Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 271 of 390

Students perform a choreographed dance on a brightly lit stage, with several performers in red and black outfits and a large projection screen behind them.
March 27, 2014

Cadaver Ball 2014

Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine descended upon Marathon Music Works downtown for last Saturday’s annual Cadaver Ball.

Three musicians perform acoustically on a small stage before an audience, with a sign reading “Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt” behind them.
March 27, 2014

Photo: Cassadee Pope

Cassadee Pope, who won season 3 of “The Voice,” recently performed for patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

yawning woman
March 27, 2014

Undiagnosed sleep apnea among women on rise

Many women currently have undiagnosed sleep apnea, leading to potentially serious health effects, a Vanderbilt sleep expert says.

Two physicians review mammogram images displayed on computer monitors in a breast imaging center; one is seated at the workstation while the other stands behind him.
March 27, 2014

3-D imaging enhances options for breast cancer screening

The Vanderbilt Breast Center at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks has added tomosynthesis mammography, an imaging technique that creates a three-dimensional image of breast tissue, to help screen patients for breast cancer.

Child lying in bed with a blue cold pack on her forehead and a thermometer in her mouth, holding tissues beside her.
March 27, 2014

Flu boosts pneumococcal colonization

Influenza and parainfluenza infections – but not other respiratory viruses – increase the risk of acquiring pneumococcal bacteria, the most common cause of severe pneumonia.

Gold and orange Vanderbilt University background with a large stylized university logo and repeated “VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY” text.
March 21, 2014

Call for grant review panel members for community engaged research project

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance is seeking reviewers for its 15-year anniversary grants, which include partnership development and community-engaged research pilot grants.