Year: 2012

July 6, 2012

VUMC leaders: ‘The Future is All Around Us’

By VUMC News and Communications
July 3, 2012

The future is all around us

By VUMC News and Communications
July 3, 2012

Receptor’s role in nutrition brain circuitry

New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized.

By Leigh MacMillan
Fireworks (iStockphoto)
June 29, 2012

VUMC doctors urge caution with Fourth of July fireworks

By VUMC News and Communications
Rising kindergartener Jariah Hendricks finishes learning about healthy bedtime routines from VUSN students at the Kindergarten Kick-Off at Kirkpatrick Elementary School. Students pictured are, from left, Allie Morrison, Melanie Parker and Mallory Moore. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt)
June 28, 2012

Nursing school project helps ready children for kindergarten

By VUMC News and Communications
June 28, 2012

Report shows Vanderbilt achieving low rates of central line infections

By Paul Govern
June 28, 2012

Low oxygen could protect sick kidneys

Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 27, 2012

Probing the roots of depression by tracking serotonin regulation at a new level

An interdisciplinary team of scientists have successfully tagged a protein that regulates the neurotransmitter serotonin with tiny fluorescent beads, allowing them to track the movements of individual molecules for the first time. This capability makes it possible to study the manner in which serotonin regulates mood, appetite and sleep at a new level of detail.
June 27, 2012

‘Look Before You Lock’ to prevent child heat stroke and death

By VUMC News and Communications
June 27, 2012

Spelling out HIV risk in urban China

Research reveals clues to HIV risk in Chinese men who have sex with other men.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 26, 2012

Construction work will affect Medical Center Drive

By VUMC News and Communications
June 26, 2012

Eat at Mimi’s Café in July and help Children’s Hospital

By VUMC News and Communications