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Iraqi boy continues treatment with MSU doctor, enjoys first Halloween

With the help of a Michigan State University surgeon and medical team from Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, a 12-year-old Iraqi boy brought to mid-Michigan for medical care for severe burns has undergone four surgeries and is well on the road to recovery.

Publish Date: Nov. 12, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)Video(s)

MSU researcher: Obesity significantly cuts odds of successful pregnancy

Obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a successful pregnancy, according to research that earned a Michigan State University professor a national award.

Publish Date: Nov. 03, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Doctor visits aren't scary at MSU Teddy Bear Picnic and Hospital

Children are invited to bring their favorite stuffed animal to the fifth annual Teddy Bear Picnic and Hospital on Sept. 26 at Michigan State University. The event, which will benefit the MSU Children's Health Initiative, is hosted by the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development in the College of Human Medicine and will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Michigan 4-H Children's Garden on campus.

Publish Date: Sept. 16, 2009

Back to School: MSU students combine service, academics

As Michigan State University colleges gear up for the start of another academic year, they will host service activities to reinforce the idea that civic responsibility and academics go hand-in-hand.

Publish Date: Aug. 26, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU lands $1 million grant to tackle childhood obesity in West Michigan

Michigan State University is teaming up with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Grand Rapids Public Schools to lead a $1 million health initiative to reduce childhood obesity by increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and collaborating with school staff and parents.

Publish Date: Aug. 05, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Researcher creates weight guidelines for women pregnant with twins

Healthy, normal-weight women pregnant with twins should gain between 37 and 54 pounds, according to research from a Michigan State University professor who helped shape the recently released national guidelines on gestational weight gain.

Publish Date: July 21, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

Bone marrow recipient welcomes new ‘brother’ to MSU’s cancer center

Nearly 70 people signed up for the bone marrow donor registry June 11 as a mid-Michigan man battling leukemia and the donor who saved his life looked on.

Publish Date: June 11, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU study finds high level of medical mistrust among minority women impacts quality of health care

Nearly 70 percent of minority women agree that health-care organizations sometimes deceive or mislead patients, one of the key findings of a Michigan State University study that researchers say can prevent women from getting breast cancer screenings.

Publish Date: Feb. 05, 2009 | Multimedia: Picture(s)

MSU College of Human Medicine holds construction event for new Secchia Center

Michigan State University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Secchia Center medical education building, the future Grand Rapids home of the MSU College of Human Medicine.

Publish Date: April 16, 2008

Michigan State research develops ways to treat patients suffering from medically unexplained symptoms

Doctors at Michigan State University have developed a revolutionary treatment plan that will allow primary care physicians to more effectively treat people who suffer from medically unexplained symptoms.

Publish Date: July 11, 2006

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