Search Results < Clinical Trials at Yale

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WHRY Launches Studies on Endometrial Cancer, Addiction to Opioids, and Stroke
While continuing to focus on the impacts of COVID-19, the center has enlarged its research portfolio to include new projects on the prevention of endometrial cancer in a growing cohort of women at high risk, non-opioid pain management following a cesarean section for women with opioid use disorder who are in recovery, and sex differences in stroke.
5 Oct 2020
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Growing a Cure: WHRY Blazes a Path to Leave Hypoparathyroidism Behind
Dr. Diane Krause is leading a team of researchers working to cure hypoparathyroidism using stem cells induced to become parathyroid-like cells that serve the same function of missing or malfunctioning parathyroid glands.
22 Mar 2019
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Kibbey to be Inducted to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (endocrinology) will be inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) in April 2019.
14 Jan 2019
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Leptin hormone spurs body’s shift from burning carbs to fat
To keep the human brain supplied with energy when food was scarce, mammals evolved the ability to switch from burning carbohydrates to burning fat in order to preserve skeletal muscle that would otherwise be metabolized and converted to glucose. Scientists have long believed that the transition to fat metabolism was instigated solely by a drop in insulin. But a new study has identified leptin — a hormone made by fat cells — as a key mediator in this fundamental biological process.
4 Jan 2018
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Yale New Haven Children's Hospital recognized as top hospital for diabetes and endocrine work
The hospital where the insulin pump was created ranks fourth nationally this year by U.S. News and World Report for its pediatric diabetes and endocrine services.
Source: New Haven Register
3 Jul 2017
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Yale Medicine Physicians On 'Top Docs’ List
Connecticut Magazine’s 2017 “Top Docs” list includes 67 Yale Medicine physicians, who were selected based on a survey of their peers.
3 May 2017
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Fructose is generated in the human brain
Fructose, a form of sugar linked to obesity and diabetes, is converted in the human brain from glucose, according to a new Yale study. The finding raises questions about fructose’s effects on the brain and eating behavior.
23 Feb 2017
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How gut microbes may trigger type 1 diabetes
Research on the tiny microbes that live in our gut has yielded clues to understanding a growing number of medical conditions. A new Yale-led study explores the link between gut microbes and type 1 diabetes.
12 Sep 2016
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Are Ozempic and Wegovy Safe? All About the Diabetes and Obesity Drugs
PEOPLE spoke with Ania Jastreboff M.D., PhD., an obesity medicine physician scientist at Yale University to better understand the drugs and correct common misconceptions about obesity By Sheila Cosgrove Baylis Published on January 24, 2023 02:28 PM
Source: People
24 Jan 2023
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Yale’s Endocrine Neoplasia Program Is Flourishing
The Yale Multidisciplinary Endocrine Neoplasia Clinic has been treating benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands since 2013. The program is a collaboration between the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism and Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital.
24 Jan 2023
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DELIVER: Dapagliflozin cuts risk for worsening HF in adults with, without type 2 diabetes
Dapagliflozin reduces risk for worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death in adults with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, regardless of baseline HbA1c, according to findings from the DELIVER trial.
Source: Healio
26 Sep 2022
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After 37 Years, Tamborlane Stepping Down as Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes; Weinzimer to Succeed as Interim Chief
Stuart Weinzimer, MD, has been named interim section chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.
11 May 2022
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High liver fat associated with impaired glucose, type 2 diabetes in pediatric obesity
Children with obesity and a high level of liver fat content are more likely to have impaired glucose tolerance, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes compared with those with normal liver fat content, according to Sonia Caprio, MD.
Source: Healio
7 Dec 2021
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Advanced diabetes technology poised to play larger role in care, management
Diabetes technology continued to advance in 2020, and the pace of change is accelerating.
Source: Healio
18 Dec 2020
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WHRY Funds Studies on Stroke, Endometrial Cancer, and Addiction to Opioids
Women’s Health Research at Yale today announced funding for three studies investigating sex differences in stroke, endometrial cancer, and alternate pain relief for women recovering from past opioid use who are giving birth via cesarean section.
20 May 2020
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Endocrine Society Educates Congress About the Science of PFAS Exposure
The Endocrine Society hosted a congressional briefing on November 6th, 2019, on the latest science with policy makers on how federally funded research is helping to understand and address the health effects of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. Expert scientists gathered to discuss widespread contamination issues and diverse health effects attributed to PFAS exposure. Zeyan Liew, PhD, MPH, from the Yale School of Public Health shared his research exploring the effects of PFAS on maternal thyroid function and neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed children.
Source: Endocrine News
7 Jan 2020
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MFS2 Regulation Controls Phosphate Excretion, Renal Stone Formation, Study Finds
A high phosphate diet caused stones within the Malpighian renal tubules and resulted in reduced lifespan of fruit flies, says new study led by Yale School of Medicine’s Clemens Bergwitz, MD, associate professor of medicine (endocrinology).
25 Jun 2019
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Yale Expert Testifies in Washington on the Harm Caused by Soaring Insulin Prices
On April 2, Kasia Lipska, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine (endocrinology), testified in Washington before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on the severe harm that high insulin prices does to patients, including her own.
3 Apr 2019
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Clinical Research Forum Chooses Carpenter's Work as One of the Year's Top Ten Research Achievements
The Clinical Research Forum has presented its 2019 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awards, which include work by Thomas O. Carpenter, MD, professor of pediatrics (endocrinology) and of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, and clinical professor of nursing.
14 Mar 2019
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The Obesity Society Updates Position on Obesity
Top leaders of The Obesity Society (TOS) have updated the scientific nonprofit's 2008 position statement on obesity. The new report classifies obesity as a worldwide, non-communicable chronic disease.
Source: PR Newswire
21 Dec 2018