The Second Annual Betty Ford Breast Cancer Symposium for the Patient is July 29 at the Power Center. The keynote speakers are actors Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker. Experts from the U-M and nationwide are discussing the latest advances in breast cancer research and treatment, the role of nutrition and complementary therapies and other related topics.
Space is limited.
1432 Washtenaw Ave. The U-M is one of several U.S. medical centers holding clinical trials on a new surgically implantable hearing device, the Symphonix Soundbridge. The device turns sound into electrical signals that are transmitted to a surgically implanted transducer and vibrate bones in the middle ear. As a result, there is no feedback, sound is more normal and less distorted. The outpatient surgery takes two to two and a half hours and the patient usually is back at work in a day or two.