Daily Archives: June 7, 2018

American Hospital Association #HAVHope day combats violence against health care providers

#HAVhope Friday, June 8, is a National Day of Awareness that unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals from across the country, as well the local and national organizations they work with, to combat violence through the … Continue reading

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Vanderbilt Heart hosts ECMO Celebration today

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VUMC team devises “novel” idea to help improve hypertension education

Reading a comic book may improve the health of hypertension patients, or at least that’s the goal of a new study at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading

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VUMC study finds preferences among physicians in receiving information about antibiotic prescribing

“Antimicrobial use feedback is an important component of antibiotic stewardship initiatives that can improve the use of these drugs,” said Tara Lines, PharmD, infectious disease pharmacy resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and lead author… Continue reading

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Discover, learn and share at StrategyShare18, June 26

StrategyShare18 will take place on Tuesday, June 26, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. It will consist of a series of strategy talks, power pitches, panel discussions and mission moments by faculty, trainees and those in the community who have been impacted by the … Continue reading

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World Cup charity fundraiser offers opportunity to support Children’s Hospital

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microRNA 125a Regulates MHC-I Expression on Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Cells, Associated With Suppression of Anti-tumor Immune Response and Poor Outcomes of Patients

Immune checkpoint inhibition may affect growth or progression of highly aggressive cancers, such as esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). We investigated the regulation of expression of major histocompatibility complex, class 1 (MHC-I) proteins (encoded by … Continue reading

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