Department of Internal Medicine News Archive

• January is Thyroid Awareness Month.  MORE>>

• Hematologist Gerald J. Spangrude, PhD, received a $978,000 NIH Challenge grant to study "Maturation of Human Lymphocytes for Transplantation."

• Trials will study unexplained anemia in older adults.  Hematologist and Geriatrician Neeraj Agarwal, MD, is principal investigator for Utah's participation in the national consortium PACTTE. MORE>>

• Cystic Fibrosis Research: Dr. Theodore Liou's clinical trial on VX-770 may provide breakthrough in treating Cystic Fibrosis patients.  Read SL Tribune article.  View ABC-4 news video.

• Cardiologists Community Outreach Program highlighted in November Issue of Pulse.  MORE>> 

• The University of Utah is one of five centers chosen for the new $114 million NIH clinical trial "SPRINT" that will help determine optimal blood pressure levels.  Nephrologist Alfred K. Cheung, MD, will be the principal investigator for the Utah site.  MORE>>

• Matthew Samore, MD, and his Center of Excellence, will benefit from the CDC $4.37 million award to improve public health capabilities in informatics.  MORE>>

• Cardiologist Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, receives prestigious NIH 2009 Pioneer Award to study how "reductive stress" may harm the heart and other organs.  MORE>>

• Hole-in-one nets Jason Hargett a million dollars during the "Mark Eaton Celebrity Golf Classic", a charity event to benefit Endocrinology and the Utah Diabetes Center's "Treasure Chest Fund".  WATCH VIDEO>> .   ARTICLE>> 

• University of Utah Health Care opens the first integrated Electrophysiology  MRI Lab in North America.  MORE>>

• Research Collaboration Targets Stem Cell Therapy for Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).  Linda Kelley, profressor of internal medicine, is principal investigator on $5 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to aid research.   MORE>>

• U of U Study Shows that Novel Medical Imaging Technique May Enable Physicians to Predict Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.  Lead author is Nassir F. Marrouche, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the University of Utah School of Medicine and Director of the Atrial Fibrillation Program.      MORE>>

• E. Dale Abel, M.D., PhD., Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, received the WSCI Outstanding Investigator Award on January 29, 2009, for his work on cardiac dysfunction in diabetes.  MORE>>

• Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) gives former hospice patient a new lease on life  MORE>>

• Cardiologist Dean Li, MD, reports that Statins May Prevent Blood Vessel Disorder that Can Lead to Fatal Strokes  MORE>>

• A Cardiologist's Determination to Cure the Troubled Heart MORE>>

• Byron Bair, MD, Professor, Division of Geriatrics, is selected to direct one of three new VA Rural Health Resource Centers.  MORE>>

• Do Supplements Help Slow the Rate of Cartilage Loss in Knees of Osteoarthritis Patients?  MORE>>

• 2008 Medical Ethics Conference "Healthcare Reform in Utah" MORE>>

• Center for Clinical and Translational Research - Pilot Project Funding Available MORE>>

• NIH Grant Will Help Speed Research Findings into Treatments for Patients MORE>>
  

• UTAH Cardiac Celebrates 1,000 Heart Transplants MORE>> 

• Study to see if Omega-3 fatty acid prevents diabetes MORE>> 

• Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Silent Killer MORE >> 

• U Researchers Link Human Herpes Susceptibility to Genetics  MORE>> 
  

• 2008 Annual Utah Diabetes Center 5K Fun Run/Walk MORE>>
  

• University of Utah Hematology Professor Receives More than $2 million to Conduct International Research on Blood Disorders MORE>>
  

• Merle Sande, Pioneer in AIDS Research, and Former Department Chair, Dies at 68. (11/14/2007) MORE>> 
  

• University Study:  Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate Efficacy May Depend on Level of Osteoarthritis Pain (2/23/2006)  MORE>>
  

• Stephen Bekanich, M.D.
  Author for the journal "The Hospitalist" in which he reviews articles pertinent to Hospitalists' practice and then provides a summary which the "The Hospitalist" publishes. He will rotate articles with other Hospitalists from the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, and University of California at Irvine.  (The article "The Hepatoadrenal Syndrome, HSS to Treat CHF, Treatment for Atrial Fib, and More" starts onpage 63)  MORE>> 
  

• Matthew Samore, M.D.
  Lead author for an article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) November 9, 2005, Vol 294, No. 18, "Clinical Decision Support and Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Prescribing: A Randomized Trial." MORE>>

• University of Utah awarded $4 Million for Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematology MORE>>
  

• Study Encourages Better Use of Antibiotics - KSL Article (11/8/2005) MORE>>
  

• Study Finds Help for Some Arthritis Pain Sufferers - KSL Article on Glucosame & Chondroitin (11/14/2005) MORE>>
  

• Thinking Outside the Nucleus:  U Researchers Find Key Process in Gene Regulation Occurs in Blood Platelets MORE>>
  

• Man Celebrates Five Years of Additional Life after receiving 5 transplanted organs - KSL Article (3/28/2006)  MORE>>
  

• Research to Stem Hospital Infections Brings Together Three Major Utah Health-Care Systems (5/3/2006) MORE>>