Michigan Medicine News Break

Pandemic historians who showed the power of efforts to ‘flatten the curve’ say it will take all-out effort by individuals, industry and elected officials to reduce death and suffering until vaccines are available.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/covid-19-curve-has-unflattened-fast-now-whatResources:Michigan Health Blog: Flattening the Curve for COVID-19: What Does It Mean and How Can You Help?Michigan Health Blog: With the COVID-19 Curve Flattening, It's Time to Prevent a Second PeakThe Conversation: Lessons from the 1918 pandemic: A U.S. city’s past may hold cluesUniversity of Michigan Medical School Center for the History of MedicineInfluenza Archive: University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Without an alarm clock set for school, sleep routines are anything but routine right now in many homes. A sleep psychologist shares what parents should know. For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/childrens-health/helping-your-kids-overcome-stress-related-sleep-disruption See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The mental health toll of caring for COVID-19 patients will need long-lasting attention, as it adds to already demanding professions. An outpouring of public support may have helped maintain the spirits and well-being of health care workers as they faced the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. But as the salutes fade into memory, and COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States, mental health experts are worried about the health care workers-turned-heroes who were so much in the spotlight a few months ago.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/industry-dx/spring-they-were-heroes-but-summer-may-be-cruel-for-health-professionals See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As coronavirus research comes at us fast, key things to remember as you read and share the latest news. Sometimes it feels like trying to drink from a firehose. All those news headlines making new claims about coronavirus and COVID-19. All those social media posts debating this restriction or that reopening. All the worry about whether we overreacted, or didn’t do enough. It’s enough to make some people want to stop paying attention. But the world needs people who can spot and share solid information about COVID-19, and call out misinformation and exaggeration. They’ll be key to the next phase of the pandemic, and to reducing suffering and death as the health crisis continues. For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/4-ways-to-be-a-savvy-news-consumer-a-pandemicWant to learn more about picking apart health news? Visit websites like Health News Review, the BBC Academy’s “Beyond Fake News” page, and this guide to evaluating informatio

Members of Michigan Medicine’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee discuss resources for the LGBTQ+ community. June is Pride Month, a time to honor the impact of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people throughout the United States and beyond. The Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June of 1969, are often characterized as an integral series of events that gave way to the gay liberation movement. They also had a hand in why June was chosen for this celebratory month. “The LGBTQ+ community continues to face various health care disparities and hardships due to discrimination and other unfair practices,” says Pedro Coracides, a project manager in Michigan Medicine’s Office of Patient Experience. “That’s why it’s so important for us to focus on patient and family-centered care for all of our guests, as we constantly strive to make our health system an inclusive space for everyone.” For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/health-manageme

A new study finds the use of HGH treatment in patients that have undergone ACL reconstructive surgery may prevent the loss of muscle strength and weakness. For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/human-growth-hormone-treatment-after-acl-injury-may-prevent-loss-of-muscle-strength See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A roundup of 10 studies highlighting the health disparities between black and white Americans. The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence states clearly: “all men are created equal.” But does this hold true for all people in 2020? Yes, Americans can legally vote in elections, go to school or assemble in groups to peacefully protest. However, true equality goes beyond laws and policies. From inadequate access to fresh food and clean water, to screening in early stages of disease or the inability to rent an apartment because of discriminatory housing practices, these long standing systemic inequities for some black Americans can have long lasting effects on health. For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/lifestyle/health-inequality-actually-a-black-and-white-issue-research-saysResources:Racial Disparities in the Time of COVID-19Study Explores Why Prostate Cancer Mortality is Higher in Black MenMinority Patients Benefit From Having Minority Doctors, But That’s

While case counts in some areas are going down, COVID-19 is still out there. How do you safely kick off the unofficial start of the summer during a pandemic? Five ways to reduce your risk of COVID-19 over the summer holidays and beyond.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/lifestyle/staying-summer-safe-during-pandemic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

3D printing fuels U-M efforts to rapidly increase ventilator capacity while providing each patient on vent support with individually tailored gas pressures and pressure monitoring.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/health-tech/personalized-device-could-support-multiple-covid-19-patients-from-single-ventilator See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michigan Medicine experts highlight how their teams have increased access to transgender care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/health-management/lifting-barriers-to-care-for-transgender-and-non-binary-patientsResources:Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adult Support GroupParents of Gender Nonconforming PeopleChild and Adolescent Gender ServicesComprehensive Gender Services Program See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Researchers look to the genes behind COVID-19 for early answers. Viruses may seem like cunning villains, purposefully mutating to increasingly deadlier forms to outwit their human hosts. In reality, a lot of what happens with a virus is completely random. This randomness can make figuring out where a virus came from, how it spreads and what makes it tick especially tricky. For SARS-CoV-2, the new virus that causes COVID-19, scientists are looking to its genome for answers to some of these questions.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/lab-report/what-sars-cov-2-genome-reveals See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rapid shifts removed out-of-pocket costs that could keep people from getting coronavirus care. That trend may continue.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/industry-dx/covid-19-care-mostly-free-to-patients-should-other-vital-care-be-too See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Food insecurity disparities by age, health status, race, ethnicity and education seen in National Poll on Healthy Aging; pandemic may have worsened them.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/industry-dx/even-before-covid-19-many-adults-lacked-stable-food-supplyResources:National Poll on Healthy AgingFood on the MoveThe Campus Kitchens Project See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A quick guide to volunteering to help researchers understand the virus, the disease and its effects on people and society. For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/everyone-vs-covid-19-how-you-can-help-science-make-progressResources:Information on Donating to the University of Michigan Biorepository for COVID-19 ResearchUniversity of Michigan Health Research RegistryHEROES Registry for Health Care WorkersCOVID Near You StudyCOVID Symptom StudyNational Daily Health SurveyNational Institutes of Health Antibody Test Study to, "...find the number of people with detectable antibodies to SARS-COV2 from a sampling of adults who have no known exposure or clinical illness."Rare Disease ListResearch Survey for Rare Disease Patients and Their Families About Impacts of COVID‑19National Institute of Mental Health's Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic StudyMap of COVID-19 Related Trials on ClinicalTrials.govClinicalTrials.gov See acast.com/privacy for privacy

Practical tips and online support can help people with depression, anxiety and other conditions cope. Living with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD and other mental health conditions can pose a challenge even in “normal” times.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/getting-through-a-pandemic-when-you-have-a-mental-health-conditionResources:Michigan Psychiatry Resources for COVID-19: ToolkitMichigan Medicine Depression Center Toolkit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For children with autism spectrum disorder, who thrive on routines and predictability, the everyday disruptions and uncertainty from the pandemic may be especially stressful.For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/childrens-health/6-ways-to-support-children-autism-during-pandemicResources:Autism SpeaksMichigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry Program: Zero to ThriveDo2Learn Icons See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ventilators have gotten a lot of attention in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. But hundreds of hospitals around the world have another, less publicized weapon that might help some of the most desperately ill patients survive when ventilators aren’t enough.Right now, hundreds of COVID-19 patients in intensive care worldwide are being kept alive using a life support technology called ECMO and the skills of specially trained teams of nurses, respiratory therapists, technicians and doctors.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/when-ventilators-dont-help-covid-19-patients-might See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The novel coronavirus still affects a very small number of children, but new reports describe serious symptoms in some pediatric cases in parts of the U.S. and Europe. For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/rare-covid-related-inflammatory-disease-affecting-children See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A startling and disproportionate death rate among black Americans around the country from COVID-19 is revealing persistent inequities and the need for solutions to address them.For more information about this story visit: https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/racial-disparities-time-of-covid-19 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A pediatric intensive care nurse survived COVID-19 in part due to the excellent treatment she received from her peers. This National Nurses Week, she shares her appreciation.  For more information about this story visit: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/health-management/one-nurses-journey-surviving-covid-19-facing-a-long-road-to-recovery See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.