Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 318 of 390

Glass cup of golden-green tea on a clear saucer, garnished with fresh mint leaves and a lemon wedge.
October 31, 2012

Green tea found to reduce rate of some GI cancers

Green tea may lower risk of some digestive cancers.

Electric space heater glowing on a wooden plank floor.
October 30, 2012

Vanderbilt burn doctors treat more patients during cold-weather months, urge caution with home heating

The Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt)
October 29, 2012

Cancer research and education agreement announced between Baptist Memorial Health Care and Vanderbilt University

October 29, 2012

Take extra steps on Halloween to keep children safe, caution safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Georgia Wiesner stands smiling with her hands clasped at a reception desk in a clinical office.
October 25, 2012

Wiesner to lead new hereditary cancer program

Georgia Wiesner, M.D., M.S., has joined Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) as professor of Medicine and director of the newly created Clinical and Translational Hereditary Cancer Program.

October 25, 2012

Combined drug therapy may delay melanoma progression

Combination therapy with two drugs delayed the development of treatment resistance in patients with metastatic melanoma that expresses a specific mutation in the BRAF gene.