Jami Miller, MD, associate professor of Clinical Dermatology, and David Gaston, MD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, were quoted in a Southern Living story headlined, ‘Should you wash new clothes before wearing them?’
Beth Malow, MD, professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, was quoted in a U.S. News and World Report story headlined, “10 Signs You Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep,” and also in a Women’s Health story about sleep inertia headlined, “Why Does Waking Up Feel So Hard?”
The Tennessean reporter Beth Warren covered the new “Monumental Figures” exhibit at the Parthenon in Centennial Park, featuring a sculpture of Mildred Stahlman, MD.
The New York Times’ ‘New Old Age’ columnist Paula Span interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a piece about how older people tend to embrace vaccination, and improve their health because of it. A Medscape piece about whether adults should update their measles vaccinations also quotes Schaffner.
Paul Newhouse, MD, professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Medicine and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine, was quoted in a Slate story by writer Hannah Singleton, who says in the article, headlined “Nicotine Gum Gave Me My Brain Back,” that her brain fog symptoms were helped by nicotine gum.
The study from Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, MSCI, assistant professor of Hematology/Oncology and Cancer Biology, that examined the rise in appendix cancers among millennials, continues to get major national coverage. Among the latest major outlets picking up the story were CNN, Health, WSMV Channel 4 News and Reuters.
A Daily Mail piece, headlined, “Surprising ingredient in dessert favorites that raises your risk of a heart attack” cites research from Deepak Gupta, MD, associate professor of Medicine. So what is this “surprising ingredient” teased in the headline? Salt — specifically the larger-grained sea salt popular on some desserts.
April Barnado, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of Medicine, was quoted by The New York Times in a piece about CAR T treatment for patients with lupus.