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Eli Lilly, Patron of the Arts

Jun 25, 2024 | Culture, Health |

The pharmaceutical giant started with a single location in the Original Fair on North University in 2022. This year, it will be everywhere as the first-ever presenting sponsor of all three fairs.

Cancer Gratitude

Jun 25, 2024 | Community, Culture, Health, News |

An Ann Arbor native, Joan Belgrave is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. Four years after her husband died, her life took another dramatic turn when a routine biopsy resulted in an especially dangerous diagnosis: “triple-negative” breast cancer.

Lyme Disease Outbreak

May 24, 2024 | Environment, Health, News |

“The number of cases has exploded,” says Beth Ann Hamilton, communications coordinator for the Washtenaw County Health Department.

Seniors Betrayed

Apr 27, 2024 | Featured, Health, News |

With great wealth come great opportunities for financial exploitation. According to a 2023 report from the Justice Department’s Office of Victims of Crime, senior-service agencies that the office funds report that 14 percent of the people seeking their help are victims of financial crimes.

Caregivers in the Family

Mar 25, 2024 | Featured, Health |

Rosanita Ratcliff is a born traveler. She left Ann Arbor to go to college in Arizona, studied...

Rock Cancer

Feb 23, 2024 | Community, Health |

They’d come to film a program called “Rock Cancer.” All of the thirteen young participants have...

Drug Deaths Down

Feb 23, 2024 | Government, Health, News |

EMS responded to 521 overdoses in 2023, up from 458 the year before. Yet deaths were down, from a...

Fired for CBD

Dec 22, 2023 | Education, Featured, Health |

“Do you have a medical marijuana card?” asked a woman from HireRight, the company the U-M uses for...

Calls & Letters | Jan. 2024

Dec 22, 2023 | Health |

To the editor: Your story in the December 2023 issue, Hospital Headwinds, was a missed opportunity to detail the tremendous impact of the University of Michigan Health specialty pharmacy program. Expanding our pharmacy will...