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More than two-thirds of the millions who take blood thinners are taking direct oral anticoagulants, or DOACs. Prescribing issues with DOACs can have life-threatening consequences, and they most often occur after a provider writes the initial prescription, a study finds:

Baby Wolverine! The Michigan Medicine team added a leader and best this month. Drs. Regina Royan (emergency medicine) and Brian Stamm (neurology) welcomed their second child at Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital two weeks ago. Congratulations! #GoBlue

Congratulations to Drs. Donald Likosky, Daphne Watkins and Russell Funk for their NIH R01 grant that will use mixed methods research to examine the role and associated impact of systemic racism and discrimination within heart failure. The partnership between Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan School of Social Work and University of Minnesota seeks to develop an understanding of barriers to and facilitators of equitable care and outcomes in heart failure care. They intend to develop a toolkit of best practices to address structural racism and discrimination in this setting. More on the award: https://michmed.org/Qk45R

❤️ ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS: Upon the completion of a joint Community Health Needs Assessment, the Unified Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan Team Engagement group, better known as UNITE, will invest their community benefit resources to address the most pressing health concerns identified in Washtenaw County communities – mental health, access to services and housing. UNITE is made up of University of Michigan Health, Trinity Health Ann Arbor and Chelsea Hospital. Read more:

The average person spends one-third of their life sleeping, but many people have not learned much about sleep health and disorders. Experts at U-M Health have created a free, online sleep course to fill the gap. Learn more: https://michmed.org/DndXW

Smartwatches can help monitor physical activity, but can they promote it? A recent study finds that personalized text messages achieved that for patients after significant heart events — such as a heart attack or surgery — but those effects later diminished. Read more:

UM Health West is seeking a Cardiac Surgeon and actively accepting applications. If you are interested in joining the #leadersandbest and saving lives at a great organization, please apply. As always #GOBLUE!

For more than a decade, people with bipolar disorder have volunteered to help our researchers learn more about this complex #mentalhealth condition. That dedication, fueled by the generosity of donors to the Heinz Prechter Bipolar Research Program, just yielded some important findings about how alcohol and bipolar interact: https://michmed.org/Andxk Want to learn more about the Prechter Program and the Detroit automotive pioneer whose tragic death led to its founding? Visit https://lnkd.in/exmEtGEK

Having years of high systolic blood pressure — the top number on the blood pressure reading and how hard the heart pumps blood to the arteries — during adulthood is linked with a greater risk for the two most common types of stroke, a study finds:

Trauma. Transplants. Difficult births. Sickle cell crises. Cancer. These urgent medical needs don't take a summer vacation - but the supply of blood that we need to treat all of them often dips in the summer. If you're able, schedule a time to donate blood near you soon. If you'll be on or near the U-M campus in the next week, we have lots of spots at drives happening here! Find a place and time to give near you: https://lnkd.in/djVuV_X If you're not sure if you can donate, or you've never done it before, there's lots of great information on this site too. Donation eligibility requirements have changed in recent years, so if you were turned away before, please try again! Thank you.