The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty and staff throughout the month of January.
Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, shared strategies for staying healthy during the holidays
Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, provided insight into the development of a new diagnostic test for osteoarthritis and its potential impact on patient care.
Millie Long, MD, MPH, was featured in a video highlighting her work with IBD as a Sherman Prize recipient.
Myron Cohen, MD,clarified the role of lenacapavir in treating and preventing HIV, emphasizing that it is not a cure for the infection.
Louise King, MD, was consulted on GI symptoms of COVID by NYT.
Emily Chang, MD, gave insight into how kidney failure can go undetected.
Scott Commins, MD, PhD, shared expertise on alpha-gal allergy, including challenges with dairy products.
David Weber, MD, offered advice on flu and COVID vaccinations for staying healthy this winter.
Edwin Kim, MD, discussed two groundbreaking advances in food allergy treatments coming in 2024.
Dan Reuland, MD, MPH, and Alison Brenner, PhD, MPH, highlighted the impact of home testing kits and outreach on colorectal cancer screening rates.
Ross Boyce, MD, explained how updates to testing methods are shaping our understanding of Lyme disease in North Carolina.
“Ondansetron and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death among Individuals Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis,” by Sherin Ismail-Atta PharmD, PhD, and her mentors, Michele Jonsson-Funk, PhD, and Jennifer Flythe, MD, MPH, has been chosen as one of the five Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Editors’ Choice Articles from 2024.
Andrea Coviello, MD, discussed findings from a study highlighting the drop in BMI among Americans in 2023.
Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, shared insights into the updated ACG clinical guideline for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and future advancements.
David Weber, MD, MPH, commented on the rise of respiratory illnesses in the Triangle area and strategies for prevention.
John Buse, MD, PhD, highlighted promising results from a phase two study on a long-acting GLP-1 for diabetes treatment.
Richard Loser, MD, detailed the discovery of 13 genes linked to increased osteoarthritis risk in a groundbreaking study.
Stephen Schworer, Md, PhD, discussed the role of mucus plugging in severe asthma.
David Weber, MD, MPH shared his expertise on Norovirus in NC.