Adenrele Olajide, MBBS, assistant professor of Medicine, was quoted in an Everyday Health story about which exercises are best for people with knee osteoarthritis, with a recommendation that low-impact exercises such as walking, cycling and swimming are best.
WTVF News Channel 5 reporter Nikki Hauser interviewed Clayton Korson, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and an addiction medicine specialist, for a story on nicotine pouches and the potential danger they pose when they fall into the hands of children.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including CBS News (highest number of U.S. measles cases since 1992); NBC News (importance of flu shots); CNN (impact of the federal shutdown on disease surveillance); and ABC News (respiratory virus season, including COVID, flu and RSV).
Healthline reporter Gigen Mammoser interviewed Kristen Scarpato, MD, MPH, associate professor of Urology, for a story about a New England Journal of Medicine study on a new drug combination that utilizes the drug enzalutamide alongside hormone therapy to cut the risk of death by more than 40% in patients with recurrent prostate cancer after surgery or radiation for whom other treatments are no longer an option.
Tennessean reporter Beth Warren interviewed James Nichols, PhD, professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, for a story about a blood test to detect accurate potassium levels, which previously appeared falsely elevated or low, giving providers the wrong information when deciding proper care.
WZTV Fox 17 News reporter Amanda Chin covered the story of a new innovative CAR-T immunotherapy at Vanderbilt with patient Kyle Stephens and Olalekan Oluwole, MD, associate professor of Medicine.
Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, professor of Health Policy, was quoted in a CNN story about the possible lowering of prices for some weight loss drugs.
WKDZ-FM in Cadiz, Kentucky, covered medical assistant Jessica Esquilin receiving the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Medical Assistant of the Year Award. Esquilin works at Vanderbilt Pediatric Associates in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
