Monthly Archives: August 2018
VUMC IT to begin migrating email components in August
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
“Curious VUMC”: That sculpture outside Medical Center North was created by the guy who did the theme to “The Dating Game?”
Turns out, Herb Alpert, the leader of the Tijuana Brass, also worked in bronze. Continue reading
New vendor agreement standardizes coffee, water and tea
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
The modern mobile workforce: Three reasons why smartphones are working for us (part 1 of 4 from VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity)
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
The Potential Role of Exercise and Nutrition in Harnessing the Immune System to Improve Colorectal Cancer Survival
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
Chymotrypsin Reduces the Severity of Secretagogue-induced Pancreatitis in Mice
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
Covering the Cover
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
Tropheryma whipplei Increases Expression of Human Leukocyte Antigen-G on Monocytes to Reduce Tumor Necrosis Factor and Promote Bacterial Replication
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
Hospitalizations for Chronic Liver Disease: Time to Intervene at Multiple Levels
Chronic liver disease (CLD) is an important, and likely underestimated, national and global public health problem. CLD and its underlying risk factors are highly prevalent and mostly clinically silent, but may eventually lead to cirrhosis, which is fre… Continue reading
Increased Levels of Branched-chain Amino Acid Associated With Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in a Prospective Case–Control Study of a Large Cohort
A marker is needed to identify individuals at risk for pancreatic cancer. Increases in branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) have been associated with pancreatic cancer. We performed a prospective case–control study to study the association between plas… Continue reading