Daily Archives: September 8, 2020

NEW: Weekly COVID-19 statistics

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Gastroenterology Journal

A snapshot of some of the numbers that help tell the story of COVID-19 at Vanderbilt. Continue reading →

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NEW: MPH students dive in to support COVID-19 response

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Gastroenterology Journal

Graduates from Vanderbilt’s Master in Public Health (MPH) program didn’t plan to become front-line soldiers against the COVID-19 global pandemic, but several have found themselves putting their training — and their career goals — front and center. Continue reading →

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NEW: COVID infections in health workers often go undetected: study

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Gastroenterology Journal

Many COVID-19 infections among health care workers go undetected, likely because many people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have mild or no symptoms, a study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Wesley Self, MD, MPH,… Continue reading →

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NEW: VUMC launches clinical trial of outpatient treatments for COVID-19

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Gastroenterology Journal

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now enrolling volunteers for a clinical trial of promising treatments for COVID-19 in the outpatient setting. Continue reading →

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Tuft Cells Play Critical Roles in the Heterogeneity and Epithelial Plasticity in Pancreatic Cancer Initiation and Progression

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Acute upper GI bleeding: good night, sleep tight, endoscopy can wait until morning light

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Gastroenterology Journal

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is the leading cause of hospitalization in gastroenterology (Gastroenterology 2019;156:254-272). Prognostic scoring systems for acute upper GI bleeding (AUGIB), such as the Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS) or Rockall score, ca… Continue reading →

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Is it time to recommend low-dose aspirin treatment for the prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma?

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