Monthly Archives: February 2018

“VUMC Voice”: The mystery good Samaritan nurse whose act of kindness prompted a Nashville man to phone VUMC to tell how she helped him after a bicycle wreck, has been identified. She is Carmen Magers, RN, who works in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PAC… Continue reading →

“VUMC Voice”: The proposal was at Kroger. A wedding ring fell over a cliff. William “Bill” Moore, MD, clinical professor of Pediatrics, and Mary “Genie” Courtney, PhD, research professor in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, are still in love. Continue reading →

We read with great interest the article by Snyder et al1 comparing 3 different methods of duodenoscope disinfection or sterilization: standard high-level disinfection, double high-level disinfection (dHLD), and standard high-level disinfection followe… Continue reading →

We took note with great interest of the paper by Klatte et al entitled “Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Risk of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease.”1 In this broad retrospective study, these authors demonstrated that initiatio… Continue reading →

There is strong evidence supporting the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and fructose consumption.1 Fructose particularly drives hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL), which promotes lipotoxicity and steatohepatitis. Schwarz et al2 hav… Continue reading →

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CMGH) was established to create a forum for high-quality, mechanistic studies of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas. CMGH has now completed its third full year of publication and has … Continue reading →