Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 287 of 390

A curly-haired healthcare provider examines a young red-haired girl’s leg while an older woman looks on in a pediatric clinic room.
September 12, 2013

Options to treat childhood C. diff. infection studied

After more than a month in and out of the hospital with her daughter, Kynslee, Kristen Allen felt she was at the end of her rope. Last spring, the nearly 2-year-old Columbia girl developed diarrhea that wouldn’t go away after taking antibiotics for repeated ear infections.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three researchers stand beside a Philips MRI scanner in an imaging laboratory: a man in a shirt and tie, a woman in blue, and a woman in glasses and a purple jacket.
September 12, 2013

MRI used as new tool in predicting lymphedema risk

A new Vanderbilt study is the first to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to noninvasively measure lymphatic flow.

By Vanderbilt Health News
robot hand
September 11, 2013

Vanderbilt Medicine: Robotics revolution

In the foreseeable future, robots will be sticking steerable needles in your brain to remove blood clots; capsule robots will be crawling up your colon as a painless replacement for the colonoscopy; and ultra-miniaturized snake robots will remove tumors from your bladder and other body cavities.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three students walk along a tree-lined campus path covered with autumn leaves, with other students and campus buildings in the background.
September 10, 2013

Vanderbilt named No. 17 national university by ‘U.S. News & World Report’

“U.S. News & World Report” ranked Vanderbilt’s undergraduate experience No. 17 among national universities. Vanderbilt jumped five spots, moving from 16th to 11th in the “great school at a great price” category.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A formally dressed older man sits in an upholstered chair while an older woman in glasses and a dark suit stands behind him indoors.
September 5, 2013

Travis family’s Vanderbilt legacy grows

By Vanderbilt Health News
Two researchers pose in a laboratory, with shelves of supplies and a computer workstation behind them. The man sits in front wearing a striped shirt, while the woman stands beside him in a patterned dress.
September 5, 2013

Controversial info release aids VUMC bird flu research

Vanderbilt research shows that human antibodies to the natural strain of H5N1 also protected against a dangerous lab-created airborne strain developed several years ago by scientists in the Netherlands and at the University of Wisconsin.

By Vanderbilt Health News