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The Juul E-Cigarette Ban: Will It Make a Difference?
Yale Medicine experts review latest information on vaping.
Source: Yale Medicine
30 Jun 2022
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Erica Herzog Appointed John Slade Ely Professor of Medicine
Herzog's laboratory has had a sustained impact on the field of pulmonary fibrosis and is credited with providing new insight into convergent and divergent mechanisms existing at the interface of lung injury and repair. She also is a dedicated clinician.
Source: YaleNews
30 Jun 2022
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Study: Drought Linked to Higher Diarrhea Risk in Children
Diarrhea is a leading killer of young children around the world, and cases often rise after heavy rains and flooding. But diarrhea risks can also increase in dry conditions, an ominous sign as the world continues to get warmer due to climate change.
30 Jun 2022
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Bold Plans for Cancer Care at Yale
Eric Winer, MD, began his tenure at Yale in February 2022 with a vision to expand the cancer program and national prominence of Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. He is already recruiting more physicians and researchers and focusing on healthcare inequities in Connecticut.
29 Jun 2022
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Yale Hosts Panel Discussions on Implications of Dobbs Decision
Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School are hosting a series of panel discussions to delve into the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overruled Roe v. Wade.
28 Jun 2022
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The Human Touch in Teaching
During Capstone, the final course of the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) MD curriculum, students were asked to name the faculty member who had the biggest impact on them. When the results were displayed in a Word Cloud, Joseph DeMayo, MD, MPH, was one of the names appearing in a large font, reflecting that multiple students had chosen him. DeMayo is a retired geriatrician who has taught in the Clinical Skills (CS) and Medical Coach Experience (MCE) courses as volunteer faculty for almost ten years.
28 Jun 2022
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Researchers Show How the Liver Can Control the Brain and Behavior
A new Yale study found that the liver plays a major role in regulating feeding behavior in mice, a discovery that could have implications for people with eating disorders and metabolic diseases, and adds to a growing body of evidence that shows the most advanced part of the brain, the cerebral cortex, is affected by the rest of the body, not just the other way around.
Source: YaleNews
27 Jun 2022
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Digital Tool Helps Emergency Department Doctors Treat Opioid Use Disorder
The study found that in the EDs where EMBED was available, significantly more physicians initiated buprenorphine treatment than in those EDs without the tool. Further, while not every physician used EMBED even when it was available to them, when the tool was used it was associated with high rates of treatment initiation.
Source: YaleNews
27 Jun 2022
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Sex, Gender, and the Mechanisms of Disease
Despite the challenges in navigating the paradigm shift required to study the effects of sex and gender as well as the biological and social determinants of health, the future of science is to study how all these factors intersect.
24 Jun 2022
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In Memoriam: Fred S. Kantor, MD
Fred S. Kantor, MD, Paul B. Beeson Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Immunology), passed away on May 28, 2022, at Yale New Haven Hospital from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
23 Jun 2022
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Construction at Yale School of Medicine Creates More Inclusive Environment
Buildings at Yale School of Medicine, some more than a century old, are getting a makeover to improve accessibility, something generally not considered when they were built.
22 Jun 2022
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Yale Hospital Medicine: A Beautiful Partnership
Hospital medicine or designated internal medicine-trained physicians who focus on the care of patients admitted to the hospital, launched at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) in 1995.
22 Jun 2022
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Omer Named Cushing Professor of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Dr. Saad Omer, whose research focuses on the epidemiology of respiratory viruses, including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and, more recently, COVID-19, was recently appointed the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health, effective immediately.
Source: Yale News
21 Jun 2022
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Study: More Than 335,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved During Pandemic if U.S. Had Universal Health Care
If the U.S. had had a single-payer universal health care system in 2020, nearly 212,000 American lives would have been saved that year, according to a new study. In addition, the country would have saved $105 billion in COVID-19 hospitalization expenses alone.
20 Jun 2022
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COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under 5: What Parents Need To Know
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines receive FDA emergency use authorizations.
Source: Yale Medicine
17 Jun 2022
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FDA Approves Alopecia Areata Treatment With Roots at Yale
It is the first approved treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that affects about 7 million people in the United States. The often-disfiguring disease, in which the body’s immune system attacks hair follicles, is marked by patchy or complete loss of scalp hair and sometimes eyebrows, eyelashes, facial hair, and body hair.
Source: YaleNews
14 Jun 2022
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Hand Ischemia: When Hand Pain Won’t Go Away
Yale Medicine program targets the rare, painful, and difficult-to-diagnose condition.
Source: Yale Medicine
14 Jun 2022
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Sex Is Not a Significant Predictor of Blood Pressure Among the Elderly
Sex is not a reliable indicator of the individual hemodynamic phenotype between women and men with high blood pressure, particularly older adults, a new Yale-led study concludes.
14 Jun 2022
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Monkeypox: What You Need to Know About the Recent Outbreaks
Saad Omer, PhD, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, talks about the public health implications of the monkeypox outbreaks.
14 Jun 2022
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Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Welcomes Most Gender Diverse Resident Class in Program History
Orthopaedics is widely known to be the least gender and ethnically diverse surgical specialty. Despite national statistics, work has been well underway at Yale to create equitable opportunities for those striving to pursue surgical training in one of the most competitive specialties in medicine. As a result, Yale Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation will be welcoming the most gender diverse resident class in its program’s history.
14 Jun 2022