Concussion

Concussion

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Health Lab

A concussion expert and football father discusses why he values teamwork over zero-risk

U-M Health’s Jonathan Lifshitz, Ph.D., discusses why his work with concussions hasn’t changed his stance on his sons playing contact sports
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Why tendons heal so poorly and how researchers hope to fix them

Michigan Medicine researchers are studying why tendon injuries heal poorly, using tiny “microtendons” and new discoveries about how tendons attach to bone to explore better treatments.
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Philanthropy News

A Gift to Benefit All: Bill and Sally Martin’s Visionary Support for Sports Medicine

With strong ties to U-M athletics, Bill and Sally Martin have made a gift to kickstart fundraising for the Nathan and Catherine Forbes Sports Medicine Institute at the University of Michigan.
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First person-centered measure of dementia caregiving styles improves partner, patient outcomes

First person-centered measure of dementia caregiving styles improves partner and patient outcomes.
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Health Lab

7 things every family caregiver should know – but many don’t

A guide to many community resource, and state and federal programs, that University of Michigan polls show caregivers to older adults and people with disabilities often don’t know about.
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Research may help better predict outcomes in kids with congenital cytomegalovirus

Two new studies may help researchers and clinicians better understand congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common infectious cause of birth defects and a leading cause of non-genetic hearing loss in children.