Type A personality is not linked to heart disease in large study

Although human genes contribute significantly to a person's health and behavior, these two kinds of traits aren't closely linked at all More >

Hurricane Katrina showed importance of disaster assistance reform

Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact on the poor would have been smaller if the United States had a comprehensive disaster-assistance policy, according to University of Michigan researchers More >

Early retirement: Is it better to spend it at work or at play?

More than one of every five Americans age 62 and older who expected to retire early are still working, according to a new analysis of the prevalence of unanticipated work in retirement and its consequences for the well-being of older adults More >

U-M professor’s nanotechnology company secures $30 million investment

NanoBio Corporation, a company founded by Dr. James R. Baker, Jr., the Ruth Dow Doan Professor of Biologic Nanotechnology at the University of Michigan, has secured $30 million in funding from Perseus, L.L.C., a leading private equity fund management company headquartered in Washington, D.C. More >

U-M experts available to discuss Cuba, Fidel Castro

Speculation about the future of Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations was rampant after officials announced President Fidel Castro was temporarily stepping down for the first time in 47 years. University of Michigan experts are available to discuss the situation and where it might lead More >

Estrogen probably not the only factor  in menopausal bone loss

Podcast: Bone loss and menopause

The loss of bone density after menopause has long been linked to the dramatic decrease in the estrogen hormone, estradiol.

But a series of studies that has carefully tracked hormone levels and bone density in women aged 40 to 55 over the course of a decade has found that estrogen may not be the only hormone that should be considered More >

Reuters and the University of Michigan have signed an agreement giving Reuters the exclusive right to distribute the highly regarded Surveys of Consumers, monthly surveys of consumer attitudes and expectations about the U.S. economy.  The survey will be renamed the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers More >

Bubbles go high-tech to fight tumors

Bubbles: You've bathed in them, popped them, endured bad song lyrics about them. Now, University of Michigan researchers hope to add a more sophisticated application to the list–gas bubbles used like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs. More >

Why money doesn’t bring happiness

The more money you earn, the more time you are likely to spend working, commuting and doing other compulsory activities that bring little pleasure, according to an article in the June 30 issue of Science that provides a novel explanation for why money doesn’t bring happiness More >

Big House renovations to improve game-day experience

Renovations to Michigan Stadium that would improve concessions, add restrooms, widen seats and aisles, and add a new press box and enclosed seating were approved by the Board of Regents at its May meeting. More >

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Evolutionary forces explain why women live longer than men

Despite research efforts to find modern factors that would explain the different life expectancies of men and women, the gap is actually ancient and universal, according to University of Michigan researchers More >

Michigan team singles out cancer stem cells for attack

Close on the heels of the discovery that cancer has its own rejuvenating stem cells, a University of Michigan research team has found a way to distinguish these bad actors from the normal stem cells that they so closely resemble—and to kill the cancer stem cells without harming the normal stem cells in the same tissue More >

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Learn about hot topics in U-M research, and meet some of the dynamic minds taking part in Michigan's $800 million annual effort to understand the world around us. Click here to visit Research News More >

U-M launches Spanish language news service, Web site

The University of Michigan is launching what is believed to be the most comprehensive university-based Spanish language news service in the United States More >

What are stem cells, exactly? U-M responds with site

U-M is helping people sort out the science, ethics and emotions of the stem cell controversy with a new Web site—Life Sciences at Michigan.

The site, lifesciences.umich.edu, features a collection of resources, including an animated Flash tutorial that is intended to be a complete, accurate account of what stem cell science is and is not More >

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