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Gastroenterology & GI Surgery

Consider Laryngopharyngeal Reflux as Cause of Chronic Cough

VUMC imagines new ways to treat painful throat-clearing symptoms often misattributed to GERD.
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Changing Medicine

Study Links COVID-19 to Unprofessional Behavior

VUMC workplace model promotes professional accountability among medical staff during COVID-19 crisis.
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Rheumatology

Machine Learning Probes Distinctions in Lupus Types

New AI approach identifies ways lupus manifests in different patients, potentially leading to more personalized treatment.
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Psychiatry

Anticipating Relapse in Late-life Depression

Study explores questions regarding the recurrence of depression following treatment.
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Pediatric Urology

Linking Allergies and Urinary Voiding Dysfunction

Study seeks a connection to support children with lower-urinary-tract symptoms.

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Trends in Medicine

Teams Map Early Progress of Colorectal Cancer

Vanderbilt is creating a roadmap of colorectal cancer progression as part of an NCI-funded Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Surgeons Top Reports of Unprofessional Behavior

Surgeons and nonsurgeon proceduralists experienced more reports of unprofessional behavior, according to a new restrospective study.

Conversational Format Encourages End-of-Life Planning

A new style of advanced-care planning packet helped increase the number of patients with advance directives in the EMR.

Peer Feedback Prompts Professionalism Among Nurses

A well-established Vanderbilt University Medical Center program has proven effective at reinforcing professionalism and patient safety in a new population: nurses.

Mental Health Affects Appearance Perception Following Palsy

People with mental illness who experience non-flaccid facial paralysis exhibit a more negative response.

Pharmacologic Restraint a Stopgap for Children in Crisis

Researchers find varied levels of medication use across inpatient pediatric units.

Pediatricians Urge Preparedness for Mass Casualties

What pediatricians should know to be more effective in assisting children through crisis.

Physician-Patient Messaging Ripe for AI Upgrade

Pilot study suggests large language model programs may help improve the efficiency of patient-provider messaging.

Genetic Counselors Optimize Benefits of Prenatal Screening 

Genetic counselors and physicians in maternal-fetal medicine stay abreast of fast-moving advances in DNA screening.

HDL Switches From Friend to Foe in RA

In rheumatoid arthritis, altered microRNA cargo on HDL blunts protection against cardiovascular disease.