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SPOTLIGHT
Flu Season: What You Need to Know to Stay Healthy
Q & A with Arnold Monto
Each year, particularly during the winter months, millions of Americans are infected with influenza. The flu causes symptoms such as fever, coughing, body aches and fatigue, and, in some cases, can lead to serious complications and even death. Read more
University of Michigan Launches New Projects to Fight Poverty
On any given day across Michigan nearly 100 homeowners or renters could be evicted—a rate almost one-and-a-half times the national average. That is a problem one of nine new projects funded by Poverty Solutions and with support from the Detroit Urban Research Center aims to tackle in 2019. Read more
Some Nose, Throat Bacteria Make It Less Likely to Get Flu
New Research from Betsy Foxman and Aubree Gordon
Researchers at the University of Michigan hope they've taken the first step in a long road to make this a reality after they identified a cluster of nose and throat bacteria that made their hosts less likely to get the flu. Read more
IN THE NEWS: Hospitals Now Required to List Prices Online for Every Medical Procedure, Service
New Contributions from Mark Fendrick and Marianne Udow-Phillips
Hospitals in Michigan and across the country rang in the New Year with a federal mandate to reveal their once-secret master price lists, although it's unclear whether this new requirement will assist many patients or contain ever-rising health care costs. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: The United States of Stress
Arline Geronimous Featured on New Expert Wellness Advisory Board
Stress in the modern world is a constant. When stress doesn’t let up and is paired with the feeling that we have little to no control over the circumstances that are creating it, that’s called chronic stress. Over and over again, the research points to one key fact: Prolonged or unremitting stress exacts a stunningly toxic toll on the body, brain, mind, and soul. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Would a DNA Test Help You Stick to Your Diet?
Scott Roberts Quoted in the L.A. Times
A new wave of consumer DNA tests that will analyze our genetic makeup promises to offer clues, from risk for different kinds of cancer and heart conditions to how we process certain foods or whether we’re likely to weigh more than average. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Fleming: Trump Rule Change for Immigrants Forces an Impossible Choice
Op/Ed by Paul Fleming
In an article from the Detroit Free Press, Assistant Professor Paul Fleming gives his thoughts on how the Trump administration's proposed rule change towards immigrant access of government benefits and services could effect health outcomes. Read more
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How Children & Teens Die in America: Study Reveals the Widespread & Persistent Role of Firearms
New Research from Rebecca Cunningham
A new study from the University of Michigan shows the firearm death rate, the number two cause of death among children and teens, has stayed the same for nearly two decades. Read more
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Small-Scale Poultry Farming Could Mean Big Problem in Developing Countries
New Research from Joe Eisenberg
Small-scale farming in developing countries provides those in rural communities with income and access to protein, but it may have a large impact on antibiotic resistance, according to a new University of Michigan study. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Why We Still Don't Know How Many NFL Players Have CTE
New Contribution by Bhramar Mukherjee
Over the past few years, the NFL has been haunted by the early deaths of some former players whose brains showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CTE is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss, mood disorders, dementia and other brain-related problems. But how prevalent is CTE, and how likely are players to develop it? Those remain unanswered questions, despite ongoing attempts to answer them. Read more
