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Can't Hear Your Dinner Date? How Noisy Restaurants May Be Harming Your Health
Rick Neitzel Featured on CBC News
Rick Neitzel, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Michigan Public Health talks to CBC News about noise exposure as public health issue and the effects of noise on your hearing, as well as other parts of health. Read more
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Federal Program That Punishes Hospitals May Not Improve Patient Outcomes
New Research from Andrew Ryan
The study found that patients experienced hospital-acquired conditions at a rate of 133 per 1,000 discharges before implementation of the program, and 122 per 1,000 discharges after the program. Read more
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Interactive Maps Offer Data Highlighting Michigan Cities, Groups Vulnerable to Climate Change
New Research from Trish Koman
Interactive maps highlighting Michigan cities and groups vulnerable to the effects of climate change offer policymakers and community organizations a resource to focus their efforts on strategies that help cushion the blow of changing climate. Read more
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Griffith Leadership Center Biennial Symposium 2019
On September 27, 2019 national health care experts joined University of Michigan School of Public Health students, faculty, and staff in conversation about leadership, disruption, innovation and impact in our communities at the 2019 Griffith Leadership Center Symposium. Read more
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Upcoming Project to Research Link between Tobacco Use and Discrimination
Q&A with Delvon Mattingly
The Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) was recently awarded a diversity supplement to help conduct research on the influence of discrimination on patterns of tobacco product use. Read more
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Too Many Older Adults Readmitted to Hospitals With Same Infections They Took Home
New Research from Lona Mody
A new study found a disproportionately high number of older adults will be readmitted within a month of discharge to hospitals with the same infection presumably treated during the first hospital stay. Read more
