Scott Everett arrived at the hospital within 30 minutes of his first symptoms. Imaging showed a clot in his brain’s middle cerebral artery, a major vessel that supplies blood to parts of the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes. It is the most common artery involved in acute ischemic stroke.

Since opening in 2015, the Veterans Legal Clinic at the U-M Law School has provided free services to clients in such civil matters as family law (divorce, custody, support, and visitation), eviction, consumer problems, foreclosure, and employment cases. As a population, veterans have a disproportionately high need for attorneys in these legal areas.

No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, a psychiatrist offers strategies for how to be mindful of depression and anxiety symptoms around the topic.

For the next three years, surgeon Carrie Cunningham, M.D., ’01, must blow into an at-home breathalyzer before she leaves for work. She is required to blow three times a day, seven days a week. Cunningham is not alone among her peers. She is using her recovery from substance use disorder to speak out about mental health stigma among physicians.

The gift will create the Rogel and Blondy Center for Pancreatic Cancer. The center will provide support for clinical care and translational research, playing to the strengths of the Rogel Cancer Center’s team of 60 doctors and scientists from 10 departments already working in this area.

While working as a nurse practitioner in Midland, Michigan, alumna Beth DeVries was surprised to learn how many people were not able to afford fresh fruits and vegetables. Knowing how much good health relies on good food, she decided to take action. In 2018, DeVries founded Phoenix Community Farm.

Forty-nine years before women were granted the right to vote in the U.S., Nannette Gardner would cast her ballot in Detroit, making women’s history. By fighting tirelessly for women’s rights, she bagan to shake the foundations of power, and her controversial vote provided the suffrage movement a notable victory.

The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted Oct. 17 to adopt a bylaw establishing a new policy of institutional neutrality for University leaders. The move means U-M will adopt a heavy presumption against institutional statements on political and social issues that are not directly connected to internal University functions.

If you’re feeling a bit confused by the constant media coverage about presidential election polls, you’re not alone. Whether it’s the polls’ margin of error or their fairness and accuracy, the information can become important for some voters in their election choices. And do the polls matter since the presidential winner will be determined by the Electoral College?