The Super Bowl is America's most-watched broadcast and also, it seems, the nation's loudest single event—a distinction that means the cheers, jeers, parties, bars and big screens may be as rough on the eardrums as a defensive end is on a quarterback.
About 78% of participants in the Apple Hearing Study, conducted by the University of Michigan, have experienced tinnitus—the perception of sound that others do not hear.
Today, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the reappointments of two key leaders at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Karen E. Peterson will extend her tenure as chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, and Dana Dolinoy as chair for the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. Both chairs are set to serve additional three-year terms starting September 1, 2024.
Students, faculty and staff from the University of Michigan School of Public Health were recognized during the third annual Public Health Honors. The event applauded the extraordinary efforts and successes of individuals who have gone above and beyond in the areas of public health research, education and community service.
Products typically stored in home garages—including gasoline and gasoline powered equipment, lawn care products, pesticides, paint and woodworking supplies—contain chemicals that increase the risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), according to a new University of Michigan study.
Herman “Hank” Koren, MPH ’59, credits having an “immense career” thanks to the generosity of Henry F. Vaughan, the inaugural dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Koren is returning the favor Vaughan paid to him by creating the Dr. Herman “Hank” and Mrs. Donna Koren Helping Hands Expendable Fund.