Victor Strecher: Purpose gives resilience: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25646442/ U-M Family Medicine Michigan Medicine

Victor Strecher: When you think about your purpose, think of these seven questions (pic) and these five (five) sources of energy and how you build those into your life. Michigan Medicine U-M Family Medicine

A new study finds efforts to cap prescription drug spending could save cancer patients more than $7,200 a year in out-of-pocket spending. Ben Pockros U-M IHPI JAMA Network Open Full paper: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Summary: michmed.org/z4mkR

Prioritize your joy and well-being today! #WellnessWednesday

📢Exciting news! The AMA Ed Hub™ is now featuring The DocsWithDisabilities Initiative resources on their platform. This is a major step forward in promoting disability inclusion in healthcare! Check out the resources here: edhub.ama-assn.org/docs-with-disa… #MedEd #DisabilityInclusion #DocsWithDisabilities

👏 Congratulations to our Associate Professor Tammy Chang Tammy Chang for receiving Policy Sprint funding for her project "Characterizing Cost-Sharing for Patient Portal Messages in Older Adults," which she'll conduct w/ members of U-M Department of Internal Medicine & Michigan Urology!

Our researchers tested MI-BP mobile technology to help Black study participants control hypertension. While the app didn't show additional benefits over enhanced usual care, positive results for all speak to the power of proactive outreach & engagement. bit.ly/3TuIXYC

A tea drinker! Yay! What's the tea you're drinking today, Lou Edje, MD, MHPE, FAAFP (she/her)?

A Michigan Medicine study led by Brian and Eva Feldman, MD, PhD found that when a person has chronic diabetes complications, such as heart attack, stroke or nerve damage, they are more likely to have a mental health disorder, and vice versa. michmed.org/JYJwk

Hail to the voters! Michigan Students can choose to vote in Ann Arbor or your home district. Visit the UMich Votes website for all info about how and where to vote on campus: myumi.ch/bE6zp #NationalVoterRegistrationDay

Curiosity drives research, and can lead to immediately actionable findings. Read what happened when our psychiatrists who use ketamine to treat people with severe depression wondered what other clinics do to prevent inadvertent ketamine use in pregnancy: michmed.org/Rnd72

Doctors & other health providers talk about #prevention of all kinds with their patients. Should they add discussion of firearm risk reduction to that list? Our member Patrick Carter & former member Rebecca Cunningham, M.D. take a look in a new NEJM review: ihpi.umich.edu/news/conversat…

Excellent research story about children, the importance of friendships, and the role parents can play in helping them make friends, plus more from the Mott Poll.

The time is now—we need to prioritize trainee and physician well-being by changing the culture in medicine. Let’s create a supportive and safe environment. #NPSAday #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthMatters #MedEd #AFSP bit.ly/DWDI_Episode_1…

Thank you too, Kimberly Gudzune, about promoting the Weight Navigation Program at Michigan Medicine. When you're done reading the ABOM story, read our story about Lauren Oshman MD MPH, Dina Hafez Griauzde & team's recent research involving the Weight Navigation Program: medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-me…

Check out #RogelCancer and U-M IHPI researcher Dr. Versha Pleasant discuss the ‘Stayin’ Alive’ health initiative that helps the uninsured and underinsured on ClickOnDetroit. michmed.org/8zqyv

"People are afraid to talk about it, people don't know what to say, and we really struggle to break the silence—oftentimes because we are suffering too." -Justin Bullock This is what keeps so many of us silent in the struggle. It's time to break that silence, create safe spaces,

Our team at ⁦Michigan Medicine⁩’s Researchpalooza, including ⁦MDisability⁩’s Dawn Michael and @m3rsp’s Satoko Motohara and Laura Monkman. Come check out our programs today until 2 pm on the medical center campus! ⁦U-M Medical School Research⁩

Great advice.