Craig Boerner

December 20, 2012

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt urges parents to talk to teens about safe driving this holiday season

By Craig Boerner
December 19, 2012

How to avoid family stress over the holidays

By Craig Boerner
December 6, 2012

Emergency medicine efforts in Guyana lauded

Vanderbilt’s Department of Emergency Medicine recently received a Commendation Award for its decade-long efforts to establish an Emergency Medicine program and department at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana.

By Craig Boerner
December 3, 2012

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt urges caution during holiday decorating

By Craig Boerner
October 25, 2012

Former pro golfer, burn patient makes return visit to Vanderbilt

Former pro golfer Cathy Gerring returned to Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently for the first time since she was hospitalized here after being badly burned in a golf tournament more than 20 years ago.

By Craig Boerner
October 23, 2012

Vanderbilt researchers find that diabetes drug could be effective in treating addiction

A drug already used for the medical management of diabetes also reduces the rewarding effects of cocaine in animals, which could have far-reaching implications for patients worldwide who suffer from addiction.

By Craig Boerner
October 18, 2012

VUMC honored for patient safety initiatives

By Craig Boerner
October 11, 2012

Collaborative effort focuses on pediatric traumatic brain injury

Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences are offering new interdisciplinary outpatient programs for children ages 3 to 21 who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
By Craig Boerner
September 27, 2012

Study ties early menopause to heart attack, stroke

Women who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study by Melissa Wellons, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.
By Craig Boerner
September 20, 2012

Schaffner lauded for epidemiology contributions

William Schaffner, M.D., professor and chair of Preventive Medicine, is the 2012 recipient of the American College of Epidemiology’s Abraham Lilienfeld Award, in recognition of his contributions and leadership in the discipline of epidemiology.
By Craig Boerner
August 23, 2012

Belmont, VU create Physical Therapy residency

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute (PBPRI) in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is joining with the School of Physical Therapy at Belmont University to initiate a Neurological Physical Therapy Clinical Residency.
By Craig Boerner
July 31, 2012

National type I diabetes prevention trial now an option for younger children

A type I diabetes prevention study that is part of the TrialNet program at Vanderbilt is now enrolling children as young as 8 years old.
By Craig Boerner
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