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Ask the Expert: Are Artificial Food Dyes Safe?

Are artificial food dyes safe? MSU expert Jamie Alan explains potential behavioral effects in children, recent regulatory changes, and natural dye alternatives.
College of Human Medicine
July 2, 2025
5
min read
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Ask The Expert: How can we help children who have chronic pain?

MSU expert Natoshia Cunningham shares how cognitive behavioral therapy can help children manage chronic pain—even in rural areas lacking pediatric mental health resources.
Natoshia R. Cunningham
June 12, 2025
5
min read
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A Community Approach to Street Medicine in Traverse City

Led by Dr. David Klee, the Traverse City Street Medicine program delivers compassionate, trauma-informed care to people experiencing homelessness, meeting them in tents, vehicles, or wherever they call home.
Amy Nienhouse
June 9, 2025
10
min read
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Rx Kids Program Surpasses $10 Million in Cash Prescriptions Across Michigan

The plug-and-play program has since expanded to the cities of Kalamazoo and Pontiac, and to the eastern Upper Peninsula counties of Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Luce, Alger, and Mackinac with plans to expand to more communities throughout 2025.
Jill Vondrasek
June 5, 2025
7
min read
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MSU, Corewell Health Scientists Find Link Between Brain Fog and Long COVID

Up until now, physicians have found it difficult to understand why certain patients develop post-COVID cognitive symptoms while others do not. Recent studies estimate tens of millions of people worldwide still have not recovered from the COVID infection, even five years later.
Emily Linnert
May 19, 2025
7
min read
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Arlynn Dailey Appointed to Inaugural Michigan Dietetics and Nutrition Board

Arlynn Dailey of Michigan State University has been appointed to Michigan’s inaugural Board of Dietetics and Nutrition. Her community engagement work with MSU and Henry Ford Health will inform statewide nutrition policy and licensing.
Dalin Clark
May 15, 2025
5
min read

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