internal medicine
noun
: a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases not requiring surgery
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a doctor who specializes in internal medicine
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That stigma stems from a lack of understanding about obesity as a chronic disease, Jorge Moreno, MD, an internal medicine and obesity medicine specialist at Yale Internal Medicine Associates, told Health.
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Julia Sullivan, Health, 14 May 2026
Jena, the doctor and internal medicine professor at Harvard, said this pattern was also reflected in the data.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Farrugia earned his medical degree from the Royal University of Malta & Medical School in 1987 and completed internal medicine and gastroenterology residencies at Mayo Clinic.
—Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
Descalzo is an internal medicine specialist who works in the STI/HIV unit of Barcelona’s Drassanes-Hospital Vall d’Hebron.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 May 2026
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Julia Sullivan, Health, 14 May 2026
Jena, the doctor and internal medicine professor at Harvard, said this pattern was also reflected in the data.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 13 May 2026
Farrugia earned his medical degree from the Royal University of Malta & Medical School in 1987 and completed internal medicine and gastroenterology residencies at Mayo Clinic.
—Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
Descalzo is an internal medicine specialist who works in the STI/HIV unit of Barcelona’s Drassanes-Hospital Vall d’Hebron.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 May 2026
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“Internal medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internal%20medicine. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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