university of michigan health system Archives

New approach may help manage the most troubling symptoms of dementia, lessen use of drugs

Brawn matters: Stronger adolescents and teens have less risk of diabetes, heart disease

US headache sufferers get $1 billion worth of brain scans each year

Female docs spend more time than males on parenting, household tasks

Shaky hand, stable spoon: Device helps essential tremor patients

Engineering a more efficient way to diagnose prostate cancer

US share of research spending drops; Asia on upswing

Study: Gowns, gloves in ICU don’t cut MRSA, VRE

Electrical signatures of consciousness in the dying brain

Study lays groundwork for stomach flu antiviral treatments

Few hospitals aggressively combat catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Hospitals are working harder than ever to prevent hospital-acquired infections, but a nationwide survey shows few are aggressively combating the most common one — catheter-associated urinary tract infections. In the survey by…

Depression symptoms increase over time for addiction-prone women

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Unlike alcohol abuse problems and antisocial behavior, depression doesn’t decline with age in addiction-prone women in their 30s and 40s — it continues to increase, a new study led by University of Michigan Health System rese…