Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 276 of 390

Two doctors in white coats stand beside a Philips medical imaging scanner. One wears a bow tie, and the other wears a red tie.
January 30, 2014

VICC debuts lung cancer screening program

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has launched a new lung cancer screening program to provide low-dose CT scans for patients at high risk for the deadly disease. Current or former smokers ages 55 to 74 who have a history of 30 or more pack years of smoking are eligible for the scans.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Six members of a pharmacology lab pose in two rows inside a laboratory, with four standing behind two seated colleagues.
January 30, 2014

Photo: Energy savers

The Pharmacology laboratory on the 4th floor of PRB, under the direction of H. Alex Brown, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology, was the winner of the VUMC Go Green for the Holidays energy conservation contest.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Smiling woman in a blue vest holds a small fluffy brown dog in a hospital lobby near a staircase.
January 30, 2014

Study tracks pet therapy’s impact on young patients

A Vanderbilt study is investigating whether therapy dogs can have a positive effect on children undergoing chemotherapy.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Children in colorful costumes hold hands and run together across a soccer field during a camp activity; one shirt reads “THEY MAKE THE RULES.”
January 30, 2014

Overuse injuries among young athletes examined

With concerns mounting as children train harder, compete more frequently and specialize in a single sport earlier, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has released a position statement that provides guidance to health providers who care for young athletes.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a smiling woman with short white hair and glasses, wearing a red cardigan and black top.
January 23, 2014

Adams named to new VUSN community engagement post

Susie Adams, Ph.D., R.N., has been named to the newly created position of Nursing Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

By Vanderbilt Health News
January 23, 2014

Lecture to link athletics, performing arts communities

Vanderbilt Sports Medicine is supporting an innovative collaboration linking the sports medicine and performing arts communities called “Athletes and the Arts.”

By Vanderbilt Health News