Monthly Archives: February 2019

Jessica Biggs was scared to go to sleep at night. At 32, she had her first heart attack, then a second, third and fourth within a few months. The Smith County schoolteacher couldn’t find answers about the underlying cause until she came to Vanderbilt. Continue reading →

Nominations are open for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s annual Administrative Professional Award, which seeks to highlight inspiring administrative staff who provide invaluable assistance all year long. The deadline to submit nominations is… Continue reading →

Thousands of Americans die each year during a dangerous two-minute procedure to insert a breathing tube. Now a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is showing that using bag-mask ventilation, s… Continue reading →

We are grateful for the interest others have shown in our paper, which allowed us to clarify critical aspects of the case-control study design and the nature of our study population. Continue reading →

We thank Dr Peter Gibson and colleagues for their interest in our study1 and appreciate their point of view in defense of the low FODMAP diet they so fervently promulgate. Their 3 main concerns are allayed by the following information. Continue reading →

We thank Professors Johann and Heinz Hammer for their interest in our recent publication, as well as their comments.1 The article examined potential associations between the symptoms provoked (intolerance) and the gases produced owing to incomplete abs… Continue reading →