Month: November 2011

November 29, 2011

Children’s Hospital offers toy safety tips for the holiday shopping season

By VUMC News and Communications
Emmy statuette
November 21, 2011

Vanderbilt receives regional Emmy nominations

By VUMC News and Communications
November 18, 2011

Exercise fights fatty liver

By VUMC News and Communications
November 18, 2011

Skeletal defects in genetic disorder

A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 14, 2011

My Health Chat: Innovation in Heart Care and Genomic Medicine

By VUMC News and Communications
Larry Van Horn
November 14, 2011

Health care crisis subject of School of Medicine Dean’s Lecture

By VUMC News and Communications
November 11, 2011

Averting a future oncologist shortage

Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 11, 2011

Balancing act in the gut

Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 10, 2011

Breastfeeding problems can be linked to a tied tongue

A simple procedure can correct ‘tongue-tie,’ a commonly missed condition that could prevent newborns from breastfeeding properly.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 9, 2011

Join the effort to protect Tennessee’s children from abuse and neglect

By VUMC News and Communications
November 4, 2011

Vanderbilt night at Belk Cool Springs is Nov. 13

By VUMC News and Communications
November 4, 2011

Let there be light and melatonin

Light and the hormone melatonin may play important roles in the developing brain.
By Leigh MacMillan