VUMC in the news

Yahoo News covered the fiasco cruise of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas, which was forced to return to port early after about 500 passengers became sick with norovirus. The story quotes William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine. Schaffner was also interviewed for a report on WXIA-TV (NBC)’s 11 Alive News in Atlanta (home of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) about how the government shutdown is affecting medical research.

Consumer Reports investigative reporter Ryan Felton and Kaiser Health News reporter Sharon Jayson interviewed Oscar Guillamondegui, MD, medical director of the Trauma Unit, for stories about scooter injuries.

Medscape Medical News reporter Batya Yasgur interviewed QiPing Feng, PhD, assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacology, for a story about her study on cholesterol and sepsis.

U.S. News and World Report published a piece on the uses of smartphones to improve health, and the story mentions efforts at Vanderbilt to predict which patients might be at risk for suicide.

WKRN News 2 reporter Jessica Jaglois interviewed David Edwards, MD, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine and assistant professor of Anesthesiology, about CBD oil, a hemp extract used by some in an effort to decrease pain, and whether it is safe.