Expert panel to discuss bipolar disorder in Grosse Pointe Woods
(11/10/09)
The University of Michigan will host a free panel discussion on bipolar disorder in Grosse Pointe Woods this December. Bipolar disorder, which can be a devastating illness for individuals and families, is a chronic disease characterized by unstable and unpredictable moods. However, bipolar disorder is treatable, and new research is underway to advance treatment options.
Full Press ReleaseResearchers receive $1.8 million to create therapy for neuropathic pain
(11/09/09)
Researchers from the University of Michigan Department of Neurology have received a $1.8 million dollar grant to develop a novel therapy for neuropathic pain, a difficult to treat condition in which patients experience pain because of damage to nerve without obvious tissue injury.
Full Press ReleaseU-M doctor hopes to get neurologists in the game of treating sport injuries
(10/12/09)
On the football field, the hockey rink or wrestling mat, an athletes’ head can take a beating — and a University of Michigan neurologist is leading the charge to help doctors who treat the brain better understand those sports injuries.
Full Press ReleaseFirst stem cell trial for ALS treatment wins FDA approval
(09/21/09)
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.
Full Press ReleaseWide awake: U-M gets national recognition for sleep science
(09/08/09)
U-M is only one of three institutions nationwide to be named a Comprehensive Academic Sleep Program of Distinction by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Full Press ReleaseNumber of patients with dementia on the rise
(07/06/09)
By the year 2050, about 30 million Americans are expected to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Experts in the field are trying to determine if sophisticated imaging equipment can help predict the development of the disease.
Full Press ReleaseMott ranked among nation's best by U.S. News & World Report
(06/18/09)
University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has been ranked among the best pediatric hospitals in the nation in U.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of ”America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.” It is also the only hospital in the state to be nationally ranked in eight pediatric specialty areas of ten featured in this special report.
Full Press ReleaseSleep treatments improve fatigue and tiredness
(06/17/09)
A University of Michigan study answers the question that many rundown adults often ask themselves: "Why am I so tired?" Patients with complaints of fatigue, tiredness or lack of energy improved with nightly use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or related devices that are often prescribed for those with obstructive sleep apnea. The new findings suggest that fatigue in addition to sleepiness can also be important reversible symptom of sleep apnea.
Full Press ReleaseTriglycerides implicated in diabetes nerve loss
(05/14/09)
A common blood test for triglycerides – a well-known cardiovascular disease risk factor – may also for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy. Results from a new study suggest that diabetes patients with neuropathy should control lipid counts as rigorously as they do glucose levels.
Full Press ReleaseWomen more likely to experience non-traditional stroke symptoms
(05/04/09)
Each year 800,000 Americans have a stroke and it's the third leading cause of death in the United States. But University of Michigan researchers have found that women's stroke symptoms are different than men, and not recognizing these differences could cost women treatment options.
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