Eye Doctors Reduce Opioid Prescriptions Without Compromising Pain Management
Patients used fewer opioid tablets when surgeons cut back prescriptions, but there is more work to be done on safe medication disposal.
October 31, 2019 12:00 PM
Shantell M. Kirkendoll
Shantell M. Kirkendoll is the senior communication representative for the University of Michigan Health System. She leverages social media and media relations to tell compelling stories about research and health care. She was a Knight Journalism Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and joined the University of Michigan Health System in 2009. Prior to that she was a print journalist for 20 years.
Ophthalmology Boot Camp Helps Cultivate and Develop Skills of Residents
Course provides room in a hands-on clinical setting to learn practical skills in the transition from medical student to resident.
October 21, 2019 5:00 AM
Surgical Innovation Course Fosters New Approach to Bone Healing
Bone filler device accelerates bone healing impaired by age or cancer treatment.
October 01, 2019 11:00 AM
FDA Finds Rare Lymphoma Linked with Breast Implants
FDA links rare cancer to textured breast implants and urges women to monitor themselves for possible symptoms.
July 25, 2019 2:15 PM
New Drug Therapy Could Mitigate Graves’ Eye Disease
Latest clinical trial brings study drug a step closer to FDA approval
June 28, 2019 6:09 AM
Aging Baby Boomers Push Sky High Incidence of Shingles of the Eye
Large Kellogg Eye Center study shows cases of herpes zoster ophthalmicus tripled in 12 year time span, highest among older adults
May 01, 2019 12:16 PM
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