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Scientists from the University of Michigan and Utrecht University have located a piece of Earth's ancient history buried 1,550 miles below its surface.

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The presence of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and the debate that surrounds it, is the subject of a new study by a U-Michigan researcher.

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A psychological sense of belonging is a greater predictor of major depression than other factors commonly associated with depression, such as social support, conflict and loneliness.

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The three-year study, called the Palliative Care Project, challenges the current model of medical care in which terminally ill patients must choose between continued medical treatment from conventional health care providers and the supportive benefits of hospice care.

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A University of Michigan team has found that a natural substance known as vascular endothelial growth factor contributes to angiogenesis not only by stimulating blood vessel growth, but also by prolonging the survival of blood vessel cells.

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The cause of much of the conflict between the sexes isn't just that men are not monogamous. According to a University of Michigan author, the underlying trouble is that we humans are anisogamous---we have sex cells of unequal size.

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Researchers at the University of Michigan have completed a study that provides compelling clinical and economic evidence for population-based Helicobactor pylori (H pylori) screening to reduce the risk of gastric cancer.

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Women who are physically active before and after the birth of a child not only retain less weight after the birth, but tend to remain socially active and feel better about themselves in the postpartum months, according to a new University of Michigan study.

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According to University of Michigan researchers, the Protestant ethic also makes overweight women feel bad about themselves.

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U-M ichigan researchers present the results of experiments testing the effectiveness of the vaccine/IL-2 combination on laboratory mice with large, advanced sarcomas or breast cancers.