Daily Archives: September 3, 2020

“Connectedness: Some Assembly Required” video from Health Plus helps complete Go for the Gold

A team of Vanderbilt experts shares how to get connected and stay connected to others — no matter what challenges life presents. Continue reading

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Tales of VUMC past: The Vanderbilt doctor who told his story of battling AIDS on “60 Minutes”

On the night of Jan. 12, 1997, viewers of the flagship CBS News magazine “60 Minutes” saw a segment about a VUMC physician who had just written a book titled “Working on a Miracle.” The doctor was Mahlon Johnson, MD, PhD, a VUMC pathologist. The “mirac… Continue reading

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“Discover”: Demographics of gastric cancer risk underscore need for screening

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Today is kickoff for FLUla-2-Uza vaccination campaign

FLUla-2-Uza plays off the name of the usual one-day mass vaccination event, Flulapalooza, and this year’s campaign will focus on bringing the flu vaccine to employees by offering it through various socially distant options on and off campus, spread out… Continue reading

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Cumulative risk for incident and fatal colorectal cancer after polypectomy

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Group 2 innate lymphoid cells coordinate damage response in the stomach

Severe injury to the lining of the stomach leads to changes in the epithelium (reprogramming) that protect and promote repair of the tissue, including development of spasmolytic polypeptide expressing metaplasia (SPEM) and tuft and foveolar cell hyperp… Continue reading

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