Medical Research

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...