August 2017 News

August 31, 2017

Alternatives to Liver Biopsy: When Are Other Tests Appropriate?

Lead author Elliot Tapper, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, along with co-author Anna Lok, MD, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research and Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Hepatology, explore the landscape of liver biopsies versus noninvasive test options.

August 28, 2017

Study: Low FODMAP Diet Improves Quality of Life for IBS Patients

Shanti Eswaran, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, and William Chey, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, are authors of a study that finds patients on the low FODMAP diet experience an improvement in their quality of life, in addition to easing physical symptoms.

August 3, 2017

UH/CVC Announces Associate Chief Clinical Officers

Dr. Vikas Parekh and Dr. Hitinder Gurm, both from the Department of Internal Medicine, and Dr. Kelly Malloy, from the Department of Otolaryngology, will serve as Associate Chief Clinical Officers (ACCO).

August 1, 2017

The Cells That Stand in the Way of Curing HIV

A team led by University of Michigan researcher Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, and Associate Director of the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, reports that HIV hides in more types of bone marrow cells than previously thought.