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Of Interest
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A better approach to caring for cirrhosis
Precision Health member Elliot Tapper, MD, co-authored an article in Liver Transplantation about the quality of cirrhosis care, and how this care could be improved in the future.
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Non-opioid pain medication controls pain effectively for many surgery patients
A U-M study in the Annals of Surgery shows that an opioid or non-opioid prescription for pain did not alter patients’ satisfaction with care. Another study, co-authored by Precision Opioid Prescribing use case investigator Chad Brummett, MD, examined the increased health care costs resulting from new persistent opioid use after surgery.
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Poll finds risky drinking patterns in older adults during pandemic
Precision Health Investigator Anne Fernandez, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, authored a National Poll on Healthy Aging report that documented more than a third of older adults who drink routinely increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic, often to risky levels.
Feature Stories
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Scholars Award leads to publications, grant for psoriasis/T2D research
In 2019, Matthew Patrick, MEng, PhD—a research investigator in dermatology with degrees in software engineering and computer science—received a Precision Health Scholars Award. With this award, Matthew planned to research… more
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Welcome, New Precision Health Members
Following a very successful membership drive, we are happy to announce the spring 2021 Precision Health member cohort. We are proud to welcome researchers from Engineering, Art & Design, the… more
