Year: 2012

April 2, 2012

Honky-Tonk Heroes and Healing Hands: Vanderbilt and Music City’s hit makers deliver perfect harmony

By VUMC News and Communications

April 2, 2012

Children ages 5-15 can train for triathlon with Team Vanderbilt

By VUMC News and Communications

March 28, 2012

Vanderbilt researchers find rise in teen hearing loss; offer headphone safety tips

According to a Vanderbilt-led study published in Journal of the American Medical Association, hearing loss is now affecting 20 percent of U.S. adolescents ages 12 to 19, which is a 5 percent increase over the past 15 years.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 28, 2012

Children’s Hospital offers headphone safety tips to prevent long-term hearing loss

By VUMC News and Communications

March 23, 2012

Williams, others elected to Frist Board of Trustees

By VUMC News and Communications

March 23, 2012

Smoking stokes cells’ cancer capacity

Cellular pathways altered by chronic exposure to cigarette smoke may reveal new biomarkers to assess smoking-induced lung cancer risk.

By VUMC News and Communications

March 22, 2012

Baby photo contest, more to raise money for Children’s Hospital

By VUMC News and Communications

March 21, 2012

Lecture on social media and diabetes education March 23

By VUMC News and Communications

March 21, 2012

Obesity turns “good” cholesterol bad

Studies offer new insights into how obesity impairs the function of HDL, the “good” cholesterol.

By Leigh MacMillan

March 19, 2012

Warm weather kicks off early ‘trauma season’ in Middle Tennessee

By VUMC News and Communications

March 19, 2012

Next My Health Chat to explore cancer drug discovery

By VUMC News and Communications

March 19, 2012

iPOND method goes fishing for proteins

A new tool will allow researchers to identify proteins involved in DNA replication and damage repair, processes that go awry in cancer.

By Leigh MacMillan