Patrick Arbogast

  • Vanderbilt University

    Arbogast remembered as outstanding teacher, mentor

    Patrick Arbogast, Ph.D., a former Vanderbilt faculty member in the Departments of Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine, died in August. Read More

    Sep 6, 2012

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    Common antibiotic found to pose increased heart risk

    Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a rare, but important risk posed by the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a “Z-pack.” The study found a 2.5-fold higher risk of death from cardiac arrhythmia in the first five days of taking azithromycin when compared with another common antibiotic or no antibiotics at all. Read More

    May 21, 2012