BMI screening alone misses children with excess body fat, study finds

Waist circumference measurements along with weight and height may be a practical, low-cost marker to confirm excess body fat among children.

AI tools could shorten ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for patients with rare diseases

Large language models achieved diagnostic rates of 13.3% and 10.0%, compared to the historical clinical review rate of 5.6%, and they suggested next steps to evaluate the suggested diagnoses.

Kimberly Bress selected as 2025 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Bress is an MD-PhD candidate who is interested in the application of neuroimaging technology to understand cognition and behavior in adults with neurodevelopmental differences.

Henrique Serezani named director of Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology

Since its founding in 2015, VCI has served as a hub of research focused on fundamental human immune system regulation.

Healthy plant-based diets reduce risk of death in long-term VUMC study

The findings published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggest that efforts to promote diets high in healthy plant foods and low in animal foods could improve health outcomes.

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