Year: 2012

mother and baby
June 22, 2012

Kids’ cells okay after mom’s cancer radiation

Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 19, 2012

Get food with international flair at ACDR cook-off

By VUMC News and Communications
DNA
June 19, 2012

Gene database to aid disease research

A new catalog of human genetic data may help researchers uncover the genetic roots of disease and enable the ultimate realization of personalized medicine.

By Bill Snyder
June 18, 2012

Vanderbilt and affiliates receive $18.8 million to improve health care, reduce costs for chronic conditions

By John Howser
June 18, 2012

New mobile ‘app’ helps medical center monitor hand washing compliance

By VUMC News and Communications
June 18, 2012

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital seeks to reduce drowning incidents this summer

By VUMC News and Communications
June 15, 2012

Family members can often sabotage diabetes care: study

Nonsupportive family members contribute to poor adherence to medication regimens and lower glycemic control in adults with diabetes.
By Craig Boerner
June 14, 2012

Vanderbilt mourns loss of Frances Williams Preston

By VUMC News and Communications
June 14, 2012

Roots of childhood brain tumors

Cells in the back of the developing brain can give rise to brain tumors, suggesting they may be a target for treatment.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 12, 2012

Mixed results define 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men in Tennessee and cancer deaths continue to move further away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 goal, according to the 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card.
By Craig Boerner
June 12, 2012

Making order out of ordinal data

A new statistical tool developed by Vanderbilt biostatisticians will help medical researchers make sense of a commonly encountered – but hard-to-analyze – type of data.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 11, 2012

Vanderbilt identifies genes linked to breast cancer chemo resistance

A study led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators has identified a gene expression pattern that may explain why chemotherapy prior to surgery isn’t effective against some tumors and suggests new therapy options for patients with specific subtypes of breast cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications