VUMC News and Communications

May 27, 2014

Vanderbilt allergist offers tips on managing dust and dander allergies during Spring cleaning

Cleaning house can stir up the dust and dander winter left behind—and pose significant issues for allergy sufferers.

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May 22, 2014

Personalized care, gene testing highlighted at VICC retreat

Using enhanced gene mutation testing to provide precision therapy for cancer patients was one of the themes at the annual Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) scientific retreat, held May 15 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.

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May 22, 2014

Urologic cancer studies point to need for referral education

Women with blood in their urine (hematuria) were less than half as likely as men with the same issue to be referred to a urologist for further tests, according to a new VUMC study.

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May 22, 2014

Photo: Prenatal care panel

VUMC’s Deborah Wage, CNM, FNP, and Jim Merwin, director of Program Innovation with UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform and Modernization, center, talk with Nashville Mayor Karl Dean before this week’s panel discussion about “Expect with Me,” a new model of group prenatal care being studied by Vanderbilt, Yale University and United Health Foundation.

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May 22, 2014

Photo: Cutting-edge research

From left, Susan Wente, Ph.D., and Gordon Bernard, M.D., greet Marie Griffin, M.D., MPH, John Graves, Ph.D., and Wei Zheng, Ph.D., MPH, prior to their presentations May 15 at the first of two “Vanderbilt Cutting-edge Discovery” discussions, held as part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series.

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May 22, 2014

Award honors Byram’s HIV/AIDS care efforts

Beverly Byram, MSN, FNP, program director of the Part D Ryan White program at the Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC), has received the 2014 Salute to Nurses Community Outreach Award from the Tennessee Nurses Association and the Tennessean.

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May 22, 2014

Alliance’s Wilkins to take part in academic health leadership program

Consuelo Wilkins, M.D., MSCI, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, has been accepted as a Fellow in the 2014-2015 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.
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May 22, 2014

Cellular forces aid tumor invasion

The contractile machinery inside tumor cells increases invasive properties, suggesting it might be a good target to inhibit cancer cell spread.
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May 21, 2014

VICC Cancer Survivorship Celebration set for June 8

Music will set the tone for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s annual Cancer Survivorship Celebration for patients, friends and families.
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May 21, 2014

Photo: Steeplechase 2014

This year’s Iroquois Steeplechase drew more than 25,000 spectators to Percy Warner Park.
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May 16, 2014

Children’s Hospital: Follow these tips for lawn mower safety

Injuries from lawn mowers are among the most traumatic seen at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. They are devastating to patients and their families.
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May 15, 2014

Perfusion students win international skills competition

Three first-year students in the Cardiovascular Perfusion Program, one of the Allied Health programs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, demonstrated their depth of knowledge in their field by winning the second annual Perfusion Bowl, held at the 52nd International Conference of the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology in San Diego.
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