Daily Archives: August 1, 2018

VUMC IT has been managing several changes to enable the Medical Center to move to its new email environment, Microsoft Office 365. With steps one and two nearly complete, the focus turns to Step 3, migrating email content to the new Microsoft Office 36… Continue reading →

Turns out, Herb Alpert, the leader of the Tijuana Brass, also worked in bronze. Continue reading →

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has awarded Webb’s Refreshments a contract to be the designated coffee, water, and tea vendor at the Medical Center. In the coming weeks a transition will begin to phase out coffee and beverage services from other v… Continue reading →

Our traditional business day has transformed in recent years. An example would be your morning routine. Do you use an Alexa or other virtual assistant to wake up, check traffic, or play the morning news? Is getting dressed and having breakfast now acco… Continue reading →

Given the ever-increasing number of colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors, development of new approaches to improve patients’ long-term survival outcomes is a high priority. Recent striking success of immunotherapies in specific clinical circumstances ha… Continue reading →

Intra-pancreatic activation of the digestive proteases trypsin and chymotrypsin is an early event in the development of pancreatitis. Human genetic studies indicate that chymotrypsin controls trypsin activity via degradation, but there is no evidence o… Continue reading →

In a multicenter, prospective study of women with inflammatory bowel disease and their infants, maternal use of biologic therapy appears compatible with breastfeeding. Continue reading →

Infection with Tropheryma whipplei has a range of effects—some patients can be chronic carriers without developing any symptoms whereas others can develop systemic Whipple disease, characterized by a lack a protective inflammatory immune response. Al… Continue reading →