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Medical cannabis programs see four-fold enrollment increase between 2016 and 2020
Researchers say the trend has been driven by new medical cannabis laws, expanded qualifying conditions and increased enrollment nationally.
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Listening to young people could help reduce pandemic-related harms to children
Kids say they have felt ignored amid policy responses to the pandemic that seemed more focused on the fates of restaurants, bars and entertainment venues than keeping schools open and safe.
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The history of physician burnout
A second-year medical student traces the origins of physician exhaustion and proposes several innovative solutions to the pervasive problem.
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Researchers partner with community to improve firearm safety, reduce injuries
The University of Michigan partners with residents from Upper Peninsula county to create a new firearm safety education program.
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How a social work researcher’s experience with young adult cancer informed his work
Bradley Zebrack reflects on the insights he’s applied from his cancer journey to his job.
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The why of the silent X
Two recent University of Michigan studies published in Nature Communications reveal key findings crucial to understanding X-inactivation and X-linked gene expression in embryonic stem cells, and further implications for stem cell therapies.
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Studies show special mental health risks for certain groups of new doctors
First-year surgery residents, and first-year medical residents in all fields who are members of sexual minorities such as LGBTQ+, are more likely than others to develop depression during the stressful training period.
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A surgery resident's breastfeeding story
Catherine Wagner, a cardiothoracic surgery resident, experienced firsthand how policies established by a previous cohort provided support for pregnant and breastfeeding trainees.
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What has the pandemic taught us about public health?
Joneigh Khaldun led pandemic response for Michigan; she reflects on how public health partnerships, messaging and budgets affected outcomes.
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Repurposing generic drugs can reduce time and cost to develop new treatments
But low profitability remains a barrier.
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Advising China's first Olympic medevac program
How Beijing's emergency air service operations worked with the Survival Flight team before the start of games.
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Maternity health care workers expressed anguish, questioned roles early in pandemic
An analysis found nurses, physicians and midwives alike held complex emotions about how COVID-19 has impacted their work. 
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Health care costs add up in months after COVID-19 hospital stay, study finds
Even when insurance companies were waiving COVID-19 hospitalization charges, 10% of patients faced $2,000 or more in costs within 6 months of leaving the hospital.
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History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes
Medical historians reflect on lessons from the “Spanish flu” influenza pandemic at the end of World War I and two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Speaking it into being: Violet Surg
One physician's journey from Ghana to the states, and how her passion paved the way for her to become a surgeon.