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  • Eat, Sleep, Console: Clinical Trial Identifies More Effective Way to Care for Opioid-Exposed Newborns
    May 2, 2023 by Janet Essman Franz
    Research led by Leslie Young, M.D., demonstrates that the Eat, Sleep, Console” care approach (ESC) for newborns exposed to opioids in the womb results in shorter hospital stays and decreased need for medication. National Institutes of Health funded the study. The findings are published in New England Journal of Medicine.
  • Medical Dialogues Highlights Dixon Study on Physiological Phenotypes of Asthma in Obesity
    April 30, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (APRIL 30, 2023) According to Medical Dialogues, a new study by pulmonologist Anne Dixon, B.M.B.Ch., professor and interim chair of medicine, and colleagues has found that people with asthma and obesity have significant dysfunction in the distal airways at baseline that worsens with methacholine.
    Read full story at Medical Dialogues
  • AP Reports on Young’s ‘Eat, Sleep, Console’ Research on Caring for Babies Exposed to Opioids in Utero
    April 30, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (APRIL 30, 2023) New research led by neonatologist Leslie Young, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, shows that babies exposed to opioids in the womb have shorter hospital stays when care includes more parent involvement and a quieter environment, the Associated Press reported.
    Read full story at Associated Press
  • UVM Faculty-Founded THINKMD & Save the Children Expand Partnership
    April 27, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    An expanded partnership between University of Vermont physician-founded THINKMD and global children’s health leader Save the Children aims to have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of children in vulnerable communities across the globe.
  • Gogo Comments on Vt. Flavored Tobacco Ban, CBS3 Reports
    April 26, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (APRIL 26, 2023) CBS3 reported that Vermont legislators are contemplating a proposal to ban menthol and flavored tobacco products, including vapes, something medical experts say is crucial to preventing problems later in life. “It’s not a clear risk or outcome when you start smoking or vaping when you’re 16-17 years old. These are things that start to cause problems when you’re 40, 50, 60 years old,” said cardiologist Prospero Gogo, M.D., professor of medicine.

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