Lab results and AI chatbots; prices of prescriptions; don’t ‘tough out’ pneumonia; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources

Bradley Malin, PhD, professor of Biomedical Informatics, was quoted in a Becker’s Hospital Review story about patients uploading lab results directly into AI chatbots, and the resulting frustration among some clinicians at erroneous or fanciful interpretations of data from those chatbots.

Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, was quoted in stories about prescription drug prices by the Associated Press and The Washington Post. Dusetzina was also quoted by CNN in a story about FDA-approved dosages of cancer drugs.

William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by several news outlets about public health issues, including: Men’s Health (pneumonia and why you shouldn’t “tough out” symptoms); Healio (drug resistant Shigella); NBC News “Today” and  CNN (a summer surge in COVID cases); and Prevention (testing ticks for Lyme disease at home — and the problems presented by such a test).

The Sydney Morning Herald and The New York Times quoted Stephen Camarata, PhD, Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, in stories about the death of Cambridge University professor Jason Arday. 

Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, Assistant professor of Neurology, was quoted in a Science story about the search for rare genetic variants that shield against Alzheimer’s disease.

Kathryn Edwards, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, emerita, was quoted by the New York Times in a story about a dubious proposal to split the MMR vaccine into three separate shots.

WTVF News Channel 5’s “Morning Line” interviewed Daniel Muñoz, MD, Executive Medical Director of the Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, for a segment focused on statins, cholesterol and cardiovascular health.

Prevention reporter Korin Miller interviewed Olivia Gruder, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor and Clinical Director of the Green Hills Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, for a story about Celine Dion’s comeback to performing by doing three, 90-minute Pilates classes a week, along with ballet, to combat stiff person syndrome.