How Doctors Can Provide Better Care for Transgender Patients
Despite a rise in gender-affirming surgeries, many transgender people remain hesitant to seek primary care — meaning medical teams have work to do.
Despite a rise in gender-affirming surgeries, many transgender people remain hesitant to seek primary care — meaning medical teams have work to do.
The U-M Medical School has once again ranked among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Members of the Michigan Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes are showcasing new research at the Endocrine Society's ENDO 2018 March 17-20 in Chicago.
A team of microbiologists, systems biologists, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists from across U-M has been picked to represent the university in STAT Madness, a virtual online tournament of scientific discoveries made in 2017.
With the tearing of an envelope, 162 U-M medical students found out their fate today at noon, along with tens of thousands of their peers nationwide.
The 20th Surgeon General of the United States will speak at U-M on March 22, and the public is invited to attend or watch online.
High school students can help their peers understand depression and what to do if they experience it or see signs of it in others, a new study finds. The U-M-developed program is now available for free for any school to use.
Doctors and older patients may disagree more often than either of them suspects about whether a particular medical test or medicine is truly necessary, according to findings from a new poll of Americans over age 50.
Without a doctor or dentist’s guidance, some parents don’t follow national recommendations for early dental care for their children, a new national poll finds.
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) and Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, have signed a definitive agreement to establish a master affiliation and a joint venture for the 133-bed St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea hospital (SJMC), effective immediately.
Online care is available for adult primary care patients who have flu and other minor illness, no travel or parking required.
University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is the first hospital in the state of Michigan to receive verification as a Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.
Michigan Medicine has named Deloris (Dee) Hunt, M.S., as chief human resources officer, effective Feb. 19.
An all-weekend marathon of innovation for better health communication will be held at U-M in March 2018, with support from CNN medical correspondent and U-M alumnus Sanjay Gupta, M.D. and his wife.
Knowing what to do when flu season hits is key -- and which symptoms to be concerned about.
Residency education director, residents and fellows honored at Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
Parents’ major concerns about child organ donation often included misunderstandings about medical care, potential suffering and cost.
Surgery offers hope to those at risk of eye damage from everyday hazards such as dust and winds.
A free concert of classical music performed by an orchestra of members of the U-M medical and science community will take place Jan. 21.
In advance of a yearly registration event, two U-M students — a bone marrow recipient and the daughter of a heart transplant patient — work to increase donor awareness.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Aug.30 approved the first-ever gene therapy to treat children and young adults with leukemia.
Pinkeye isn’t a medical emergency. Neither is a puffy eyelid. But a new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have those mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.
Future of glaucoma treatment lies in tiny device implanted this week at Kellogg Eye Center.
Confirmation as president of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases is the latest achievement for Dr. Anna Lok, a pioneer in hepatitis research.
Health care and business leaders were appointed Thursday to the University of Michigan Health System Board, after approval from the U-M Board of Regents.
On October 13, 2016 a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Health Advisory and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Safety Communication announced that the Stöckert 3T heater/cooler devices by LivaNova PLC (formerly the Sorin Group) may have been contaminated with Mycobacterium chimaera (M.Chimaera), a rare type nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), during manufacturing.
What’s the best way to treat someone who’s stuck in a prolonged, dangerous seizure? Although emergency medical teams use a variety of approaches around the country, they could use better guidance based on research to give patients the best chance of surviving, and reduce brain damage. Now, a study to answer that very question in children is happening at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and other hospitals around the country.
Parents who do not get their children flu shots rate flu vaccine less favorably than other childhood vaccines, a national poll finds.