Michigan Medicine

5 days ago | michiganmedicine.org | Kara Gavin

More than half of older Americans now get their Medicare coverage through an insurance company’s Medicare Advantage plan. But many go on to switch plans or even leave for traditional Medicare when Open Enrollment comes around each autumn. Researchers have had a hard time getting access to data that could help them understand what drives these changes, which have major implications for federal spending on Medicare as well as individuals’ health.

5 days ago | michiganmedicine.org | Kara Gavin

The University of Michigan Medical School's effort to celebrate its history, including the preservation of a century-old building on U-M's main medical campus, has won recognition from Ann Arbor's Historic District Commission. The school is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2025. The Simpson Memorial Institute building, constructed beginning in 1925, stands on Observatory Street at the top of Ann Street, near the Frankel Cardiovascular Center.

1 week ago | michiganmedicine.org | Kara Gavin

The third of the studies shows the power of teamwork in handling patient messages, by creating a framework for medical assistants, nurses of different training levels, and physicians to use to address in-basket messages more efficiently and effectively. All the authors are from the Division of General Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at U-M Health, which runs multiple primary care clinics across southeast Michigan for adults and mixed populations of children and adults.

1 week ago | michiganmedicine.org | Sam Page

A pilot study from Michigan Medicine researchers found that the Mediterranean diet may provide symptom relief for people with irritable bowel syndrome. Study participants were randomized into two groups, one following the Mediterranean diet and the other following the low FODMAP diet, a common restrictive diet for IBS. In the Mediterranean diet group, 73% of the patients met the primary endpoint for symptom improvement, versus 81.8% in the low FODMAP group.

2 weeks ago | michiganmedicine.org | Noah Fromson

Researchers have discovered a new molecular process that occurs when donor hearts are preserved in cold storage which contributes to failure after transplant, a study in both humans and animals shows. The team, a collaboration between Michigan Medicine and Mayo Clinic, also found a therapy to reduce that damage using medication that is typically prescribed for high blood pressure.