VUMC News and Communications

June 1, 2017

Sounds visit Children’s Hospital

Members of the Nashville Sounds baseball team and mascot Booster recently visited with patients and families in Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

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June 1, 2017

Veterans Affairs Research Conference

The 3rd National Veterans Health Affairs Research Conference held at Vanderbilt University Medical Center May 17-18.

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May 26, 2017

VICC experts to discuss high risk breast cancer at free seminar June 6

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), in collaboration with the Hereditary Cancer Program and the Vanderbilt Breast Center, is hosting a free seminar, “Are You at High Risk for Breast Cancer?”

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May 26, 2017

VICC experts to discuss high risk breast cancer at free seminar June 6

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), in collaboration with the Hereditary Cancer Program and the Vanderbilt Breast Center, will host a free seminar, “Are You at High Risk for Breast Cancer?”

By VUMC News and Communications
May 26, 2017

Vanderbilt LifeFlight launches app for emergency responders

Vanderbilt LifeFlight has developed a new app that allows for emergency responders to request a helicopter at the tap of a button. The app also uses computer-aided software to send the emergency responders’ location and other helpful information directly to dispatch personnel at LifeFlight’s Communications Center.

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May 25, 2017

VUMC wins national recognition for employee health care focus

The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has re-accredited Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) as a CEO Cancer Gold Standard employer for 2017 for VUMC’s efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for employees and their families.

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May 25, 2017

Vanderbilt, Ono Pharmaceutical extend drug discovery agreement

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Vanderbilt University and Japan-based Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have expanded a drug discovery agreement initiated in 2015 that will now run through 2019.
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May 25, 2017

2017 School of Nursing awards recognize faculty, staff and VUSM’s Bernard

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing presented its annual awards to faculty, staff and a friend of the school during its spring assembly on May 18.
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May 24, 2017

My Southern Health: The benefit of skin-to-skin contact for infants

Ventral skin-to-skin contact has been shown to improve premature infants’ health, both short- and long-term. The baby is undressed or unwrapped and placed against the mother’s bare skin, nestled against her chest. A cozier name for this method of holding a new baby is “kangaroo care.”
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May 22, 2017

Male adults needed for hearing study

The Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is seeking male adults to participate in a research study. The study will explore how the brain processes linguistic sounds.
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May 22, 2017

Numerous ATV trauma admissions concern providers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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May 19, 2017

My Southern Health: What to ask your doctor about prostate cancer screening

In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended that men of all ages should not be routinely screened for levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). That group now recommends that men ages 55 to 69 should talk with their doctors and make well-informed individual decisions about the potential harms and benefits of PSA screening, and treatment if cancer is found.
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