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- A team of hepatologists explore the effects of caffeine on liver health (2021) https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/can-drinking-coffee-lead-healthier-liver 30 comments
- AI predicts certain esophageal and stomach cancers three years before diagnosis https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/ai-can-predict-certain-forms-esophageal-and-stomach-cancer 41 comments
- Study shows dementia more common in older adults with vision issues https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/study-shows-dementia-more-common-older-adults-vision-issues 77 comments
- Highly educated people face steeper mental declines after stroke. Attending higher education may enable people to retain greater cognitive ability until a critical threshold of brain injury is reached after a stroke. At this point, compensation may fail, and rapid cognitive decline occurs https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/highly-educated-people-face-steeper-mental-declines-after-stroke 44 comments science
- More than three-quarters of U.S. older adults with dementia may be unaware of their diagnosis. That number is even higher — up to 85% — among Mexican Americans, who make up the largest share of the U.S. Hispanic and Latino population. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/85-mexican-americans-dementia-unaware-diagnosis-outpacing-overall-rate 35 comments science
- Since a new law passed in April 2021, many patients can access their test results before their doctors do, but they often find them difficult to understand, increasing their overall worry. Scientists recommend hospitals include standard reports. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/people-find-medical-test-results-hard-understand-increasing-overall-worry 94 comments science
- New study reveals geographic disparities in alzheimer's diagnoses: where you live may impact your access to life-changing treatments, especially for younger and minoritized groups. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/same-person-different-place-twice-odds-dementia-diagnosis 5 comments science
- People with higher levels of metals found in their blood and urine may be more likely to be diagnosed with — and die from — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a University of Michigan-led study suggests. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/als-diagnosis-and-survival-linked-metals-blood-urine 12 comments science
- Rise seen in use of antibiotics for conditions they can’t treat – including COVID-19 | Five year trend study shows rebound in inappropriate use after an early pandemic dip, and a need to tackle overuse in all patients during viral illness outbreaks https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/rise-seen-use-antibiotics-conditions-they-cant-treat-including-covid-19 9 comments health
- America is going the wrong way when it comes to prescribing antibiotics, with 1 in 4 prescriptions going to patients who have conditions that the drugs won’t touch, such as viral infections, a new study finds. This may lead to more antibiotic resistance, which kills 48,000 Americans per year. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/rise-seen-use-antibiotics-conditions-they-cant-treat-including-covid-19 355 comments science
- More than half of all new doctors face some form of sexual harassment in their first year on the job, including nearly three-quarters of all new female doctors and a third of males, a new study finds. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/most-new-doctors-face-some-form-sexual-harassment-even-after-metoo 280 comments science
- US dental patients are taking home far fewer opioid painkillers now than a few years ago, but the pandemic slowed the decline greatly. American dentists and oral surgeons were still prescribing opioids in late 2022 at four times the rate of British dentists in 2016. https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/dental-opioid-prescriptions-still-declining-not-quickly-pre-pandemic 254 comments science
- A new artificial intelligence tool accurately predicts certain forms of cancer at least three years prior to a diagnosis https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/ai-can-predict-certain-forms-esophageal-and-stomach-cancer 45 comments technology
- Research shows that older adults with moderate to severe distance vision issues were 72 percent more likely to have dementia. Prioritizing vision health may be key to optimizing both sight and overall health and well-being https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/study-shows-dementia-more-common-older-adults-vision-issues 172 comments science
- Brain imaging suggested that study participants with longer durations (20 years) of type 2 diabetes had decreased mean cortical thickness and gray matter volumes, and an increased volume of white matter hyperintensities https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/diabetes-linked-functional-and-structural-brain-changes-through-mri 6 comments science
- The majority of older adults with cognitive impairment are still driving, despite concerns raised by caregivers and others, a study in a South Texas community finds. Approximately one in nine Americans aged 65 and older, or 6.7 million people, are estimated to live with Alzheimer's disease https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/majority-older-adults-cognitive-impairment-still-drive 278 comments science