VUMC in the news

Reuters Health reporter Marilynn Larkin interviewed Shriji Patel, MD, assistant professor of Ophthalmology, for a story about a study on anticholinergic drug use and late AMD risk. It was also used by Medscape.

The New York Times reporter Denise Grady interviewed Ingrid Mayer, MD, professor of Medicine, and patient Bari Brooks for a story about results indicating that chemotherapy might not be the best choice for many women with a diagnosis of breast cancer. The piece was played on the front page of the national edition.

The American Journal of Managed Care senior editor Kelly Davio is covering the Journal of the National Cancer Institute analysis from Hilary Tindle, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Tobacco, Addiction and Lifestyle, that found the risk of lung cancer drops substantially within five years of quitting smoking but, even 25 years after quitting, lung-cancer risk remained over threefold higher compared to people who had never smoked.

LiveScience staff writer Yasemin Saplakoglu interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about the Nipah virus that’s recently been killing people in India. Self magazine reporter Korin Miller interviewed Schaffner for a story about the Nipah virus.

Shari Barkin, MD, William K. Warren Foundation Professor of Medicine, is quoted in a piece in The Tennessean, headlined “Tennessee kids are now the heaviest in America. And it’s getting worse.”

Science published a piece about dealing with sexual harassers in academia that quotes BethAnn McLaughlin, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology and Pharmacology.