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Fontan patient inspires as pediatric cardiology fellow
A pediatric cardiology fellow at Michigan shares her experience being a doctor taking care of children who have the same, or similar, heart issues like she did as a child.
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Advice from a doctor with heart disease
A doctor shares his personal experience and tips after getting a triple bypass surgery.
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Are schools and communities prepared for cardiac emergencies in teens?
National poll suggests many schools, families and communities may not be fully prepared to respond to cardiac emergencies in teens.
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Lung transplant recipient wins gold in World Transplant Games
A Michigan Medicine lung transplant patient reicbed gold in the World Transplant Games.
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Heart transplant gives 10-year-old cancer survivor new life
After experiencing cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy treatment as an infant, William Goff needed a heart transplant by the age of seven. It’s been three years since he received his heart, and he is more active than ever.
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2 multiple myeloma treatments receive FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration approved two drugs—daratumumab and linvoseltamab—for precursor conditions to multiple myeloma and relapsed multiple myeloma. Matthew Pianko answers questions about the current treatment options for multiple myeloma, the new FDA-approved drugs and what these treatments mean for patients.
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Life-destroying addiction can start at a corner store
In this story a patient, his doctor and other Michigan Medicine experts warn of dangers of 7-OH, which is touted as a derivative of kratom and is widely available, but packs far more opioid danger.
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How lifesaving care after teen’s sudden cardiac arrest made motherhood possible years later
Once revived after a sudden cardiac arrest at soccer practice as a teenager, a woman returns to the same care team more than a decade later to safely grow her family.
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Using gene expression in blood to personalize care for APS
Antiphospholipid syndrome looks different in every patient. By using whole-blood RNA sequencing and machine learning, University of Michigan Health researchers reveal distinct immune patterns that may pave the way for personalized treatment.
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How to spot the signs of a heart arrhythmia
A Michigan Medicine electrophysiologist discusses heart arrhythmia, sharing what signs to look for and when to see your doctor.
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An AI model that can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds
An AI-powered model developed at University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, new research finds.
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Itaconate identified as a new target for pediatric brain tumors called ependymomas
University of Michigan researchers have found that a specific molecule called itaconate drives the development of ependymomas, a pediatric brain tumor. Their findings can help future drug development for children with this type of malignant brain tumor.
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Rejected elsewhere, farmer gets new lease on life after double valve surgery
After being turned away elsewhere, an 88-year-old patient gets back to farming after receives an open heart surgery for two failing heart valves.
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Extreme temperature changes increase number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, model finds
The University of Michigan has developed a machine learning model that’s discovered 17 environmental and social factors that can influence the risk of OHCA, including extreme temperatures, race, poverty and education levels.
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What to know about a benign liver cyst on your imaging results
Abdominal imaging may sometimes mark an alarming “benign-appearing cyst” on the liver, but a Michigan Medicine expert explains why many times you don't need to worry.
