Articles tagged:University of Michigan Health System

Posted: Thu May 24 3:34 p.m. by Paul Krutko, SPARK
CEO Podcasts: Conversations on Economic Opportunity, Dr. Ora Pescovitz

Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Podcasts: Conversations on Economic Opportunity capture the flavor of my one-on-one conversations with over one hundred key economic leaders in the region, including private sector CEOs, elected and appointed public sector leaders, and the executive leadership of key non-profit and academic institutions. The podcast series is ...

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Posted: Fri May 18 7:16 a.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer

A University of Michigan medical team was to leave Friday to try to save a 3-month-old Haitian baby, WXYZ reported.

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Posted: Tue May 15 4:15 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
U-M child porn case: Stephen Jenson returns to court next month

Former University of Michigan Hospital resident Stephen Jenson will be back in court next month after a preliminary exam for federal child pornography charges was adjourned Tuesday.Stephen Jenson Jenson was scheduled to be in the U.S. District Court in Detroit Tuesday afternoon for a preliminary exam that had originally been ...

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Posted: Tue May 8 5:55 a.m. by Amy Biolchini

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have discovered the type of cell that appears to cause asthma symptoms even when treated by medicine from an inhaler.

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Posted: Mon Apr 30 5:15 p.m. by The Associated Press
Number of US newborns with drug withdrawal triples

Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction to powerful ...

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Posted: Thu Apr 19 7:31 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
University of Michigan regents OK $163 million plan for old Mott Hospital

University of Michigan regents Thursday approved spending $163 million to convert the old Mott Children’s Hospital into a neuroscience-focused extension of University Hospital.

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Posted: Tue Apr 10 11:01 a.m. by Tom Perkins AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Ypsilanti Township to begin developing backyard chicken ordinance

Ypsilanti Township is moving forward with developing an ordinance that will allow residents to keep chickens in their backyards. The decision came after some 40 residents showed up in support of the idea at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday.

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Posted: Thu Mar 8 2:45 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Quadriplegic patient felt 'violated' by University of Michigan doctor

Lukequan Williams, who is a quadriplegic, said he felt "violated" last week when a doctor at University of Michigan Hospital threatened to hurt him and shook his arm as he lay in a hospital bed.

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Posted: Fri Mar 2 12:28 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Doctor at U-M Hospital remains suspended as police investigate assault allegation

A doctor at University of Michigan Hospital has been removed from duty as university police investigate an allegation that he grabbed a patient's arm during an argument earlier this week.

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Posted: Thu Mar 1 9:37 a.m. by Paula Gardner News Director
University of Michigan Health System and Trinity Health announce new affiliation agreement

The University of Michigan Health System and Trinity Health-Michigan have signed a new master affiliation agreement that paves the way for close cooperation between the two health systems that will benefit patients around the state.

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Posted: Wed Feb 29 11:20 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Police investigate reported sexual assault at U-M Hospital

University of Michigan police continue to investigate a report that a patient was sexually assaulted last week at U-M Hospital. A 20-year-old Ypsilanti woman was walking in a hall to her hospital room at about noon Feb. 23 when another patient reportedly touched her groin area, police said.

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Posted: Sat Feb 18 5:59 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
University of Michigan Hospital officials didn't forward report on 'suspicious death' to police 4 years ago

University of Michigan Hospital officials didn't forward a report on a "suspicious death" of a patient to university police in 2008, prompting police to investigate a hospital security captain for obstruction of justice. No charges were filed against the captain or anyone else, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office said in ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 16 4:43 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Former U-M resident physician Stephen Jenson out on promise to appear on federal child porn charges

Previous coverage: University of Michigan regents order external probe of six-month child porn reporting lapse A former resident physician at University of Michigan Hospital appeared Thursday in federal court in Detroit to face child pornography charges and was released on a promise to appear. Stephen Jenson, 36, of Pittsfield Township, ...

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Posted: Fri Feb 10 8:47 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Timeline of events in University of Michigan child porn case

Related story: U-M President Mary Sue Coleman calls 6-month delay in reporting child porn 'serious failure' Editor's note: The University of Michigan released this timeline of events Friday regarding the discovery of child pornography on a thumb drive left in a university computer. The timeline is reproduced here in its ...

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Posted: Fri Feb 10 8:08 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman calls 6-month delay in reporting child porn 'serious failure'

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman called the university's 6-month delay in reporting child porn to police "a serious failure" as the university released an internal review of the case Friday morning. At least eight people, including the Deputy General Counsel (Health System Affairs) knew about the alleged crime ...

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