Internal Medicine
UNMC allergist/immunologist shares expertise on farm-related health issues
RFD-TV program provides insight into unique rural health issues
Jul 1, 2019
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![Kim Scarsi, Pharm.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Scarsi0105.jpg)
UNMC study finds higher doses of vitamin D don’t prevent type 2 diabetes
Vitamin D may be necessary to prevent diabetes in patients with low levels, but excessive amounts not helpful
Jun 26, 2019
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Internal medicine presents research awards
The annual awards recognize faculty, house officers, post-doctoral fellows, visiting scientists, staff and medical students.
Jun 18, 2019
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UNMC receives approval for fellowship in hospice, palliative medicine
Three physicians per year will participate in one-year fellowship
Jun 10, 2019
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Study could help millions with common heart problem
Device has potential to prevent disability, death.
Jun 6, 2019
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Study shows increase fracture risk in RA patients taking certain medications
Two UNMC researchers contributed to paper published in “Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.”
Jun 5, 2019
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Allergies, asthma on farms focus of June 13 RFD-TV program
UNMC chancellor, allergist/immunologist will be featured guests.
Jun 5, 2019
![From left, Jill Poole, M.D., allergist/immunologist and professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GoldPoole0605.jpg)
UNMC research study could help millions with common heart problems
Atrial fibrillation happens when the heart’s electrical system gets “short circuited,” reducing the expulsion of blood from a pocket in the heart called the left atrial appendage. Stagnant blood in the left atrial appendage can result in clots.
May 31, 2019
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UNMC faculty, students honored by Kinman Oldfield Family Foundation awards
Foundation recognizes those who work with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease
May 22, 2019
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