Michiganders: It’s time for “spring cleaning” in your medicine cabinet
Across Michigan on Saturday, April 30, 29 sites will accept prescription medications including opioids through an effort coordinated by Michigan OPEN.
Across Michigan on Saturday, April 30, 29 sites will accept prescription medications including opioids through an effort coordinated by Michigan OPEN.
On Saturday, Oct 23, Michigan residents in 16 counties have a chance to get opioids and other unused and expired prescription medications out of their medicine cabinets through 36 simultaneous events held around the state.
Four innovative programs designed to continue high-quality care at home after a hospitalization or emergency visit have launched since 2020.
The season of giving has once again arrived in Michigan. But this one comes amid a surging pandemic, an economic downturn, and a looming deadline for continuation of federal financial relief. All of these have created intense need in communities surrounding Michigan Medicine. In response, the University of Michigan’s academic medical center will launch a third effort to encourage its own team, and the local community, to give food and funds to support Food Gatherers.
Thanks to teamwork among a group of Michigan physician organizations, including Michigan Medicine's faculty group, approximately 40,000 Medicare participants across the state received better care in 2019, even though their care cost tens of millions of dollars less than predicted, according to new data just released by the federal government.
Michigan Medicine is launching a second food and toiletry drive for the community, in partnership with Food Gatherers. The drive will take place between September 8 and 27th online and in person, and is open to all U-M faculty, staff and students, and members of the community who are in a position to give.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Medicine is teaming with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and 25 other Michigan hospitals to collect comprehensive clinical data on COVID-19 patients to be included in an extensive registry that will provide insight into best practices in treating patients with the virus.
An ongoing Michigan Medicine donation drive for COVID-19 protective gear will take on an added dimension to address food insecurity and other basic needs.
The concept of the academic medical center - providing patient care and medical education while pursuing research - got its start at U-M. Learn more in this story that's part of our 150th Anniversary celebration.
An orchestra made up of U-M scientists, health professionals and engineers will perform a free concert January 12.
In December, 1869. the nation's first university-owned hospital opened at U-M, creating an academic medical center that grew into the nationally known institution that's now called MIchigan Medicine.
Across Michigan, U-M and local partners will help get risky leftover medications out of homes and into safe hands on October 26.
A competition for biomedical innovators from across Michigan will take place May 15.
Michigan Medicine orthopaedic surgeons successfully performed the first total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty procedures at the Brighton Center for Specialty Care.
Technology that predicts if a patient will become unstable hours before traditional vital signs is now backed with an $11.5 million Series A investment.
Michiganders can get old and unneeded medications - including risky opioid painkillers - out of their homes for free at events at 60 locations across Michigan on October 27, 2018.
As they start across the stage of the University of Michigan’s historic Hill Auditorium this afternoon, 165 future health care leaders will be students. But when they step off the stage, they’ll be physicians. The 168th graduating class of the U-M Medical School will receive their diplomas in a commencement ceremony capped by an address from the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA.
Researchers from U-M and beyond will pitch their biomedical innovation ideas to potential investor "sharks" at a May 16 event.
Michiganders in 16 counties will have a chance to turn in unneeded prescription medications, including opioids, on April 28 through a statewide event organized with help from a U-M team.
A free concert of classical music performed by an orchestra of members of the U-M medical and science community will take place Jan. 21.
Pinkeye isn’t a medical emergency. Neither is a puffy eyelid. But a new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have those mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.
For most women, expecting a baby brings intense joy -- and a fair amount of worry. But what about women who have lived through something awful enough to cause post-traumatic stress disorder?
Researchers found that only 55 percent of colorectal cancer patients who were employed at the time of diagnosis retained their jobs after treatment. Patients who had paid sick leave were nearly twice as likely to retain their jobs as those without paid sick leave.
New research suggests concussion may not significantly impair symptoms or cognitive skills for one gender over another, however, women may still experience greater symptoms and poorer cognitive performance at preseason testing.