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U-M Health: Prostate Cancer Regulator Plays Role in COVID-19, Providing a Promising Treatment Lead

By taking a lesson from prostate cancer, researchers now have a promising lead on a treatment for COVID-19. Two proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, help the coronavirus gain entry and replicate within

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U-M publishes free guides packed with advice and wisdom from COVID-19 patients, caregivers

No one likes to venture into a new city or country without a map or guidebook. But that’s what having COVID-19 has felt like to people with the disease—and to the family and friends who are

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U-M Health: Not Sure About the COVID-19 Vaccine? Get the Facts, Then Decide

Maybe you saw it on social media. Heard it from a friend or relative. Got it in an email. Or have just been wondering silently to yourself. No matter where you heard that claim about the COVID-19

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U-M Health: Should Pregnant and Breastfeeding Patients Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

As the COVID-19 vaccine starts rolling out across the country, pregnant or breastfeeding women may be wondering if they should get it too. First, the unknowns: Because clinical trials didn’t

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Surveys of Consumers: Economic gains on the distant horizon

ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment improved in the December 2020 survey despite the ongoing surge in covid infections and deaths, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The

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U-M Health Lab: Kids, Sports and COVID-19 – 5 Steps for Parents to Follow

Physical activity is important for growing bodies and minds. But during these uncertain times, do the benefits of participating in youth sports outweigh the risks? The recent surge in COVID-19

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U-M: When stuck in a rut, it may be time to try ideas from others

When attempting to solve a problem, people often fall back on prior experiences that worked, sometimes without considering other solutions. In other words, they stay in their comfort zone, which

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U-M student supporting her hometown by creating racial awareness and equity task force

During the height of world-wide mourning over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Sarah Szalai took a “quarantine” walk with her mom and talked about what she could do to help raise

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U-M Health: An estimated 25.8 million people in the United States are living with diabetes – but many still don’t understand the basics of the condition

By Amy Wiseman / U-M Health Over 8% of the population has diabetes, a condition where the body struggles to get energy from food. Diabetes can affect a variety of organs and systems and

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Michigan Medicine joins hospitals nationwide in campaign encouraging everyone to #MaskUp

ANN ARBOR – Michigan Medicine has joined about 100 of the nation’s top health care systems with an urgent plea for all Americans – mask up, because wearing a facemask is our best chance at

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