UM, China Partner To Fight Vaccine-Preventable Disease
The University of Michigan School of Public Health and China will partner under a new grant to characterize the epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases in China and improve control efforts there....
View ArticleVitamin A Increses HIV In Breast Milk
Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are unsafe for HIV-positive women who breastfeed because they may boost the excretion of HIV in breast milk — thereby increasing the chances of transmitting the...
View ArticleEvent Notices From October 28
Inforum Economic Outlook 2011 Event to be Held Nov. 11: What’s ahead for the Michigan and national economies in 2011? At Inforum’s Economic Outlook 2011 event, to be held Nov. 11 at the Hyatt Regency...
View ArticleUM Gets Two Public Health Grants
The University of Michigan Thursday announced a three-year, $1.4 million federal grant to establish the UM School of Public Health Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center, and a...
View ArticleUM Picks Leader For New Master’s of Health Informatics Program
Charles Friedman, a top federal scientific officer in the Department of Health and Human Services, will head the new joint master’s program in health informatics offered by the University of Michigan...
View ArticleUM: Decline In Smoking Saves 800,000 Lives Over 25 Years
ANN ARBOR — Rafael Meza, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, is a co-author on a collaborative study released Wednesday that found that tobacco control policies...
View ArticleUM Study: Docs Less Likely To Prescribe Antidepressants To Depressed Minorities
ANN ARBOR — African-Americans and Hispanics with major depressive disorder are less likely to get antidepressants than Caucasian patients, and Medicare and Medicaid patients are less likely to get the...
View ArticleUM Study: Sexting May Be Normal Dating Behavior For Internet Generation
ANN ARBOR — For young adults today who were weaned on iPods and the Internet, the practice of “sexting,” or sending sexually explicit photos or messages through phones, may be just another normal,...
View ArticleUM Researcher Gets EPA Grant To Predict Toxic Chemical Effects
ANN ARBOR — Research by the University of Michigan School of Public Health that seeks to identify better methods to predict the toxic effects of certain chemicals on reproduction and behavior in...
View ArticleUM School Of Public Health Tackles Noncommunicable Diseases In Latin America
ANN ARBOR — Major health care problems associated with noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory conditions are not unique to the United States. In fact,...
View ArticleCreative Expression, Purpose Keys To Healing One Year After Boston Marathon...
DETROIT (CBS DETROIT) – One year after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, physical injuries have healed for some survivors, but the psychological healing is ongoing. Dr. Jeremy Nobel, who is on the...
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