Year: 2023

VUMC to hold panel discussion for faculty and staff on state firearm policies, Nov. 1

VUMC scientists record powerful signal in the brain’s white matter

Vanderbilt researchers report that when people who are having their brains scanned by fMRI perform a task, like wiggling their fingers, certain signals increase in white matter throughout the brain, which has long been thought to play a lesser role the more the brain’s more energetic gray matter.

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Initiative seeks to aid youth at risk for suicide

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has joined a national initiative to better identify and care for youth at risk for suicide.

ICU antibiotics may be safe for kidneys

A Vanderbilt study found that two antibiotics thought to cause kidney failure in ICU patients with a severe bacterial infection, especially when combined with another antibiotic, may be safer for the kidneys than previously reported.

VUMC in the news, Oct. 17, 2023

On the Horizon Town Hall Series: Live event coming Oct. 30

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