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IN THE NEWS: Polio-Like Illness AFM Tests An Overstretched Public Health System
Laura Power Quoted in Huffington Post
The mysterious, polio-like disease that has struck 414 people — mostly young children — across the United States since 2014 comes at a time when the public health system already is overstretched. Read more
IN THE NEWS: Guns Kill More U.S. Kids Than Cancer. This Emergency Physician Aims to Change That.
Rebecca Cunningham Featured in Science
Firearms are the second-leading cause of death in children in the United States, after motor vehicle crashes. Rebecca Cunningham, professor of Emergency Medicine at Michigan Medicine and a professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the School of Public Health aims to change that. Read more
Michigan Minds: Taming the Wild West of E-cigs
New Contribution from Clifford Douglas
E-cigarettes are starting to get the attention of regulators. Recently the FDA added restrictions on sales of flavored vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations to keep them out of the hands of minors. Read more
Thinking on Their Feet: In-Class Exercise Helps Fight Childhood Obesity While Kids Learn
New Research from Rebecca Hasson
As childhood obesity rates rise and physical education offerings dwindle, elementary schools keep searching for ways to incorporate the federally recommended half-hour of physical activity into the school day, she said. Kids are supposed to get an hour of exercise a day—30 minutes of that during school. Most don't. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: China Has Promised to Crack Down on Fentanyl. Here's What That Could Mean for Overdose Deaths in the U.S.
Rebecca Haffajee Quoted in Time
As part of a wide-ranging deal between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China has reportedly pledged to designate the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl and similar drugs as controlled substances, subjecting those who sell them to harsher punishments and potentially slowing their flow into the U.S. Read more
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Most Patients Wary, Unaware of Benefits of Using Health Portals
New Research from Denise Anthony
Two-thirds of patients who visited a doctor in 2017 did not use a health portal that could help improve their health in the long run, according to a new study by the University of Michigan. Read more
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Most Patients Are Not 100 Percent Honest When Talking to Their Doctors
New Research from Brian Zikmund-Fisher
When your doctor asks how often you exercise, do you give her an honest answer? How about when she asks what you've been eating lately? If you've ever stretched the truth, you're not alone. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: Got Menopause? Healthy Lifestyle Now Is Crucial For Heart Health
New Contributions by Ana Baylin and Dongqing Wang
A healthy lifestyle during the transition to menopause may offset the acceleration of atherosclerosis, the slow narrowing of the arteries that increases with age, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: F.D.A. Seeks Restrictions on Teens' Access to Flavored E-Cigarettes and a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
New Contribution by Ken Warner
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced a series of restrictions aimed at combating a growing public health menace — flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco products that have lured young people into vaping and smoking. Read more
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IN THE NEWS: It Just Got Easier For Poor Detroiters To Get Poverty Tax Exemptions
New Policy Actions from Alexa Eisenberg
The Detroit City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday that will make it easier for poor residents to obtain poverty tax exemptions, and therefore avoid home foreclosure. Read more
