Topic: Ann Arbor

The number of medications prescribed for children dropped by more than 25% during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, according to a study published Tuesday.

Nearly one in five families in the United States receives a surprise medical bill for healthcare services provided during the birth of a child, a study published Friday by JAMA Health Forum found.

One in four parents in the United States believes their children are lagging in developmental milestones, according to the findings of a national survey released Monday by the University of Michigan.

A Michigan library received a long-overdue book in the mail along with a letter from the daughter-in-law of the woman who checked it out in the 1940s.

Up to one in four adolescents and teens in the United States has suffered a concussion at some point during their life, an analysis published Tuesday by JAMA found.

Most young people do want to protect others from COVID-19, according to polls of 14- to 24-year-olds that suggest focusing on this message may be effective.

More than one-third of people who have atrial fibrillation or blood clots are treated with both a blood-thinner and daily aspirin therapy, even when there is no clear need for the latter, a JAMA study found.

Female nurses were about twice as likely to die by suicide as women in the general population, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry.

Pizzeria chain Domino's announced it is teaming up with an autonomous vehicle company to offer customers in Houston contact-free delivery via robot.

Nearly 40% of new surgical patient consults in Michigan were conducted virtually, via telehealth, at the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, an analysis published by JAMA Surgery found.