionals gain a more complete picture on pain. See how the technology works.
Health care coverage for low-income patients produces fiscal benefits that include lower unpaid debts, fewer bankruptcies and higher credit scores.
A new drug policy was meant to curb unnecessary opioid prescriptions. Instead, a new study finds, prescriptions after surgery went up.
Federally recommended “expedited partner therapy” can get antibiotics to both partners quickly. But several barriers can stand in the way.
Mott researchers focus on prevention and better treatment of graft-versus-host disease in children, a major and potentially fatal side effect of stem cell transplants.
Benzodiazepines pose special risks to older adults. New research finds many of those who start taking them aren’t stopping.
A new study links a gap in coverage of 30 or more days to a fivefold increase in hospital stays and emergency visits, and higher blood sugar.
A new tool that takes into account personalized risks and benefits, and allows for a range of patient preferences, will help clinicians decide whom to screen for lung cancer.
To help uninsured patients grasp the value of health care coverage, a collaborative awareness campaign salutes two kinds of superheroes.
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.
New research on U-M’s Doctors of Tomorrow initiative finds lessons relevant to other institutions seeking to create a more diverse medical student pipeline.
Fruit flies are far more than a kitchen nuisance. Learn how the pests and other tiny critters help provide major clues to human disease.
