VUMC in the news

A Chicago Tribune story on pet therapy dogs and their effect on patients, and how the work affects the dogs, quotes Mary Jo Gilmer, PhD, MBA, professor of Nursing and Pediatrics.

Vanderbilt research about Alzheimer’s disease being more common in women than men, and why that might be the case, is mentioned in an article in Forbes.

The age-old question of whether toilet seat covers in public bathrooms protect the user from disease was taken up in a Reader’s Digest article, which was also picked up by Fox News. The piece quotes William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine.

Blake Farmer from WPLN Nashville Public Radio attended Children’s Hospital’s High Five Constraint Camp, an annual weeklong intensive constraint-induced movement therapy camp for children. Farmer hopes to share the piece with Kaiser Health News.