Monthly Archives: September 2020
Rapid COVID test supply limited for now; extra precautions to limit use needed
Over the next 4-6 weeks, VUMC’s supply of the ID Now COVID-19 rapid test will be limited to the weekly allotment that we receive from the state. Our usage of this test for rapid preprocedural testing equals that of our weekly allotment. For this reason… Continue reading
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AED training plays key role in reviving young athlete
A one-hour training session helped give Taylor Frost, 16, a lifetime of possibilities. On Aug. 12, Frost, a member of the Jonathan Edwards Classical Academy cross country team, collapsed. Within minutes his coach and other responders from the Nashville… Continue reading
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The police officer needed a kidney transplant. The donor turned out to be very familiar to him — he had arrested her.
He had been a cop for four decades. She had been featured on “Alabama’s Most Wanted.” Continue reading
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Sex-Specific Genetic Associations for Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) and its premalignant lesion, Barrett’s esophagus (BE), are characterized by a strong and yet unexplained male predominance (with a male-to-female ratio in EA incidence of up to 6:1). Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)… Continue reading
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NEW: Weekly COVID-19 statistics
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
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
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
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
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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