Internal Medicine

Laxative-free colonoscopy may soon be possible

2012-05-14 15:15:00

This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. A colonoscopy is a life-saving procedure, identifying polyps and early-stage tumors so they can be removed before they grow and spread. But many people refuse to undergo the procedure...

Could patients with COPD breathe easier with acupuncture?

2012-05-14 15:29:00

A new study offers some promising evidence that acupuncture may improve quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Researchers in Japan recruited 62 patients with COPD, a progressive disease that makes it hard for patients...

42% of American adults will be obese by 2030, study says

2012-05-08 01:10:00

The ranks of obese Americans are expected to swell even further in the coming years, rising from 36% of the adult population today to 42% by 2030, experts said Monday. Kicking off a government-led conference on the public health ramifications of all...

Guidelines limiting prostate cancer screening are widely ignored

2012-04-24 13:28:00

Guidelines limiting PSA screening for prostate cancer detection in older men are widely ignored, researchers said Tuesday, and physicians seem likely to continue to ignore them. Nearly half of all men age 75 and older receive the PSA test from doctors,...

Fish oil: Is it any good for us?

2012-04-09 18:50:00

Omega-3 fatty acids don’t help people with preexisting heart disease avoid future cardiovascular trouble, a new study has found.� What does this mean for fish oils and our health? � That’s not clear. Here’s what the study, reported...

More data needed on experimental drug for diabetes: study

2012-03-19 13:22:00

Diabetes affects more than 25 million Americans. New medications and strategies to treat the disease are greatly needed. But the jury is still out on the experimental medication dapagliflozin. The medication looks to have significant benefits and risks,...

In Practice: Doctors bury grief to help patients and families

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Rebecca's cancer was born in her bone marrow. Her abnormal blood cells soon broke free of their nest, sailing down the rivers of her arteries and veins to seed her liver, lungs and brain with malignancy. Chemotherapy for her metastatic acute myeloid...

In-Your-Face Fitness: Keeping your lower back pain-free

2012-02-27 00:00:00

On a recent ski trip, my best friend handed me a flask of cinnamon schnapps. He called it "courage in 100-proof form," and I needed it. I was perched at the edge of a cliff, looking at a 20-foot drop into thigh-deep powder. Nearly a decade ago, when I...

Opioid use after minor surgery can create problems

2012-03-12 15:40:00

Opioid medications such as codeine and oxycodone often are prescribed after surgery to relieve post-operative pain. The availability of such drugs is also well known to be a major factor in increasing rates of addiction and addiction-related overdose...

On healthcare, not what the doctor ordered

2012-03-30 00:00:00

Mitt Romney marked the second anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by calling for its repeal. Referring to the act as "an unfolding disaster," he advocated free-market initiatives to improve access to care. Yet Romney never...

Docs' intensive 'get healthy' program whittles the waist -- a little

2012-02-27 12:16:00

If primary care doctors build intensive counseling programs to help their obese patients exercise, lose weight and get healthy, will they work? A new study finds that for half the population, at least, they will. For men and women alike, results will be...

iPads made hospital residents more efficient, they say

2012-03-12 16:51:00

Seriously — they aren’t just using them to watch YouTube! In a study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, 115 internal medicine residents affiliated with the University of Chicago were given Apple iPads to access patient...

Simina Ionescu, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, joined the medical staff at Masonicare Primary Care Physicians in Wallingford.

2012-03-20 00:00:00

Fourth-year medical student Aaron Soufer, of Madison, (right) is toasted with champagne by family members after he received his residency assignment at Yale-New Haven Hospital for Internal Medicine, at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine's annual Residency Match Day at the Farmington

2012-03-16 00:00:00

Fourth-year medical student Dan Henderson, of Cheshire, reads the letter announcing his residency assignment at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center for Internal Medicine, at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine's annual Residency Match Day at the Farmington

2012-03-16 00:00:00