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Self magazine interviewed Caitlyn Mooney, MD, assistant professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, for a story about a study showing that people who are physically active tend to be more resilient in stressful situations and less anxious overall.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including Prevention (how to treat a stomach bug); Men’s Health (how to clean your dumbbells); Time (the shingles infection of Indiana Pacers basketball player Tyrese Haliburton); and travel news site Afar (contaminated water on airplanes; headline: “You might want to think twice about drinking coffee on a plane”).
Everyday Health reporter Korin Miller interviewed Aaron Brinen, PsyD, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a story about a new study on using the keto diet to help treat depression.
WTVF News Channel 5 reporter Nikki Hauser filmed a story on patients’ use of 3-D printed tumor models in head and neck cancer to support their recovery from surgery. The program, led by Michael Topf, MD, associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, was instrumental for patient Michael DiDio, who told his story of recovering from laryngeal cancer and his positive experience at Vanderbilt Health. Also interviewed were Kenji Kobayashi, MD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Brent Griffin, the 3-D printing lab’s lead imaging design engineer.
HealthDay reporter Dennis Thompson interviewed Bill Heerman, MD, associate professor of Pediatrics, William K. Warren Foundation Chair in Medicine, and chief of the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, for a story about his study on youth obesity in the U.S. The story was picked up by Newsmax and others.
Newsweek and others covered the study from Xue Zhong, PhD, research assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, that identified medical conditions that often precede an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, could open opportunities to develop interventions that reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk.
MSN, Becker’s Hospital Review, Memesita, Bioengineer.org, Archyde, Mirage News, Inside Precision Medicine, WGNS 1450 AM, The Microbiologist, Mirage News, Medical Xpress, FirstWord PHARMA, Life Technology, and others covered the Vanderbilt Health news release about an experimental vaccine administered to the mucosal lining of the colon that protected against illness, death, tissue damage and infection recurrence. The findings, reported Feb. 18 in the journal Nature, represent a major step forward for vaccine development for C. diff, the leading cause of health care- and antibiotic-associated infection.
