Recent Research

• U-M shares in $5 million grant to train global health researchers (April 4, 2012)
• Kidney failure risk higher for liver transplant patients following allocation policy change (January 16, 2012)
• U-M researchers to engage underserved communities in setting health-research priorities (December 9, 2011)
• Researchers reveal potential treatment for sickle cell disease (November 2, 2011)
• White children more likely than minorities to receive CT scans following minor head trauma (October 17, 2011)
• U-M gets $3.5M grant to study breast cancer stem cells and racial disparities (September 22, 2011)
• White House's Childhood Obesity Task Force must focus on providing treatment for minority children (September 8, 2011)
• Lifetime 'dose' of excess weight linked to risk of diabetes, according to U-M study (September 6, 2011)
• Drug abuse now equals childhood obesity as top health concern for kids (August 15, 2011)
• Bariatric surgery for teens? Most parents say no (May 9, 2011)
• Some women worry too much about breast cancer returning, U-M study finds (March 28, 2011)
• Alcohol's disruptive effects on sleep may be more pronounced among women (February 15, 2011)
• Stroke medication out of reach for young, uninsured stroke survivors (February 14, 2011)
• Cardiovascular Center leads study showing women are older, sicker at the time of treatment for heart attack (February 12, 2011)
• Study reveals Arab American views on organ donation (January 19, 2011)
• Black people with early stage liver cancer were more likely than white patients to die (December 20, 2010)
• Ignoring an Islamic patient's religious practices could lead to poor health (November 1, 2010)