Monthly Archives: February 2020

Almost 60% of older adults who have successfully been treated for depression experience a recurrence within four to five years, but little is known about why this happens or who may be at highest risk. Continue reading →

The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 22,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Continue reading →

All Vanderbilt University and Medical Center students, faculty and staff are automatically enrolled in the system using their University and Medical Center email addresses. Continue reading →

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will break ground on Wednesday, March 4, at 2 p.m., on a new 31,000-square-foot facility that will offer adult outpatient specialty care, along with limited pediatric specialty care and imaging services to the citiz… Continue reading →

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is on the verge of becoming the leading cause of liver disease. NAFLD develops at the interface between environmental factors and inherited predisposition. Genome-wide association studies, followed by exome-wid… Continue reading →

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global and growing health concern. Emerging evidence points towards metabolic inflammation as a key process in the fatty liver that contributes to multiorgan morbidity. Key extrahepatic comorbidities that … Continue reading →

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional bowel disorder worldwide (Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2012;10:712-721). The diagnosis is based on a patient reporting a specific combination of symptoms, as defined by the Rome criteria… Continue reading →