An exciting new paper on Cell Metabolism has recently been published by Dr. Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC and his team. This paper discusses how the pyruvate-lactate axis modulates cardiac...
The metabolic rewiring of cardiomyocytes is a widely accepted hallmark of heart failure (HF). These metabolic changes include a decrease in mitochondrial pyruvate oxidation and an increased export of lactate...
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...
The 3i Initiative which brings researchers from 33 different Departments at the University of Utah together to make fundamental discoveries in healthcare, has been highlighted during the COVID pandemic. 3i...
The Division of Gastroenterology is excited by the success they have seen this year since beginning the use of telemedicine. The Division has seen an increase in their ability to...
Misinformation comes in all shapes and sizes. It can be particularly challenging to tell fact from fiction when it comes to medical misinformation. Dr. John Ryan, MD, Assistant Professor in...
The University of Utah Cardiac Transplant Program has performed over 1,500 heart transplants over the last 35 years. Some of the recipients of these transplants talked about how their lives...
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...
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...
Many people who contracted COVID-19 are still experiencing symptoms weeks or months later. Researchers at the University of Utah are teaming up with some of these 'long-haulers' to raise awareness...
South Asian Americans have a higher risk of heart disease or cardiovascular complications. Although many different studies are being conducted to find an answer for this issue, there is still...
Many people who contracted COVID-19 are still experiencing symptoms weeks or months later. Researchers at the University of Utah are teaming up with some of these 'long-haulers' to raise awareness...
There is a lot of information circulating about the COVID-19 vaccine and with that comes lots of questions. Dr. Sankar Swaminathan, MD, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at...
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...
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...
Primary Care Anywhere is a new, resident-led podcast, created by Internal Medicine Residents at University of Utah Health. The fifth episode, "Hypothyroidism," is now available on Buzzsprout.
Meet Siwen Hu-Lieskovan, PhD, MD, Physician Scientist at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah, and a 5 for the Fight Fellow. In this...
Dr. Emily Spivak, MD and Dr. Carlos Gomes, MD, from the Division of Infectious Diseases at the U of U Health, along with Dr. Andy Pavia, MD discuss ways to...
