Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 238 of 390

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April 15, 2015

VU team’s cattle research may yield lung disease clues

Vanderbilt University researchers have found a genetic mutation that causes pulmonary hypertension in cattle grazed at high altitude, and which leads to a life-threatening condition called brisket disease.

A doctor wearing a headlamp examines an older patient’s neck in a clinical examination room; anatomical posters hang in the background.
April 9, 2015

Free screening event for head and neck cancer set for April 17

Of every 100 people in the United States, at least three men or women will be diagnosed with head and neck cancer in their lifetimes. These cancers can occur in the nasal cavity, sinuses, throat, lips, mouth, thyroid, salivary glands or the voice box (larynx).

A group of adults gathers in a medical teaching laboratory beside a full-size skeleton model and overhead examination equipment; a stack of anatomy and medical books sits in the foreground, including a visible “Dissector” title.
April 9, 2015

Photo: Second Look

Second Look brings students from across the country who are considering Vanderbilt University School of Medicine for their medical education.

Three men pose in a lecture hall; the man on the right wears a white lab coat, and a projected presentation screen is visible behind them.
April 9, 2015

Photo: Metabolic discoveries

Discovery Lecturer Stephen O’Rahilly, M.D., helped establish and now co-directs the Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge, England.

April 9, 2015

New service to help with audio/visual support issues

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has implemented a new service to provide assistance with audio/visual (AV) support issues.

Vanderbilt Medical Center’s main hospital and adjacent modern medical research buildings, viewed through trees; the brown building is marked “1211.”
April 9, 2015

New center unites Trauma, Burn, Emergency Surgery

The Clinical Services of Trauma, Orthopaedic Trauma, Burn and Emergency General Surgery are formally joining forces to form The Vanderbilt Center for Trauma, Burn and Emergency Surgery. Vanderbilt University Medical Center operates the only certified Level 1 trauma facility in Middle Tennessee.