Scholars@Duke
Nancy Yimei Yang

Nancy Yimei Yang

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Gastroenterology
nancy.y.yang@duke.edu
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Clinic 2H, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Pediatric liver transplant recipients are not just young adults: The importance of a structured health care transition program in adult transplant centers.

Journal Article Liver Transpl · September 1, 2024 Health care transition (HCT) is a vulnerable period that continues into adulthood, even after the transfer of care. Given the growing population of pediatric liver transplant recipients reaching young adulthood, the need for a standardized and multidiscipl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acid exposure time is sensitive for detecting gastroesophageal reflux disease and is associated with long-term survival after lung transplant.

Journal Article Dis Esophagus · July 27, 2023 Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common in patients who have undergone lung transplantation and is associated with poorer outcomes, but guidelines are lacking to direct management strategies in this population. We assessed the diagnostic yield of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Coordination, Cost, and Changing Epidemiology-Considerations in the Hepatitis C Care Cascade.

Journal Article Hepatol Commun · March 2021 This editorial reviews two articles in hepatology communications addressing challenges in the hepatitis C care cascade. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perinatal western-type diet and associated gestational weight gain alter postpartum maternal mood.

Journal Article Brain Behav · October 2017 INTRODUCTION: The role of perinatal diet in postpartum maternal mood disorders, including depression and anxiety, remains unclear. We investigated whether perinatal consumption of a Western-type diet (high in fat and branched-chain amino acids [BCAA]) and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrative health care services utilization as a function of body mass index: A BraveNet practice-based research network study

Journal Article Advances in Integrative Medicine · April 1, 2017 Background Obesity is a significant public health issue with no consensus regarding optimal medical management. Integrative medicine (IM) may help to fill this gap. Objectives (1) To characterize the sociodemographics, psychosocial functioning, health beha ... Full text Cite

Association Between Symptom Burden and Time to Hospitalization, Nursing Home Placement, and Death Among the Chronically Ill Urban Homebound.

Journal Article J Pain Symptom Manage · July 2016 CONTEXT: Homebound adults experience significant symptom burden. OBJECTIVES: To examine demographic and clinical characteristics associated with high symptom burden in the homebound, and to examine associations between symptom burden and time to hospitaliz ... Full text Link to item Cite

Public and personal depression stigma in a rural American female sample.

Journal Article Arch Psychiatr Nurs · December 2015 We examined public and personal stigma among a community sample of 1,000 women living in primarily rural counties of Western Kentucky. Data on demographics, depression, stigma, health information sources, and availability of health services were collected ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perspectives on genetic and genomic technologies in an academic medical center: the duke experience.

Journal Article J Pers Med · April 3, 2015 UNLABELLED: In this age of personalized medicine, genetic and genomic testing is expected to become instrumental in health care delivery, but little is known about its actual implementation in clinical practice. METHODS: We surveyed Duke faculty and health ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Sources of health information among rural women in Western Kentucky.

Journal Article Public Health Nurs · 2015 OBJECTIVE: To identify sources of general and mental health information for rural women to inform the development of public health nursing interventions that consider preferences for obtaining information. DESIGN AND SAMPLE: One thousand women (mean age = ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceptions of Personalized Medicine in an Academic Health System: Educational Findings.

Journal Article J Contemp Med Educ · 2015 OBJECTIVE: Prior reports demonstrate that personalized medicine implementation in clinical care is lacking. Given the program focus at Duke University on personalized medicine, we assessed health care providers' perspectives on their preparation and educat ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Personalized health planning with integrative health coaching to reduce obesity risk among women gaining excess weight during pregnancy.

Journal Article Glob Adv Health Med · July 2013 Health coaching is an emerging behavioral intervention to improve outcomes in chronic disease management and prevention; however, no studies have investigated its utility in postpartum women who have gained excess weight during pregnancy. A 32-year-old pri ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Systematic Review of the Literature on Health and Wellness Coaching: Defining a Key Behavioral intervention in Healthcare.

Journal Article Glob Adv Health Med · July 2013 PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Review the operational definitions of health and wellness coaching as published in the peer-reviewed medical literature. BACKGROUND: As global rates of preventable chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions, there has been an inc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Personalized medicine in women's obesity prevention and treatment: implications for research, policy and practice.

Journal Article Obes Rev · February 2013 The prevalence of obesity in America has reached epidemic proportions, and obesity among women is particularly concerning. Severe obesity (body mass index ≥35 kg m(-2) ) is more prevalent in women than men. Further, women have sex-specific risk factors tha ... Full text Link to item Cite