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The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 黑料网 is becoming a world-class center for medical education, patient care, and research. We aim to prepare Nevada's doctors with the most innovative and technologically advanced forms of medical training while also forming community partnerships to serve the healthcare needs of our diverse and urban population.

Current Medicine News

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Business and Community |

How graduate medical education at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine is transforming healthcare in Nevada.

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Program provides patients access to new treatments and improves local healthcare through collaboration with medical professionals.

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Report led by noted Alzheimer's researcher Dr. Jeffrey Cummings assesses status, trends associated with 182 active clinical trials worldwide.

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Dr. Yarini Quezada is one of the only dual board-certified urogynecologists in the city.

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Campus News |

Student Counseling and Psychological Services and the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine are working together to expand the availability of psychiatric services for students.

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From hosting science field trips to delivering therapy services to rural areas, 黑料网 enriches the lives of Nevadans. 

Medicine In The News

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Mental health professionals in Nevada are fighting to close a major gap in access to care. At least one source, Mental Health America, is revealing Nevada ranks 45th -- near the bottom of the state rankings -- in access to mental health care.

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With weekend highs in the Las Vegas valley reaching 105 degrees, it鈥檚 clear that summer is unofficially here. Beyond the more stereotypical heat-related conditions like sunburns and heatstroke, health professionals warn temperatures like this can cause an unusual injury: pavement burns.

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More than 1,100 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, and the highly contagious virus has put people at risk while they wait in emergency rooms and doctor鈥檚 offices, CNN reports.

Las Vegas Sun

Walter Vidal Contreras Robles sat excitedly in the small waiting room of the 黑料网 Otolaryngology Clinic with a bright smile on his face on the morning of May 30.

Las Vegas Sun

Walter Vidal Contreras Robles sat excitedly in the small waiting room of 黑料网鈥檚 otolaryngology clinic with a bright smile on his face the morning of May 30.

Psychiatric Times

Busy Philipps and Ann Childress, MD, explore the unique challenges women face in ADHD diagnosis, highlighting personal stories and the importance of treatment.

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Recent Medicine Accomplishments

Magnus Chun, Tahne Vongsavath, Sneh Sonaiya, Lily Liu, Kyaw Min Tun, Kavita Batra, and Robert G. Gish (all Medicine) conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate whether adding somatostatin therapy to standard treatment improves outcomes for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB). They found that adjunctive鈥
Casey Barber, Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Edwin Oh (School of Medicine and the College of Sciences), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), and colleagues published an article on "Application of joinpoint regression to SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA" in鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淕eographical distribution disparities and prediction of health satisfaction among middle-aged and elderly adults in China: An analysis based on national data鈥 in the journal, Annals of Epidemiology (Impact factor 3.3) in collaboration with coauthors鈥
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Department of Internal Medicine), published a paper titled, "A Theory-Based Approach to Explain the Correlates of Safe Physical Activity in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals," in the Journal of Health and鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淏eyond traditional training: a comprehensive CIPP evaluation of medical internships: assessing program design, implementation, and clinical competency outcomes鈥 in the journal, BMC Medical Education (Impact factor 2.7) in collaboration with coauthors鈥
John Menezes and Kavita Batra (both Medicine), have co-authored a commentary titled, "Unpacking Violence: Examining Socioeconomic, Psychological, and Genetic Drivers of Gun-Related Homicide and Potential Solutions," published in the journal Urban Science. The article explores the multifaceted roots of gun-related homicide in the U.S. and鈥