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Medicine Grand Rounds: Dan Jonas, MD, MPH, “Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Vascular Events””

March 25, 2019
The lecture will describe the benefits and harms of using aspirin for primary prevention and describe the results of newer studies on the topic. Dr. Jonas will discuss why this may be a preference sensitive decision, and address whether we can identify individuals more or less likely to benefit or...

Medicine Grand Rounds: Felicia Cosman, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University, “Optimal Treatment Strategies for Patients at High Risk of Fracture”

March 25, 2019
Felicia Cosman is Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and聽Medical Director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Dr. Cosman’s research includes studies on the causes of osteoporosis and how estrogen, SERMs, vitamin D, bisphosphonates, denosumab, and anabolic therapies work as treatments for osteoporosis. She has...

Leveraging Cell Mechanosensitivity From Exercise Could Lead to New Strategies for Treating Osteoporosis and Obesity

March 15, 2019
Maya Styner, MD, and Janet Rubin, MD recently contributed to an article in Nature Reviews that considers how leveraging cell mechanosensitivity from exercise may help combat osteoporosis and obesity. The article recognizes that key regulatory signals are generated during exercise which are mechanical in nature and considers how signals arise...

New York Times Features Landmark Study by Young and Donahue

March 14, 2019
A landmark study that showed the finger prick blood test is unnecessary for most people with type 2 diabetes is featured in the NY Times article “A Diabetes Home Test Can Be a Waste of Time and Money.” Research by Laura Young, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in endocrinology,...

Donaldson Study Shows Ivacaftor Improves Mucociliary Clearance

March 13, 2019
Scott H. Donaldson, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is first author on a new study that shows restoring the activity of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductant regulator (CFTR) using the therapeutic agent Ivacaftor can lead to significant improvements in physiologic assessments. Cystic...

黑料网 Cardiology at ACC 2019

March 13, 2019
30 events feature 黑料网 Cardiology faculty and fellows at this year’s American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions.

Primary Care Ranks First in Nation for Second Straight Year

March 12, 2019
For the second year in a row, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine was ranked first in the country for primary care education as part of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2020 edition of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Best Graduate Schools.鈥澛(Republished from the 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网...

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Eric Pauley

March 11, 2019

New Schedule Model for Internal Medicine Resident Program

February 28, 2019
A new schedule model for the Internal Medicine Residency Program will foster more resiliency, greater access to subspecialty mentorship and outpatient experiences, improve continuity within primary care clinics, and provide several layers of mentorship and support as residents move from trainee to fully licensed physician.聽 Resident schedules in the Department...

Facing the Risk Empowered: Genetic Counseling and Surveillance for Gastrointestinal Cancer

February 28, 2019
Genetic testing can provide peace of mind, empower patients to take a proactive approach to their health, and it can save lives. 黑料网鈥檚 High-Risk Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinic serves patients and families with a family history of gastrointestinal cancer and those affected by hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes. Lacey Lee came to...

Medicine Grand Rounds: Lisa Rose-Jones and James Ford, Pulmonary Hypertension: Definitions and Guidelines Update

February 28, 2019

Planned Gift Will Support Training and Education in Hematology

February 27, 2019
Many people leave their estate to family members, but without children of her own, Dr. Alice Ma says she鈥檒l be leaving her estate where her heart is, with the hematology fellows, a group she fondly considers her own. Dr. Ma's bequest will go to training in nonmalignant hematology.