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Researchers develop universal screening tool used during emergency care visits that reliably predicts an adolescent or teen’s suicide risk.
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Early findings suggest that children from lower-income neighborhoods may endure longer hospital stays after sepsis, a life-threatening response to an infection.
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Counties that score worst on measures of poverty, economic inequality, housing, food access, family structure, transportation, insurance and disability had far more cases and deaths from coronavirus in the first months of the pandemic.
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As Crohn’s disease rates increase steadily, effective evidence-based ways to treat the complex disease are more important than ever.
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Mutations to the Sars-CoV-2 virus are resulting in new variant strains including B.1.1.7. What do these changes mean for efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic?
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People who take opioid pain medications on a long-term basis may face stigma when they try to find a new doctor.
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A meta-analysis of lupus finds the disease is less common than previously thought, but disproportionally affects women and racial and ethnic minorities of both sexes.
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Transgender and gender non-conforming teens face transphobia, experience abusive relationships and may struggle with the decision to divulge their gender identity throughout their transition.
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Do COVID-19 patients really die of COVID? A new study helps put to rest conspiracy theory and shows the importance of evidence-based ICU care for ARDS.
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Study suggests that camps, which draw in 14 million children a year, may be an overlooked group when addressing communicable disease spread.
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Once viewed as a pediatric condition, patients with cerebral palsy are aging, but the health care system is not prepared to offer them the care they need.
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A physician reflects on the loss of a U-M alumnus to COVID-19—and what her experience can teach us
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The main bioactive compound of ginger root lowers autoantibody production and helps halt disease progression in mice with antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus.
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Regional hospitals unite to strengthen emergency response plans for children impacted by such crises as a pandemic, hurricane, flood or mass shooting.