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Michigan University to Establish Brain Health Institute
The Ben L. Silberstein Institute for Brain Health will find its home within Wayne State University’s Integrative Biosciences Center, under the leadership of Dr. David Rosenberg.
From Beyoncé to ‘Baby Shark,’ the Right Tune Can Save a Life
With popular artists like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift touring Michigan this summer, the American Heart Association is reminding people that some of their favorite songs are for more than singing along.
Does an Apple a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away? A Nutritionist Explains the Science Behind ‘Functional’ Foods
We’ve all heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but how true is that?
Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates
Excessive drinking during the covid-19 pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car accidents or breast cancer, a KFF Health News analysis has found.
Michigan Secures $338M Settlement From Walgreens in Opioid Lawsuit
The state of Michigan asserted in a lawsuit against Walgreens that the company failed to monitor and prevent suspicious opioid orders from being dispensed.
Births Decline in Most States, Continuing a Long-Term Trend
Fast-growing Texas and Florida had the biggest increases in the number of births last year, while a dozen other states — half of them in the South — continued to rebound from pandemic lows.
Social Media, Trauma, Hate Speech Add to Youth Mental Health Crisis, U.S. Senate Panel Told
U.S. senators agreed during a hearing Thursday the country’s children are going through a youth mental health crisis, though some of the committee’s members disagreed about what role Congress has to play.
Millions of Women Are Working During Menopause, but US Law Isn’t Clear on Employees’ Rights or Employers’ Obligations
While she was interviewing Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler in March 2023, Drew Barrymore suddenly exclaimed: “I’m so hot … I think I’m having my first hot flash!”
John L. Micek: Dominion Over the Earth? Who Were We Kidding? What the Wildfires Teach Us | Opinion
On Wednesday, with much of the Eastern Seaboard cloaked in dense smog from wildfires raging hundreds of miles away across the Canadian border, all those historic sites you learned about in sixth grade social studies class were still visible – but the dense haze, and the glare from the sunlight bouncing off of it, also was impossible to miss.