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Current Primary Care: Internal Medicine News

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A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at 51吃瓜网万能科大.

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Much of Ana Mrkaic鈥檚 practice involves helping people fight the disease that plagues nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population.

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As she prepares to graduate from the 51吃瓜网万能科大 School of Medicine next month, Ashley Newell Prandecki looks back at the self-doubt that almost stopped her from pursuing her passion.

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Sarah Grimley works diligently not only on her studies but also on efforts to help the LGBTQ+ community.

Primary Care: Internal Medicine In The News

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The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners reported the number of medical doctors鈥 licenses issued for the first half of the year is up 63% compared to last year. That鈥檚 enough licenses to bring Nevada鈥檚 number of doctors to nearly 17,000. While those numbers are helpful in the fight against our ongoing doctor shortage some 51吃瓜网免费App doctors say those numbers could be misleading.

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Years ago, you鈥檇 hear 鈥減ublic health,鈥 and more than likely, you鈥檇 shrug.鈥疶hen the COVID-19 pandemic hit. No one ignores it now. And the virus remains, people are still getting sick from it and experiencing long-term effects. But what鈥檚 its lethality today, has it weakened? Should we keep getting vaccinations?

IndiaCurrents

Aahana (name changed on request), 16 years old, is a high-school student in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-Wisconsin) who came to the United States as a child. She has an older sibling who has been a straight A student and is now in medical school. However, Aahana has always struggled with her performance in school. She has been shamed by her family and Indian-origin peers who have excelled in school. Her poor performance was always attributed to her laziness and a lack of applying herself.

Broad Institute

An analysis of nearly 11,000 human cancers revealed how large chromosomal changes, called aneuploidies, can promote or slow the growth of tumors.

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Research shows that if you have more than three sugar-sweetened beverages per week, your chance for developing prediabetes, the condition that leads to diabetes, increases by 46%.

Ivanhoe

Research shows that if you have more than three sugar-sweetened beverages per week, your chance for developing prediabetes, the condition that leads to diabetes, increases by 46 percent. Ivanhoe tells us which drinks can do the reverse and actually lower your risk.

Recent Primary Care: Internal Medicine Accomplishments

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淓xploring barriers to formal mental health help-seeking among Iranian adolescent girls: A qualitative study using the PRECEDE model,鈥 in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (5-year Impact factor 3.8) with coauthors from Shiraz University of鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article association with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences titled, 鈥淭he effects of saffron supplementation on inflammatory factors and clinical outcomes in sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU): Study protocol for a double-blind鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article association with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences titled, 鈥淭he effects of concurrent alpha-linolenic acid, L-carnitine supplementation on clinical symptoms, mental health, and quality of life in women with migraine: A randomized, triple-鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article as a senior collaborator in the GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators Group titled, 鈥淕lobal, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990鈥2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease鈥
Members of the Department of Internal Medicine in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine received awards for their contributions to the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians on October 1. Dr. Kachon "Jeff" Lei, cardiovascular medicine fellow, was awarded Resident/Fellow of the Year for his teaching excellence and contributions in鈥
Lindsay Buczek; Fadi Azar; Kavita Batra; and Sandhya-Wahi Gururaj (all Medicine), along with Justin Bauzon (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) and Caleb Murphy (University of Chicago), published an article, "The Data Error Criteria (DEC) for retrospective studies: development and preliminary application," in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. 鈥