The New York Times reporter Sadiba Hasan covered the story of VUMC brain cancer patient Moira Collette-Jean Legault, who married the love of her life while knowing she only had a year to live. Editor’s note: before clicking link, have some tissues ready.
People published two storie about actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s treatment at the Vanderbilt Voice Center after she lost her voice about two years ago. The pieces quote Gaelyn Garrett, MD, professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and executive medical director of the Voice Center. The second story about the three-hour surgery on her vocal cords, during which she was Williams-Paisley was awake, is here.
Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases and Edie Carell Johnson Chair in Pediatrics at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was interviewed by Education Week for a story about how teachers, who famously work in a roomful of potential germ carriers, can stay healthy through the winter.
Yahoo! News reporter Korin Miller interviewed Beth Malow, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Division, for a story that ranks cities on factors that are important for sleep. The top five: San Jose; Minneapolis, Denver, Austin and Milwaukee.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, NBC News (the prospect of the authorization of a bird flu vaccine for humans); Consumer Reports (which natural cures work and which don’t); and Salon (the effect of taking zinc supplements on the common cold).
American Public Media’s “Marketplace” reporter Samantha Fields interviewed Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, professor of Health Policy, for a story about the surge in popularity and usage of weight loss drugs, with a particular focus on how much these drugs cost, both for those who have insurance coverage and those who don’t, and how that’s affecting who’s able to access them. Dusetzina was also interviewed for a MedPage Today story about Medicare pay rates.
Healthline reporter Gigen Mammoser interviewed James Powers, MD, professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, for a story pegged to new research in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on cardiovascular fitness and preservation of cognitive ability later in life.
