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BYLINE: Valerie Goodwin Newswise — Type 2 diabetes mellitus, also known as T2DM, is a complex health condition that affects over 37 million Americans each year. Diabetes self-management guidelines encourage patients living with type 2 diabetes mellitus to seek ongoing medical care, take prescribed medications as directed, follow a strict diabetes-friendly diet and exercise regularly…
Newswise — Last year, two popular smartwatches—the Samsung Galaxy Watch and Apple Watch—received Food and Drug Administration approval for features that can potentially alert the wearer they may have sleep apnea. These “wearables” join products like the Oura Ring in an increasingly crowded field of sleep-tracking hardware. Can these products help patients who already know…
Newswise — Nearly half of Americans who smoke use menthol cigarettes that are harder to quit, driving up their health risks with every puff. Now, a new University of Michigan study will test the best way to help people who smoke menthol break that habit. The five-year, multi-million dollar study, funded by the nonprofit Patient-Centered…
Five years ago, volunteers rolled up their sleeves in the first clinical trial of a vaccine against COVID-19, as the new pandemic surged around them. By a year later, 66 million American adults had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, at no cost to them. Now, a new study shows how wise…
Some measles patients in Texas have been hospitalized after taking supplements containing vitamin A. Jacob Bilhartz, M.D., pediatric hepatologist at U-M’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, is available to discuss the risks of taking these supplements without doctor supervision.
Newswise — High-grade glioma, an aggressive form of pediatric and adult brain cancer, is challenging to treat given the tumor location, incidence of recurrence and difficulty for drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier. Researchers from the University of Michigan, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Medical University of Vienna established a collaborative team to uncover…
Newswise — Following FDA clearance, patients receiving radiation treatment for cancer from around the country now benefit from a University of Michigan-developed code that was created over the last two decades. Dose Planning Method for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy, commonly referred to as DPM_RPT, a Monte Carlo code, is now available with GE HealthCare’s MIM Software. Starting…
Within weeks, the future of telehealth coverage under Medicare will be decided, as pandemic-era flexibilities either expire or Congress acts to extend them or make them permanent. That decision will likely affect telehealth coverage under other forms of health insurance, potentially affecting the care of most Americans. Current Medicare coverage for most telehealth will expire…
BYLINE: Valerie Goodwin Poor sleep health can lead to many daily problems, and for people with chronic illnesses, one of those problems can be difficulty with daily movement. Researchers from University of Michigan Health used data from the Nurse’s Health Study – a cohort study of more than 70,000 women nurses followed over time with…
For nearly five years, people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have had the option of getting their stimulant medications prescribed and renewed by doctors they see only over a computer screen, despite the risks that these stimulant drugs can pose if misused. But with expiration dates coming up for the telehealth rules that made this possible,…
