Medical Research

Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 9, 2024 – For the past three years, Corewell Health™ researchers have been studying the genetic code of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how it is...

Corewell Health and MSU look to develop AI tool to identify higher-risk patients earlier SOUTHFIELD, MI, Aug. 12, 2024 - Corewell Health™ and Michigan State University researchers are the first...

New Corewell Health™ research suggests an MRI scan can help predict whether patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer (cancer confined to the entire...

For up to 30% of patients who are allergic to medical contrast dye or have a dye restriction because of other health conditions, they might find that it takes...

Novel radiopharmaceutical trial could be a game-changer for patients with advanced cancer whose chemotherapy treatments have been unsuccessful GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 4, 2024 — BAMF Health, a...

A new Corewell Health study suggests that men who have longer prostatic urethras, the part of the urethra that travels through the prostate, may be at a higher...

Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth leading cause of death among older Black Americans, a trend that is expected to increase exponentially during the next five to 10 years. To address the growing...

Project aims to understand how differences in individuals’ cells impact recovery from disease Grand Rapids, Mich., August 17, 2023 – A Corewell Health™ research team has been awarded a...

For a handful of children worldwide who have an ultra-rare disease called Bachmann-Bupp syndrome, a treatment regimen discovered in just 15 months by the team...

Newsweek distinction salutes exemplary care for moms and newborns. GRAND RAPIDS and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 10, 2023 – Four Corewell Health™ hospitals were named to Newsweek’s 2023 list of...

For decades, researchers have marveled at the ability of glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain cancer, to turn off a patient’s cancer-fighting...

Precision medicine initiative aims to enroll one million people of diverse backgrounds nationally Grand Rapids, Mich., February 6, 2023 – Corewell Health TM has enrolled its 10,000th participant...

Predictive analytics keeps 200 patients from being readmitted for $5 million cost savings GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 2, 2023 – Corewell Health™ care coordinators are using predictive...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 25, 2023 — Corewell Health West, formerly Spectrum Health, has successfully completed the first-ever ischemic stroke case using the Zoom™ RDL Radial Access System....

October 17, 2022 - Researchers at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, have discovered a blood test for pregnant women that uses artificial intelligence and genetic-related biomarkers to accurately...

Preventing and treating low testosterone can improve men’s health, even in those with prostate cancer and symptomatic prostate enlargement August 9, 2022 - For 80-plus years, it has been...

Radiation doses exceed those measured in interventional cardiologists and sonographers GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 18, 2022 – Spectrum Health researchers have determined that interventional...

Spectrum Health and MSU will work together on project’s bioinformatics component GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 11, 2022 – Spectrum Health will collaborate with Michigan State University...

Project awarded $2.1 million NIH grant for four year study GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 18, 2021 – Spectrum Health is partnering with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine to...

A new, large-scale Beaumont Health study of COVID-19 patients across Southeast Michigan confirms that vaccination prevents hospitalization and death. After analyzing de-identified data for 11,834...

Previous studies unclear on relationship between BPH and cancer risk A team of Beaumont Health researchers from Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Urology studied the relationship between benign...

BLAST COVID-19 insight included in eight-study publication for medical professionals Insight on masking from America’s largest COVID-19 serological testing study, conducted by Beaumont...

Patient’s cells may control urine leakage Urologists at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak are studying the safety and potential effectiveness of an investigational treatment option for stress urinary...

Researchers at Beaumont Health have used precision medicine to discover a simple blood test that may provide an early prediction of Alzheimer’s disease in patients, according to a study...

Article link: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248375 Researchers at Beaumont Health have used precision medicine to discover a simple blood test that may provide...

A clinical study of a new cardiac ablation procedure for patients with an irregular heartbeat has launched at Beaumont Health, a worldwide leader in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, or AFib....

Beaumont researchers studied risk of exposure for frontline health care workers In mid-April the Beaumont Research Institute announced it was conducting one of the nation’s largest testing study...

Nationwide Phase 3 trial testing for safety and effectiveness of investigational vaccine Researchers at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak are now enrolling patients in a national study to test the...

Regeneron’s drug REGN-COV2 has shown improved symptoms in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients. GRAND RAPIDS Mich., Oct. 29, 2020 – Spectrum Health is partnering with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals...

One of 54 sites where multiple treatments will be evaluated simultaneously GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 27, 2020 – Spectrum Health is one of 54 sites of the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS), which...

Study aims to identify screening tool leading to new treatments for painful bladder condition The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $3.86 million grant to Beaumont researchers to develop a...

NIH’s National Institute on Aging awards investigators $1.67M for their research After major surgery, approximately 17% of hospitalized patients ages 65 and older experience delirium –...

Research hopes to shed light on how COVID-19 impacts cancer patients Researchers at Beaumont hospitals in Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Royal Oak and Troy have begun enrolling patients in a new,...

A team led by Beaumont Health researchers, Laura Lamb, Ph.D. and Michael Chancellor, M.D at the Aikens Research Center at Beaumont Research Institute has developed a new test to detect COVID-19...

Beaumont researchers hopeful medications can reduce severity of COVID-19 and save lives Researchers at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak have begun enrolling patients in a new clinical study aimed at...

New study aims to determine the total population with COVID-19 antibodies across a health system, identify potential convalescent plasma donors, better understand disease transmission and...

Beaumont Health's Research Institute is launching America's largest serological testing study to help answer many questions surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and potentially help treat patients...

Some of this information may have changed. | FIND THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES HERE Four metropolitan Detroit hospital systems and a leading research university today announced a collaboration to...

U.K. and U.S. scientists have discovered a combination of two commonly available drugs could boost the body’s ability to heal bone fractures – accelerating bone formation and healing. The...

Late U.S. Senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy, along with former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau, all died from an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma. Now, Beaumont radiation...

Research is a collaboration between Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Van Andel Institute and Spectrum Health GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 15, 2020–Uterine fibroid tumors are the...

Spectrum Health rheumatologist calls finding “foundational” GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 2, 2020 – A Spectrum Health rheumatologist took part in a multi-center study that is the first to...

Simple blood test would identify key biomarkers Because early detection of autism is linked to significantly improved outcomes, the discovery of early predictors could make all the difference in a...

Beaumont researchers seeking participants for study A team from the Beaumont Research Institute believes low-dose radiation might be a promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The...

These understudied disorders afflict up to 25 million Americans Grand Rapids, Mich., October 16, 2019 – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Michigan State University researcher a...

Family Approach to Smoking Termination: Kicking butts one family at a time Researchers with Beaumont’s Cancer Clinical Trials Program are seeking cancer patients who smoke and their family...

Researchers: Can losing weight prevent recurrence of breast cancer? Beaumont researchers are seeking women with breast cancer for a national research study. Investigators hope to learn if weight...

Part of largest precision medicine trial of its kind Beaumont researchers are working to identify patients for a nationwide cancer study. The National Cancer Institute is seeking to determine...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A new study confirms the long-suspected role of obesity as a risk factor for developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a type of kidney cancer, and identifies several specific...