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The Making of Medicine

Author: Josh Barney (Page 56)

Is money compromising cancer care?
Is Money Compromising Cancer Care?
12/12/2017

A troubling new study from our Timothy Showalter, MD, points out that providing brachytherapy for advanced cervical cancer actually costs hospital money. And that may explain the declining use of it at many facilities, even though it's the gold-standard treatment. “Studies have time and time again shown that brachytherapy is…

Robert Carey, MD, was a lead architect of new guidelines on high blood pressure.
Millions More Now Have High Blood Pressure
12/11/2017

Our Robert Carey, MD, was a lead architect of new guidelines that lower the definition of high blood pressure. The change means almost half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure. Dr. Carey, the former dean of the School of Medicine, talked to the New York Times for its story…

Dean Peggy Shupnik announces the new round of Pinn Scholars.
Helping Researchers Do Great Work
12/6/2017

In addition to doing science, researchers spend a lot of time and effort trying to get funding to do their science. A program at the School of Medicine is changing that for some faculty who are doing exciting work. The Pinn Scholars program is named for Vivian Pinn, MD, whom…

Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, and Nagaraj Kerur, PhD, have discovered the trigger for the damaging inflammation that causes macular degeneration.
New Hope in the Battle Against Macular Degeneration
12/1/2017

Macular degeneration robs millions of people of their sight, and now we know what triggers the inflammation that causes it. That raises the exciting possibility we can stop it. Our Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, (at left in the picture) and Nagaraj Kerur, PhD, have identified a specific enzyme that triggers the…

Dr. David Brenin (left) and Dr. Patrick Dillon are investigating the potential of focused ultrasound and immunotherapy to battle metastatic breast cancer.
Focused Ultrasound and Breast Cancer: The 1st Trial of Its Kind
11/13/2017

In the focused ultrasound trials I've told you about previously, the point has been to use the scalpel-free surgery to destroy tissue. Our latest trial -- for metastatic breast cancer -- puts an interesting twist on that. In this trial, the focused ultrasound isn't used in an attempt to burn…

video post Dr. Rachel Moon (left) and Dr. Fern Hauck research Sudden Infant Death Syndome.
An Important Video About Sudden Infant Death
11/10/2017

We did a Facebook Live video chat about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome yesterday, and I thought Dr. Hauck and Dr. Moon were tremendous. They shared a lot of great information, and I was particularly interested in their discussion of just how difficult the first few weeks of breastfeeding can be.…

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