Rathmell named chair of Department of Medicine
August 17, 2020
After serving as interim chair since Jan.
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Study suggests new threshold for diagnosing PAH
August 17, 2020
Doctors diagnosing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) — elevated pulmonary pressure due to an issue in the small vessels of the lung — rely on a hemodynamic threshold set in the early 1970s to determine whether patients would be candidates for pulmonary vasodilator therapy.
Stomach bug hit-and-run
July 24, 2020
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori colonizes the stomach in half of the world’s population and increases the risk of gastric cancer.
Criteria for lung cancer screens may be expanded
July 24, 2020
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending two changes that will nearly double the number of people eligible for lung cancer screening by lowering the age from 55 to 50 and reducing the number of smoking history pack years from 30 to 20.
Study shows better option for treatment of inoperable anal cancer
June 25, 2020
“The InterAAct trial identifies carboplatin-paclitaxel as the optimal chemotherapy regimen in the first-line setting for inoperable anal cancer,” said lead United States investigator Cathy Eng, MD, David H.
Progression of inflammatory lung disease analyzed
April 01, 2020
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center interim analysis shows that there appears to be a considerable length of time before a subset of people develop inflammatory, scarring lung diseases where there is radiologically detectable evidence they will develop lung disease.