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Logan’s Michigan Answer: A living donor liver transplant at just 15 months old
Like many newborns, Logan and Connor experienced mild jaundice after birth. As the weeks passed, Amy and Nick noticed Connor’s jaundice appeared to resolve, but Logan’s skin and eyes still appeared yellow. At nine weeks when Logan’s jaundice still hadn’t gone away, Amy and Nick grew concerned.
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Feeling anxious? Try this breathing technique
Diaphragmatic breathing exercises are an effective tool for mental health and cultivating a healthy brain-gut connection. Dr. Megan Riehl explains and demonstrates the proper technique.
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ECMO offers sickest COVID patients a chance to survive, but a slimmer one than previously thought
ECMO life support can save the lives of about half of the critically ill COVID-19 patients who are placed on it by their ICU teams.
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Meet the team that’s changing cancer experiences for teenagers, young adults
Focused on addressing health disparities, the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program (AYA) at Michigan Medicine centers on more inclusive cancer care for this age group and dedicates its research to health equity for AYA cancer patients.
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Sierra’s Michigan Answer: Researching bold breakthroughs for diabetes
Imagine two patients. Both the same age and height. The same gender and race. Both have a similar medical history. Two people, almost identical in every way. So, why does one of them, seemingly at random, develop diabetes?
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Chris’ Michigan Answer: Creating a way for himself and others
It was December 2017, and Chris Connolly was four months into medical school, when he discovered it was difficult for him to hold onto a cardiology stethoscope when reaching across a patient’s hospital bed. It was time to take a trip to the hardware store.
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Dr. Lin’s Michigan Answer: A telehealth approach to mental health
As the fight to combat the spread of COVID-19 took center stage internationally, its effect on mental health slowly began to tighten its grip on many in quarantine. But an emerging tool — considered only a year ago by many to be impractical and too difficult to use — has now become widely accepted.
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Meredith’s Michigan Answer: Getting back to her greatest passion
For 53-year-old Meredith Hoag, scuba diving was a source of pure joy. But over the last decade or so, Meredith began experiencing bone loss in her spine and later injured her back. Luckily, she knew just who to turn to.
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Michael’s Michigan Answer: A prosthetic leg built for speed
After losing half of his leg in a car accident in 2016, Michael was determined to get back to normal - and to get back to car racing.
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Amber’s Michigan Answer: A breakthrough clinical trial to help her become a mom
After being diagnosed with Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Amber was determined to fight many challenges and become a mother.
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Emma’s Michigan Answer: Surviving ovarian cancer and finding a new outlook on life
After surviving ovarian cancer at age 26, Emma found healing through a lifelong passion for art and an adventurousness to try new things she might not have before.
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Travar’s Michigan Answer: Helping shape the future for people with disabilities
In 1995, Travar was struck in the neck by a bullet while driving with his cousin near his home in Detroit. The bullet missed his spine, but the subsequent shockwave caused severe damage.
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Amaris’ Michigan Answer: Many answers
During a scan, Johana’s OB/GYN noticed a rare and complicated defect called situs inversus whereby the baby’s liver and stomach were on the opposite side of where they were supposed to be. To make matters worse, further complications were discovered affecting the heart, lungs, spleen and intestines.
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What happens when preventive care becomes free to patients?
Preventive services such as mammograms, birth control, immunizations and colonoscopy have no out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act.
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A 1-year-old’s journey after severe COVID sickness
After her 17-month-old daughter got a life-threatening case of COVID, Andrea Bell is encouraging others to continue protecting those that can’t get vaccinated.