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‘PoRT’ Scale Rebalances Burden of Initiating Trust in Science
Jul. 18, 2023—A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led team developed a scale to measure trustworthiness in biomedical research among minority populations – a landmark tool for researchers to use to improve their own trustworthiness, and thus participation in research. The Perceptions of Research Trustworthiness (PoRT), described in an original investigation published in JAMA Network Open, is a groundbreaking...
On the Edge of Care
Jul. 18, 2023—Uterine fibroids are small, a so-called ‘invisible disease,’ but they levy an outsize cost: Treatment and lost time at work across the country add up to a whopping $34 billion. That’s a lot of time and money, not to mention that 70% of women in the U.S. will develop at least one fibroid by menopause,...
Recommended Reading
May. 17, 2022—The sources in our “Time for Action” article recommend the following books and sources for a closer examination of climate change. Climate Change and Health Atwoli, Lukoye, Abdullah H. Baqui, Thomas Benfield, Raffaella Bosurgi, Fiona Godlee, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, et al. “Call for Emergency Action to Limit Global Temperature Increases, Restore Biodiversity, and...
Time for Action
May. 16, 2022—“Either we’re all going to rise, or we’re all going to sink together.” When she says that, Carol Ziegler, DNP, NP-C, RD, is getting real about how the intensifying changes in climate are going to intersect with health — for each and every one of us, but especially for her low-income patients who often live...
Listen Up: VUMC offers original podcast series
Oct. 5, 2020—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action, an original podcast series exploring the issues and scientific advancements shaping health, medicine and society. The series takes the listener deep into the world of health care through conversations with more than 30 pioneers who are pushing boundaries and setting the stage for the...
A Class Act
Sep. 9, 2019—The glamour of being a neurosurgery resident is a yarn. It’s a world of busy calls, sharpening skills, the occasional moments of doubt, and seemingly more obligations than unlimited coffee could fuel — even if time stretched to 30 hours in a day. Somehow, though, it all gets done for the three third-year neurosurgery residents,...
Handle with Care
Mar. 1, 2019—Neonatologist Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, cares for one of the unintended consequences of the rampant opioid crisis — babies born with drug withdrawal — and he’s on a quest to reduce that part of his practice. He’d prefer not to treat babies with drug withdrawal, or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), but it’s part of the...