Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 247 of 390

brain and lightning
January 7, 2015

Electrical stimulation ‘tunes’ visual attention using long-term memory

Picking a needle out of a haystack might seem like the stuff of fairytales, but our brains can be electrically “tuned” to enable us to do a much better job of finding what we’re looking for.

A red-and-yellow winding path labeled “HEALTH,” with nearby words “HEALTHCARE,” “FITNESS,” and “NUTRITION,” marked by a blue pushpin.
January 6, 2015

Area leaders host community forum on poor health and effects on quality of life, economy

Leading business, health care and civic officials will hold a Nashville Community Health Forum at Vanderbilt on Jan. 14 focused on the chronically poor health condition of Davidson County and Tennessee residents.

laptop
January 4, 2015

IT Support: Contact information for VU and VUMC Help Desks

To ensure that Vanderbilt faculty and staff receive the best IT support possible, Vanderbilt IT wants to make the community aware of how to access the designated support teams for the university and Medical Center.

January 2, 2015

Award winners embody commitment to service

The most recent Credo Award and Five Pillar Leader Award winners were announced at the Winter Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Langford Auditorium.

microscope
December 26, 2014

The most popular research news stories of 2014

Electricity, learning, marijuana, outer space and planet Earth were the hot topics of 2014.

December 22, 2014

Tennessee Poison Center physician offers tips to prevent holiday poisonings