Detroit Health News

Hey! We (the government) just thought of ANOTHER way to control population!! Let's raise the Mammogram age from 40 to 50 AND let's change the requirements in order for them to get one! Maybe the Cancer will be FULL BLOWN...

Guam Delegate Madeleine Bordallo yesterday announced the House of Representatives has passed H.R. Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act. The bill was introduced by Rep. John Dingell of Michigan and was passed by a vote of 243 yeas to 183 nays....

According to a recent study conducted by the University of Michigan, only 43 percent of older people with diabetes receive medicines that could protect their heart and kidneys, despite the fact that virtually all of them could benefit from those...

Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will skip appearances this month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as he recovers from a heart attack. The Detroit News reports Wednesday that the 65-year-old Slatkin was ordered to cancel Nov. 19-21 and Nov. 27-29 concerts...

Infection is common but the majority of people aren''t symptomatic because the immune system keeps the virus under control. But people of lower income and education lose immune control more easily, probably due to stress. "What is going on with...

Though the exact mechanism for amyloid-beta clump formation isn't known, scientists do know that copper and zinc ions are somehow involved, not only in the aggregation process, but apparently also in the resulting injury. Copper, in particular, has been implicated...

The swine-flu pandemic has made people much more reactive when they hear or see someone sneeze, according to a new study. It found that public sneezing heightens people's fears about germs and even other, totally unrelated, health hazards. Psychology researchers...

The study, authored by CMU's George Loewenstein and several researchers at the University of Michigan, measured the emotional well-being of patients in two groups: those with permanent colostomies and those with colostomies that might be reversed. A colostomy is a...

In a withering assessment, leaders of the University of Miami are complaining strongly about the overall direction of the Jackson Health System and the doctors they're hiring. Phillip George, a plastic surgeon who is chairman of the UM Board of...