VUMC News and Communications

September 12, 2013

VU tracking drug’s ability to prevent type 1 diabetes

Vanderbilt’s Eskind Diabetes Clinic has been selected to examine the ability of the drug abatacept to prevent type 1 diabetes (T1D). As part of the TrialNet consortium, Vanderbilt will be one of 14 North American sites observing the effects of the drug in people at high risk to develop T1D.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 12, 2013

Breakfast free for children Sept. 17

In observance of No Kid Hungry’s Hunger Awareness month in September, The Courtyard Café will be giving away breakfast to children under 12 on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 12, 2013

School of Nursing receives renewal of HRSA grants

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has received a $427,499 award from the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) for 2013-14, marking the 10th consecutive year that VUSN has received the grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

By VUMC News and Communications
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 VUMC News and Communications
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.

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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 VUMC News and Communications
September 10, 2013

Arnold Myint, ‘Future Man’ to join TED-style panel Sept. 23

“Your City: Nashville’s Stories” will include brief addresses by Reid Thompson, Arnold Myint, Tasha A. French Lemley and Roy Wooten, better known by the stage name 'Future Man'.
By VUMC News and Communications
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 VUMC News and Communications
September 5, 2013

Register now for nursing leadership symposium

The Nursing Leadership in Global Health Symposium takes place Feb. 27-28, 2014.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 5, 2013

Travis family’s Vanderbilt legacy grows

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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 VUMC News and Communications
September 5, 2013

Cervical dystonia patients find answers, treatment at VUMC

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