The clickable links below navigate directly to outside media articles which featured Department of Medicine faculty throughout the month of February.
- David Weber, MD, MPH, spoke about the rise in measles around the world.
- John Batsis, MD, was featured in The Atlantic about the use of Ozempic in older adults.
- Brain Bramson, MD, was quoted in an article about peak levels of COVID-19 being detected in Chapel Hill and Carrboro wastewater.
- Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, commented on Cyted receiving 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its EndoSign cell collection device.
- John Buse, MD, PhD, spoke about the American Diabetes Association’s recommended weight loss approaches.
- Mildren Kwan, MD, PhD, and Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, published a review article on the prevalence, diagnosis, and management of IgE-mediated food allergies in the United States.
- Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, was featured in The Washington Post article,
- “Medicaid’s prescription for health includes food and housing in some states.”
- Peter Leone, MD, discussed the rise in syphilis and why the public isn’t as concerned as they should be.
- Cynthia L. Gay, MD, MPH, and David Margolis, MD, published results of a clinical trial showing that vorinostat and immunotherapy may modestly shrink the latent HIV reservoir.
- Watch this reel by UNC GME showcasing Thank A Resident Day.
- Dougald Monroe, PhD, co-authored an article with Ammon Fager, MD, PhD, titled, “Stopping the bleed when platelets don’t stick” in Nature Cardiovascular Medicine.
- Emily Cetrone, MD, Adam Moskowitz, MD, and Bryan Godfrey, LCSW, discussed guideline-directed medical therapy, when a guardian is needed and more on the Core IM Podcast.
- David Lynch, BMBS, and John Batsis, MD, identified nutritional interventions that target physical function, body composition, and cognition in older adults.
- Giselle Corbie, MD, co-authored an editor’s note in Jama Internal Medicine on analyses of Black community health and well-being in the wake of law enforcement violence.
- Anne Peery, MD, commented on the AGA’s first comprehensive evidence-based guideline on the use of fecal microbiota-based therapies for gastrointestinal disease.
- Meredith Gillam, MD, explained conditions that mimic depression in older adults but aren’t.