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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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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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U-M Health: COVID-19 Therapies – Where Are We?

Early on in the pandemic, healthcare providers had very few options for treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19. While drugs like the highly publicized hydroxychloroquine have been proven to

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Michigan Medicine doctor discusses Remdesivir, more COVID-19 treatments

ANN ARBOR – Michigan Medicine experts are working to find the right treatments for COVID-19 and Remdesivir shows some promise, says Daniel Kaul, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at

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U-M Health Lab: What to Know About COVID-19 if You Have Diabetes

Uncertainty surrounding the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, may be especially unsettling for people who fall into the often mentioned “high risk” groups, such as those with diabetes. And the flood

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U-M Health: 14 Things to Do If Someone You Live With Has COVID-19

It’s happened, or at least you think it has. The tiny coronavirus that’s causing big problems around the world has made it into your home. Someone you live with is sick and you think it’s

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U-M Health: Fear Can Spread From Person to Person Faster Than the Coronavirus

Jacek Debiec, M.D., PH.D. As cases of COVID-19 proliferate, there’s a pandemic of fear unfolding alongside the pandemic of the coronavirus. Media announce mass cancellations of public events

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U-M Health Lab: U-M health experts say reaction to COVID-19 is “absolutely necessary”

By Kara Gavin / U-M Health Cruises and flights canceled. Colleges and universities sending students home to watch lectures online. Public schools closing. Offices asking people to telecommute.

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U-M Health Lab: Study Shows Rapid Increase in Surgeons Opting for Robotic Help

By Kara Gavin / U-M Health Robots designed to help surgeons perform minimally invasive operations have become a fixture in operating rooms across the country in the past decade. A new study in 73

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