michigan medicine

A type of diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy affects nearly 15% of pregnant women in the U.S. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Binge drinking after abstaining from alcohol during Dry January can lead to detrimental health impacts when drinking resumes. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

More than 7 million Americans suffer from dementia or Alzheimer's. And reports indicate the number of new cases will double by 2060. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

One in four parents say their child exhibits a medical or behavioral health condition that requires assistance at school. That’s according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott children’s hospital. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Ann Arbor Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for stabbing a person after being denied access to a construction site on the campus of the University of Michigan. WEMU's Caroline MacGregor reports.

Protestors are rallying against University of Michigan Health’s decision to end its health care program for transgender youths. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Under mounting legal pressure from the Trump Administration, University of Michigan Health has announced that it will be ending its transgender youth health care services. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

As kids head back to school, there are steps parents can take to ensure their children remain safe while using cell phones. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

With growing cases of measles and whooping cough cases in Michigan, there is now concern over new research that finds routine childhood and adolescent vaccination rates are declining statewide. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor talks to Dr. Kao-Ping Chua, director of the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Center, and senior author and researcher at U-M Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, about the study's findings and implications.

Michigan’s air quality has nosedived in recent weeks, due to wildfire smoke from Canada. At one point, Detroit was listed as the third most polluted city in the world. The blanket of haze that has covered the region, including Washtenaw County, has prompted several air quality advisories. WEMU's Caroline MacGregor talks to Dr. MeiLan Han, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan Health, to get a better understanding of how particulate matter from wildfire smoke affects our overall health.