Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 324 of 390

Brent Lemonds (Vanderbilt University)
September 12, 2012

Medical Center mourns loss of Lemonds

Brent Lemonds, M.S., R.N., EMT-P, administrator for Service Improvement at Vanderbilt University Hospital, died Sunday from a pulmonary embolism while recovering at his home from a recent orthopaedic surgery. He was 50.

Green banner with the words “Vanderbilt,” “G&G,” and “Geriatrics & Gerontology.”
September 11, 2012

Geriatrics and Gerontology Interest Group presents ‘Transitions of Care’

Portrait of R. Alta Charo wearing a black floral-patterned blouse.
September 11, 2012

‘Duties of Care, Rights of Conscience’ subject of medical lecture

(image courtesy of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt)
September 11, 2012

Pumpkin patch will benefit children’s cancer research

Stomach
September 11, 2012

Enzyme counters stomach acid attack

Dysfunction or loss of an “antioxidant” enzyme may lead to higher risk for esophageal cancer in patients with gastric reflux disease.

Profile silhouette of a human head filled with overlapping colorful three-dimensional letters.
September 7, 2012

Parkinson’s therapy may impact language

Deep brain stimulation used to treat Parkinson’s disease may impair some aspects of language processing, a recent study suggests.