Year: 2024

Phishing attacks are targeting the health care industry; some tactics to familiarize yourself with to stay safe

As a health organization it is imperative that we remain vigilant and be familiar with phishing attacks

Anesthesia is in this family’s blood: father, two children all working as nurse anesthetists at Vanderbilt

Brian Reid, CRNA, used to pack Chris and Mary’s lunches before school. Now they all work together in VUMC’s Department of Anesthesiology.

Can drinking on a long flight hurt your heart health? Are summer colds really worse than winter colds? Why is there more syphilis in Tennessee? And other news stories with VUMC sources

A novel astrocyte cell in the retina: study

A full understanding of retinal cell types and their functions could point to novel therapeutic targets for diseases that affect the visual system, such as glaucoma — a leading cause of blindness for people over age 60.

It’s been 16 years since sweet-spot brain stimulation slowed Parkinson’s progression for Hermitage man

In 2008 at VUMC there were a group of doctors trying something unheard of on a handful of patients who signed up for their study. Half would receive deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in attempt to slow the progression of their early-stage Parkinson’s disease, and the others would not.

CollabHub, a new service for working with Microsoft 365 collaboration workspaces, is here

A new service is now available for organizing and managing Microsoft 365 collaboration workspaces such as Teams, SharePoint sites, and shared mailboxes.  This new service is called CollabHub.