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  • Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Reimagine IBD Care

    Doctors in Europe, Australia, and Canada have been using intestinal ultrasound (or point-of-care ultrasound) for decades to help improve patient education and management of inflammatory bowel disease. However, the technology has only recently gained traction in the United States. In a new Q&A, Jill Gaidos, MD, associate professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and medical director of the Yale Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, discusses how intestinal ultrasound enhances patient care, supports physician education, and enables research.

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  • Advancing AKI Understanding and Treatment

    Understanding and categorizing the various types of tubulointerstitial responses in acute kidney injury (AKI) may lead to the development of new treatments for the condition, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers who published a review in The Journal of Clinical Investigation on March 17.

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  • Answers to Your Questions About Yale's Clinical Trials for Cancer

    Clinical trials are elemental to cancer research as the critical link between laboratory science and patients, the highly-controlled meeting of a treatment and a disease, sometimes for the first time.Yale Cancer Center’s clinical trial office is led by two people with five decades of experience between them in this specialized realm of cancer treatment. Director of the Clinical Trials Office (CTO) Ian Krop, MD, PhD, began as a cancer researcher in the lab and transitioned to clinical trials about 25 years ago because he wanted to more directly impact patients. Alyssa Gateman MPH, executive director of the CTO, has worked with cancer researchers and clinical trial specialists, as well as data and compliance to ensure patient protection over the last 25 years.

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