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Nov 21, 2024 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Julie Parry
Jeffrey Wickersham, PhD, associate professor of medicine (infectious diseases), was inspired to work in HIV research because of what he was seeing across his community. “I was bothered by seeing so many new infections and wanted to find solutions that were effective and that the community felt they had ownership of as well—that they had a stake in, that they had a role in designing and choosing,” said Wickersham.
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May 29, 2024 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Julie Parry
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a procedure physicians use to examine the pancreatic or bile ducts utilizing a combination of endoscopy and fluoroscopy to capture X-ray images of the ducts. Unfortunately, this procedure is not without risks. After undergoing ERCP, patients are typically observed for one hour before discharge. Post-ERCP pancreatitis, the most common adverse complication, can occur after discharge.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Julie Parry
The majority of the estimated $206 billion resulting from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement have not gone to address smoking or public health. Following a similar settlement of a multi-state litigation, the state of Connecticut is expecting to address the state’s opioid overdose crisis, which resulted in 1,340 overdose deaths in 2023 alone. To avoid the experience of the Tobacco funds, Yale faculty are proactively providing recommendations on how to spend these funds.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Julie Parry
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Julie Parry
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Amy C. Justice |Julie Parry
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately for American men, prostate cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to decrease cancer mortality; however, for many common types of cancer, including prostate, breast, thyroid, and cervical cancer, overtreatment is a growing concern.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Amy C. Justice |Julie Parry |New Tool"
by Amy Justice and Julie ParryAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States. Unfortunately for American men, prostate cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to decrease cancer mortality; however, for many common types of cancer, including prostate, breast, thyroid, and cervical cancer, overtreatment is a growing concern.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
msn.com | Julie Parry
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
medicalxpress.com | Julie Parry
With SARS-COV-2 infection rates rising again, you may be wondering if you should get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. Yale physicians have built a tool to help answer these questions. Shaili Gupta, MBBS, associate professor of medicine (general medicine), Yale School of Medicine, and Rebecca Slotkin, MD, postdoctoral fellow, Yale School of Medicine, created an algorithm to help with this decision-making, based on the research they started in 2020.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
medicine.yale.edu | Julie Parry
With SARS-COV-2 infection rates rising again, you may be wondering if you should get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. Yale physicians have built a tool to help answer these questions. Shaili Gupta, MBBS, associate professor of medicine (general medicine), Yale School of Medicine, and Rebecca Slotkin, MD, postdoctoral fellow, Yale School of Medicine, created an algorithm to help with this decision-making, based on the research they started in 2020.
