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Study Finds Drivers Behind Racial Heart Attack Disparity in Older Patients
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a heart attack. Now, a Yale study has uncovered racial disparities that may place the lives of elderly Black Americans who experience one at greater risk than those of their white counterparts.
23 Nov 2022
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Yale Holds Successful Second Annual Single Cell Symposium
The School of Medicine hosted its second annual Yale Single Cell Symposium on October 28. Featuring over 20 speakers and hosting over 200 attendees, it was an opportunity for students, post docs, and faculty alike to gather together and foster connections.
17 Nov 2022
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New Yale Program Provides Kidney Care to People Undergoing Chemotherapy
The Onco-Nephrology program within the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Nephrology, treats people with kidney-related complications as a result of cancer or treatment of cancer.
17 Nov 2022
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Public Health Students Learn Firsthand That Jackson, Mississippi’s Problems Go Far Beyond Water
The Yale School of Public Health's Activist in Residence, Angelo Pinto, Assistant Professor Ijeoma Opara, several students and a postdoctoral researcher traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, in the wake of the city's water crisis and learned that the city's problems run much deeper.
16 Nov 2022
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Yale Veterans Coordinate Delivery of Orthopaedic Medical Supplies to Ukraine
Sometimes purpose, service, and responsibility converge to create new opportunities for meaningful action. For Adrian Bonenberger and his wife, Iryna Solomko, this included making another trip to Ukraine. Bonenberger is the editor of Yale Medicine Magazine and Solomko is a Ukrainian journalist who works for Voice of America. Their latest travel to Kyiv took place in October, shortly after the city had been struck by cruise missile and kamikaze drone attacks, and would serve myriad purposes.
15 Nov 2022
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Lung Cancer Awareness Q&A with Roy Herbst, MD, PhD
Q&A with Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, in recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
15 Nov 2022
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Yale Pathologists to Collaborate with African Physicians at Inaugural PEACE Symposium
A partnership that began at Emory University to allow pathologists to collaborate and share knowledge with physicians in Africa has expanded to include Yale School of Medicine pathologists and will hold its first symposium in December.
15 Nov 2022
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Dr. Elizabeth Prsic Leads Initiative to Support Breastfeeding House Staff
Elizabeth Prsic, MD, Firm Chief for Medical Oncology and Director of Adult Inpatient Palliative Care at Smilow Cancer Hospital, along with former Yale fellow Julia Foldi, MD, PhD, received a Women Faculty Forum grant to identify and reduce barriers to breast milk expression among medical trainees.
14 Nov 2022
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Notice of Computer Incident
Yale Medicine has discovered a cybersecurity incident, involving the records of patients seen by Dr. Tito Vasquez at his former practice, Connecticut Plastic Surgery Group LLC, between 2009 and May 2021.
11 Nov 2022
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Nurses and Essential Workers: The “Sacrificial Lambs” of US Pandemics in 1918 and 2020
An expert on the history of medicine told a Yale audience that the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and the COVID-19 pandemic have a very unfortunate thing in common: society's decision that the lives of certain workers are expendable.
9 Nov 2022
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The Potential Opportunities and Pitfalls of Telehealth
In a recent paper, Yale cardiologists emphasize the importance of balancing quality and equity with convenience in telehealth.
8 Nov 2022
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Bypass Surgery Has Lower Risks Than Endovascular Therapy for Limb-threatening Ischemia
Bypass surgery in artiries leading to the legs was associated with a lower risk of cardiac events among patients with peripheral arterial disease who are candidates for two types of revascularization therapy, new research suggests.
7 Nov 2022
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Psychological Distress Associated With a 28% Greater Risk of Heart Disease
Self-reported psychological distress, defined as symptoms of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or perceived psychosocial stress, was associated with a 28% greater risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, a meta-analysis finds.
7 Nov 2022
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PROMPT-Lipid: Electronic Alerts Improve Long-term Uptake of Lipid Lowering Medication
Simple, personalized alerts embedded in a patients’ electronic health record (EHR) led to a wider use of guideline recommended lipid-lowering therapies at 90-days.
7 Nov 2022
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TRANSFORM-HF: Loop Diuretics Show No Difference in Mortality and Hospitalizations for Heart Failure
The results of the TRANSFORM-HF study, which explored the effects of two different therapies on heart failure outcomes, were featured during the first late-breaking session at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
5 Nov 2022
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10 Ways to Recover From a Marathon
Sports medicine experts share advice on how to recover and avoid injury after the big race.
Source: Yale Medicine
4 Nov 2022
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In Memoriam: Bernard Lytton, MBBS
Bernard Lytton, MBBS, professor emeritus of urology, died on October 24, 2022. He was 96. He led many firsts within Yale and the state of Connecticut.
3 Nov 2022
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‘No Wrong Door’: Improving Care for People With Addiction
David Fiellin, MD, director of the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Addiction Medicine.
Source: YaleNews
3 Nov 2022
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Study Finds Large Gap in Excess Deaths Along Partisan Lines After COVID-19 Vaccines Introduced
A team of Yale researchers has found that Republican voters in two U.S. states had more excess deaths than Democratic voters after vaccines for COVID-19 became widely available to counter the disease. The discrepancy didn’t exist prior to the vaccines.
3 Nov 2022
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How A Common Gene Variant Influences Your Risk of Severe Illness From COVID-19
A new study led by Yale researchers has found that a common genetic variant that occurs in nearly 20% of individuals influences both susceptibility to COVID-19 and the development of severe disease.
2 Nov 2022