Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 309 of 390

Three researchers—Yuwei Zhu, John Williams, and Kathryn Edwards—pose in a laboratory beside scientific equipment.
February 14, 2013

Research reveals clues to childhood respiratory virus

New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Composite image showing a performer leading a dance in a crowded room and a group dancing outdoors in matching white shirts.
February 12, 2013

GROWing obesity prevention trial

By Vanderbilt Health News
Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman with straight shoulder-length hair, facing the camera with a slight smile.
February 11, 2013

A Life Changed: A Vanderbilt nurse recounts the tragic night that would change her life forever

By Vanderbilt Health News
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a dark blue background.
February 7, 2013

Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor

On a recent Monday afternoon, the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt moved — within minutes — from the typical hustle and bustle of seeing and admitting patients to an entire children’s hospital on a state of full community alert.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Runners begin a campus road race beside a cluster of colorful balloons marking the course.
February 7, 2013

Registration open for Shade Tree Trot in April

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students hope hundreds of participants will come out to support their student-run free health clinic at this year’s Shade Tree Trot on Saturday, April 20.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Vanderbilt’s Mr. Commodore mascot wears a black hat with white feathers, a black jacket, and a bright pink shirt while holding pink pom-poms at a women’s basketball game; spectators in the background also wear pink.
February 7, 2013

Memorial Gym to go pink for breast cancer awareness

The Vanderbilt Commodores Women’s Basketball team will be decked out in pink uniforms when they take the home court this Sunday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m., in a matchup against the Kentucky Wildcats.

By Vanderbilt Health News