Department of Medicine Archive — Page 87 of 119
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May 7, 2018
Records point to drug-drug interaction
Patients who take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug while taking the antibiotic daptomycin have increased risk of developing muscle weakness or a more severe form of muscle damage. -
May 4, 2018
New breast cancer targets
A special genetic analysis has revealed candidate genes associated with increased risk of breast cancer. -
May 3, 2018
Understanding HDL structure
Structural features of newly formed HDL particles will help guide understanding of “good cholesterol” and its function. -
May 3, 2018
Six Vanderbilt physicians honored by medical societies
Four faculty members of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine were among 78 physician-scientists inducted into The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), an elite honor society of physician-scientists from the upper ranks of academic medicine and industry. They are: -
May 3, 2018
LEAP Fellowship bolsters Staub’s antimicrobial stewardship research
Infectious Disease fellow Milner Staub, MD, is among the first awardees of the Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public health (LEAP) Fellowship. -
April 26, 2018
Ware elected VP of clinical investigation society
With last week’s election of Lorraine Ware, MD, as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), two faculty members of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine are among the current officers of the elite physician-scientist honor society. -
April 19, 2018
Former FDA official explores big data’s impact on healthcare
“Big data” can help reverse the alarming decline in life expectancy in the United States — if universities and academic medical centers take the lead, former U.S. Food and Drug Administrator Robert Califf, MD, told a Vanderbilt audience last week.