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To help keep at bay health risks such as childhood obesity and early tooth decay, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends limiting fruit juice in children age 1-6 to one serving per day. A new report from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children?s Hospital National Poll on Children?s Health shows that many kids in low-income families are getting more than the recommended amount of juice.

As the population ages, more Americans will be susceptible to aortic stenosis but not all can tolerate surgery to treat it. The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center is among a select group of U.S. hospitals that can replace a patient's diseased aortic valve without heart bypass or open heart surgery.

Autoinjetors offer a fast, effective way for medics to treat seizures, superior to trying to start an intravenous line, a new study found.

Carmen R. Green, M.D. has been named to the new Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee to help address the economic and physical toll of chronic pain in America.

U-M researchers take an important step in understanding retina regeneration, suggesting new possibilities for developing treatments.

The University of Michigan?s first human embryonic stem cell line will be placed on the U.S. National Institutes of Health?s registry, making the cells available for federally-funded research.

Beauty is more than skin deep, at least for fruit flies studied in new research that demonstrates how age-related changes in pheromone production can reduce sexual attractiveness. The study examined how pheromones play a role in the sexual attractiveness and aging process of the common fruit fly.

U-M researchers are calling for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage a more seamless exchange of information between electronic health records and immunization registries. This means the criteria by which doctors? offices qualify for Meaningful Use incentive payments would include an emphasis on synchronizing electronic health records and immunization registries.

University of Michigan pediatric oncology researcher Elizabeth R. Lawlor, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $150,000, two-year grant from CureSearch for Children?s Cancer to help study metabolic changes in Ewing sarcoma with the goal of developing and testing new treatments for this bone cancer.

U-M study finds new evidence that touch-sensing nerve cells may fuel tinnitus. Future treatments may target these cells.

A mutant protein found in nearly all pancreatic cancers plays a role not only in the cancer?s development but in its continued growth, according to a new study. The finding suggests a possible target for developing new ways to treat this deadly disease.

A new U-M study shows that while most parents report that they typically require their child to use a life-saving booster seat, more than 30 percent said they do not enforce this rule when their child is riding with another driver.

A new study published in the January issue of Ophthalmology reports that increased reliance on these newer technologies as a replacement for the more traditional visual field testing and fundus photography may undermine patient care.

Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don?t lead to longer survival, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

A miniature, battery-free, wireless, cardiac implant being developed by a U-M researcher and the Ann Arbor company Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS), has received important funding that could get it to patients more quickly. A $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will help a research team, led by Martin Bocks, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist at the U-M Congenital Heart Center, and ISSYS to complete the final preclinical testing required before seeking approval under Food and Drug Administration?s Humanitarian Device Exemption pathway.

A new report from the C.S. Mott Children?s Hospital National Poll on Children?s Health examines the possible association between school-based childhood obesity prevention programs and an increase in eating disorders among young children and adolescents.

Researchers at the University of Michigan analyzed the tremendous cost of diagnosing peripheral neuropathy and found that less expensive, more effective tests are less likely to be used.

Edward Bove, M.D., a world-renowned pediatric cardiac surgeon, has been appointed chair of the University of Michigan?s new Department of Cardiac Surgery.

Paul Lee, M.D., J.D., will serve as chair of the University of Michigan's Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. The appointment of the glaucoma specialist marks his return to the U-M.

A new combination of investigational drugs successfully suppressed hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in a high percent of patients who had not responded to previous treatment in a study led by a University of Michigan hepatologist.