Jessica Pasley Archive — Page 34 of 57
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April 5, 2018
Report calls for greater awareness of rare cardiac disease
A national effort seeks to raise awareness about an uncommon cause of heart attacks in otherwise healthy, young and middle-aged women. -
March 29, 2018
Donate Life Flag-Raising Ceremony set for April 5
Kendra Woody sometimes receives text messages with photos of driver’s licenses with miniature red hearts. -
March 29, 2018
Family’s transplant journey a study in overcoming barriers
There are no words for liver transplantation in Somalian refugee Aniso Haji’s native language. -
March 22, 2018
Study explores new treatment for childhood myopia
The rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, in pediatric patients have steadily increased with little to no change in treatment, which, for decades, has had ophthalmologists and optometrists turning to corrective lenses for improved vision. -
March 8, 2018
First heart patients transplanted using novel transport device
The heart transplant team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center successfully transplanted two hearts using a novel preservation and transport technology allowing the heart to beat outside of the body for an extended amount of time. -
March 8, 2018
Awareness, education goal of new HPV initiative
Vanderbilt is at the epicenter of a human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancer epidemic, according to Ronald Alvarez, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt.