The Financial Incentives for Weight Reduction (FIReWoRk) clinical trial showed that financial incentive weight-loss strategies designed using behavioral economics were more effective than provision of weight-management resources only. We now evaluate cost-effectiveness.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes 99.7% of cervical cancer cases. Cervical cancer is preventable through early detection via HPV testing. However, the number of women screened for cervical cancer has not increased in the last several years. Lower screening rates among women living in high poverty and social vulnerability areas, Black…
Aims to compare the effectiveness of sacubitril-valsartan and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE)/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) in systolic heart failure (HF).
The study objective was to examine associations between the use of biologic response modifiers (BRMs), corticosteroids, and oral small molecules (OSMs) and subsequent coccidioidomycosis infection risk among US Medicare beneficiaries with rheumatic or autoimmune diseases.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ +) individuals experience bias in healthcare with 1 in 6 LGBTQ + adults avoiding healthcare due to anticipated discrimination and overall report poorer health status compared to heterosexual and cisgendered peers. The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)…
GIM faculty attend and present at Academic Internal Medicine Week. AIMW24 aligns with the missions of Internal Medicine to provide a unique environment for collaboration and professional evolution among medical professionals from across the nation. Featured topics include departmental and program finances, faculty and leadership development, as…
Dr. Chaiklin collaborates with others to present “(Ear) Budding Potential: Medical Podcasts to Supplement Curriculum and Learning” at the Curbsiders TEACH event. Podcasts are now one of the most common asynchronous learning strategies used by trainees. Studies indicate…
GIM is delighted to welcome three new faculty members to our Division and clinics. We’re thrilled to have you on the team! Lucy Guerra, MD, MPH, FACP is located at our Springhill Clinic. Nundia Louis,…
Medical students become physicians not only through their mastery of biomedical knowledge, but through the process of Professional Identity Formation (PIF). Students move through “stages over time during which the characteristics, values, and norms of the medical profession are internalized, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a physician.” This…
Bowel obstruction secondary to malignancy, referred to as malignant bowel obstruction (MBO), occurs in 5%–13% of all patients with cancer. MBOs aremost commonly associated not only with cancers ofthe colon and ovaries but also occurs in 6%–19%of patients with stomach malignancy.1 Mechanisms…
