Comprehensive eye care for adults and children will be provided by Kellogg Eye Center at Brighton Center for Specialty Care. For the first time eye surgeries will be provided, offering advanced eye care closer to home for Michigan residents.
Eye hospitals will gather in Ann Arbor to exchange ideas about how to deliver care for the rapidly growing number of people with eye conditions.
By learning how zebrafish regenerate their eye muscles, researchers could help figure out how to help humans do the same.
Residency education director, residents and fellows honored at Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
Surgery offers hope to those at risk of eye damage from everyday hazards such as dust and winds.
Two U-M faculty have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine, recognizing their contributions to research and clinical care.
Using antibiotic eye drops for pinkeye is often the wrong way to go. But a Kellogg Eye Center study shows 60 percent of pinkeye patients are getting prescriptions for the common eye infection that typically clears up on its own.
Pinkeye isn’t a medical emergency. Neither is a puffy eyelid. But a new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek emergency care for eye problems have those mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.
Future of glaucoma treatment lies in tiny device implanted this week at Kellogg Eye Center.
Clinical care nurse Karen Badyna, R.N., was named 2016 employee of the year at the Kellogg Eye Center.
Health care and business leaders were appointed Thursday to the University of Michigan Health System Board, after approval from the U-M Board of Regents.
Now's the time to think about getting the whole family protected from flu.
The University of Michigan’s hospitals and health centers are among the top 20 hospitals in the nation, according to the 2016-2017 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The University of Michigan Health System’s plans to construct a new 297,000-square-foot health center in Brighton moved forward with the U-M Board of Regents approval Thursday of schematic design and authorization to issue bids and award contracts.
Paul Lee’s JAMA editorial highlights the strengths of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s methods while acknowledging some difficulties in carrying out the recommendations of the task force and the possible implications of ongoing change in the care delivery system.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have developed a new nanoparticle that uses a tumor cell’s protective mechanism against itself — short-circuiting tumor cell metabolism and killing tumor cells.
A new study reveals previously unknown risk factors associated with an eye condition that causes serious progressive nearsightedness at a relatively young age. The findings, made through the largest-ever clinical study of the condition called keratoconus, could help more people receive newer treatments that can slow the problem and protect their vision.
An international team of scientists, that includes researchers from the University of Michigan, has identified 16 new genetic variations for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Their findings nearly double the number of regions, or loci, associated with the disease.
The “pink eye” label may mislead parents into wanting antibiotics, even after being informed that the antibiotics are unnecessary.
Payton was minutes away from discharge when she failed Michigan’s newly required test designed to catch critical congenital heart defects in newborns.
When patients with glaucoma switched from a brand name drug to its generic counterpart, they were more likely to take their medication as directed compared to those who remained on the brand name drug, according to a new U-M Kellogg Eye Center study.
As further proof of the University of Michigan Health System’s reputation for outstanding patient care, nearly 500 of U-M’s physicians have been named by their peers to the 2014 Best Doctors in America List.
Only two weeks into the New Year, the first people covered under new Affordable Care Act insurance plans have been treated at UMHS, which accepts most ACA plans and continues to offer free enrollment assistance.
Nine hospitals in southeast Michigan have come together to form one of 25 regional stroke networks across the nation that will allow teams of researchers representing every medical specialty needed for stroke care to address the three prongs of stroke research: prevention, treatment and recovery.
For Michiganders seeking health insurance for themselves, their families or the employees of their small business under the Affordable Care Act, we stand ready to offer expert assistance, and access to advanced UMHS care through most of the available plans.
As part of its commitment to nutrition and healthy lifestyles, UMHS will begin offering healthier beverages at all its locations. Starting in mid-November, regular soda and other sugary drinks won't be available in vending, cafeteria and patient care areas -- but patients, visitors and staff can still bring their own.
Could the emergency room be a good place to spot undiagnosed eating disorders among teens, and help steer them to treatment? A new U-M study suggests that could be the case.
