Despite the fact that there are many Black Americans in the US who suffer from high blood pressure, there are significantly less studies done about how high blood pressure affects...
The shame that comes with illness can be detrimental to our health and well being. Unfortunately, shame for illness has been apart of human nature for as long as we...
Shame and illness have gone hand in hand for a long time, although there shouldn't actually be any shame when one is ill. Dr. Gretchen Case, PhD, discusses how this...
Hospitals are facing staffing shortages as the pandemic continues to escalate. Dr. Kencee Graves, FACP, MD, discusses the concerning events she is seeing at the University of Utah hospital as...
Spending time in the hospital or watching those we love suffer is never a fun experience. Especially not around the holidays. In this letter written by Dr. Gretchen Case, she...
'Long-haulers' are people who are experiencing symptoms or effects of COVID-19 weeks and months after they were actually sick with the disease. Dr. Rachel Hess, MD, MS, discusses the syndrome...
One staff member from the Department of Internal Medicine will be highlighted monthly as part of our "From the Desk Of" staff recognition initiative. This month's featured staff member is...
Congratulations to various faculty members in the Division of General Internal Medicine on their recent awards and leadership role appointments from the 2020 Society of General Internal Medicine West Regional...
Endothelial Cells, a kind of cell found in the artery walls is assisting researchers as they strive to understand COVID-19 and it's longer term health affects on the cardiovascular and...
Holli Martinez, Nurse Practitioner and APC Director for the Supportive and Palliative Care Program, has been appointed to President-Elect and President for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, effective 2021...
Hospitals and health care workers are feeling the strain of the rise of COVID cases as Utah once again hit a record number of COVID cases on Friday. In this...
With COVID-19 cases still on the rise in Utah and no visible improvement forthcoming Utah's hospitals are feeling the strain. Dr. Russell Vinik, MD, expresses concern that if the public...
While COVID-19 cases are surging in Europe and in States across the US, leadership in these places are taking many different approaches to handling the surge. The challenge lies in...
SCALE-UP Utah, an initiative run by Dr. Rachel Hess, MD, Dr. Guilherme Foil, MD, PhD and David Wetter, PhD, MS has been awarded 5 million dollars to improve COVID-19 testing...
The Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Health is pleased to announce a new partnership with Mountain West Medical Center (MWMC). This partnership involves a comprehensive...
With the COVID-19 hospitilization rate still high in Utah, ICUs are becoming increasingly full. Many doctors are concerned about how they will be able to handle the patient load if...
The Department of Internal Medicine Congratulates Dr. Susan Sample, PhD, MFA on having her poem published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Dr. Russel Vinik, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the U of U Health, discusses the upward trend of hospitalizations in Utah and how they correlate with the increase in positive...
Although the overall number of cases of COVID-19 in Utah are plateauing, the number of hospitalizations are still holding. Dr. Russel Vinik, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the U of...
Since the pandemic began Utah hospitals have been constantly updating their plans in order to best be able to handle surges in COVID-19 cases. Dr. Russel Vinik, MD, Chief Medical...
A month ago, Salt Lake County issued a mandate, requiring all citizens to wear masks in public. Now, a month later, the county has recorded the lowest number of COVID-19...
The Department of Internal Medicine congratulates Dr. Robert Campbell, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Medicine, on his role as a senior author on a paper published by...
In Utah, the number of people in the hospital with coronavirus doubled in June. Dr. Ryan Murphy, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, along with others...
Changes in blood platelets triggered by COVID-19 could contribute to the onset of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious complications in some patients who have the disease, according to University...
