News from the University of Michigan Health System en-us http://www.med.umich.edu/news Copyright 2009, The University of Michigan jesssoul@med.umich.edu (Jessica Soulliere) wkolcz@med.umich.edu (Wally Kolcz) Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:13:31 EST http://www.med.umich.edu/1images/2logo.gif http://www.med.umich.edu The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Friday to Neuralstem, Inc., for a phase 1 clinical trial of a new stem cell treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. University Michigan neurologist Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., will be the overall principal investigator for the first human clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for the fatal neurodegenerative disease. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1306 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1306 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:15:00 EST All By the year 2050, about 30 million Americans are expected to suffer from Alzheimer'rsquo;s disease.'nbsp;Experts in the field are trying to determine if sophisticated imaging equipment can help predict the development of the disease. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1207 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1207 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST Health Minute It may only be one hour of lost time, but the 'lsquo;spring forward'rsquo; of our clocks for daylight saving time can really pack a punch for some people.'nbsp;A U-M Sleep Specialist discusses the impact of the time change and offers tips to help adults and children adjust to the lost hour on March 8. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1055 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1055 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:00:00 EST Health Minute Mothers for millennia have exhorted children to get enough sleep to avoid becoming sick.'nbsp;But is there evidence to support mother'rsquo;s claim? And if we do happen to get sick, are the changes in our sleep beneficial?'nbsp;'nbsp;Links between sleep and the immune system are the topic of a study published today in Nature Reviews Neuroscience by Luca Imeri, M.D., of the University of Milan, and Mark R. Opp, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan Health System.'nbsp; http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1047 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1047 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST Immunology and Autoimmune Disorders A new clinic at the University of Michigan Health System will allow patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to be seen by several experts in a single clinic visit. The clinic is the only one of its kind in the state. Typically, patients with Duchenne have 20 or more doctor visits a year. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=942 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=942 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST Children/Adolescent Health Spinal scoliosis is a fairly common condition among both children and adults. For a small group, the condition can progress to create severe pain and balance issues which require surgery. That is why surgeons at the University of Michigan are experimenting with a new minimal access spinal surgery that may revolutionize this surgical repair. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=884 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=884 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:30:00 EST Health Minute From Michigan Tech University: Research engineers and sleep medicine specialists from two Michigan universities have joined technical and clinical hands to put innovative quantitative analysis, signal-processing technology and computer algorithms to work in the sleep lab. One of their recent findings is that a new approach to analyzing sleep fragmentation appears to distinguish fibromyalgia patients from healthy controls. http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/news/media_relations/735/ http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/news/media_relations/735/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EST Neurology and Neurosurgery Three new studies at UMHS seek to help people with the terminal illness known as Lou Gehrig's disease live and breathe more comfortably, and communicate better with the world. Each of the studies is now open to new participants who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which is the formal name for the disease. About 30,000 Americans have the disease, and 5,600 are diagnosed each year. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=421 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=421 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Neurology and Neurosurgery The University of Michigan Health System is the first hospital in the state to begin using a new imaging system that provides the neurosurgeons in its renowned minimally invasive Spine Surgery Program with real-time, 3D images and intraoperative navigation. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=240 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=240 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST Neurology and Neurosurgery Sixty-nine percent of stroke victims still don't reach the hospital in the first three hours after their stroke symptoms begin, a new study finds. More public education about the need for speed in responding to a stroke could help - - including a middle-school education effort shown successful in another new study http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=91 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=91 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Neurology and Neurosurgery