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When COVID Dealt Struggling Medical Students Another Blow, the Shield Fund Provided a Lifeline
A student who’d been helped stepped up along with faculty members to pay it forward.
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5 Ways to Get Young Kids to Wear Face Masks
New mandates require children ages 2-4 to wear masks at places like stores, daycare and camps. Specialists share their secrets to helping kids comply. 
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New Algorithm Uses Online Learning for Massive Cell Data Sets
The method enables researchers to analyze millions of cells with the amount of memory found on a standard computer.
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Delaying Cardiovascular Surgeries Due to COVID-19 Has Serious Psychological Effects on Patients
Postponing procedures during the pandemic sparked anxiety and fear among patients, with many concerned about dying of their conditions before getting surgery.
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Virus is ‘Not Done with Us’: Latest COVID Wave Fills Beds, Hammers ER Workers
A variant is spreading and more young Michiganders are being hospitalized, pushing the system’s limits.
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How Parents Rate Youth Sports Teams on Managing COVID-19 Precautions
As experts point to team sports as a driver of COVID youth cases, 1 in 4 parents give their sports leagues low rankings for consistently enforcing safety guidelines.
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Parenting Conflicts May Stall Career Growth for Physician Moms
Study finds that physician parents often turn down career-advancing opportunities and aren’t comfortable discussing work-family conflicts with leaders. How pandemic-era changes may help.
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Toddler with Spina Bifida Meets Paralympian: “She has crutches like me”
Young patient’s reaction to commercial featuring gold medalist and double amputee Jessica Long goes viral, leads to Zoom introduction.
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End-of-Life Care Remains Aggressive for People With Ovarian Cancer
Clinical guidelines have encouraged the integration of palliative care, yet medicine lags far behind its goals for ovarian cancer, especially for people of color
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LGBTQ+ Health: A Collaborative of Care
Michigan Medicine experts share how their work is contributing to gender-affirming and other forms of equitable health care for the LGBTQ+ community.
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The Non-Veteran Experience at VA hospitals
Non-Veterans admitted to VA hospitals in Southeast Michigan during the pandemic's surge had were overwhelming positive experiences, one study found.
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Who Gets a Shot First?
While supplies are limited, experts ponder how to get the COVID-19 vaccines to those who need them most.
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A Seemingly Healthy Baby with a Failing Heart
Baby Gus appeared healthy, but further investigation revealed a congenital heart defect.
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Vaping Marijuana Associated with More Symptoms of Lung Damage than Vaping or Smoking Nicotine
Research says vaping cannabis may cause worse respiratory issues than e-cigarettes or smoking cigarettes or marijuana alone.
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What is a Child Life Specialist?
From medical play to gaming, child life specialists offer different ways to ease stress and anxiety in kids during medical visits.