Latest Internal Medicine News
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to highlight the following appointments and promotions to professor of medicine.
- March 29, 2023Source: Connecticut Public Radio
James Shepherd, MD, PhD, associate professor of internal medicine (infectious diseases), and Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine (infectious diseases), discuss the rise in tuberculosis cases in Connecticut and across the nation.
- March 29, 2023Source: Parade
Christine Won, MD, associate professor of medicine (pulmonary), weighs in on the most important habit for good sleep.
- March 29, 2023Source: TODAY
Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (general internal medicine), talks about naloxone, the "miracle drug" that prevents people from dying of an opioid overdose. It will soon be available over the counter.
- March 29, 2023
Nearly double the number of young adults under 55 are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer than a decade ago, and more are dying from the disease each year, as reported recently by the American Cancer Society. According to the study, the number of individuals in the U.S. diagnosed with advanced-stage colorectal cancer (CRC), increased by 8% from the mid 2000s, to 2019. Diagnoses of people under 55 years of age increased from 11% in 1995 to 20%, or 1 in 5 individuals. Progress against CRC also slowed, the declines in mortality of 3 to 4% each year during the 2000s, decreased to 2% during the past decade.
- March 28, 2023
In the fall of 2022, the department communications team set out to create a living, evolving homage to the Department of Internal Medicine’s clinicians, researchers, educators, trainees, and staff.
- March 28, 2023
The Department of Internal Medicine's A&P Committee helps guide faculty to the most appropriate track that fits their activities and enables them to be successful and find professional fulfillment.
- March 27, 2023
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have developed an alternative method to measure quality of life in veterans who seek weight management, eating disorder, and nutrition services.
- March 27, 2023Source: Yale Medicine
In a new video, Yale pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine faculty explain robotic bronchoscopy, the cutting-edge technology used for lung cancer diagnosis.