VUMC News and Communications

March 19, 2008

Vanderbilt Heart Lebanon Hosts Open House

Vanderbilt Heart Lebanon will host an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m. The clinic, which opened in February, is located at 1420 W. Baddour Pkwy., across the street from University Medical Center.

March 13, 2008

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center named Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been selected as a Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, in collaboration with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 13, 2008

Vanderbilt-Ingram Researchers Find Clue to Cancer Drug Allergies

Cancer patients from the Southeastern United States who are treated with the drug cetuximab, known commercially as Erbitux, are far more likely to suffer severe allergic reactions than patients in other regions of the country.

March 7, 2008

Link Found Between Vegetables and Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer

When your mother told you to eat your vegetables it appears that maternal wisdom had a scientific basis. Researchers with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China have discovered a possible link between a diet rich in certain vegetables and a decreased risk for breast cancer. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

March 7, 2008

Topsy-Turvy World of Daylight-Saving Time Returns

The arrival of daylight-saving time this weekend means extra time for evening yard work or barbecues, but for some it also means sleepy days at work and even a bit of crankiness.

March 5, 2008

Vanderbilt Study Finds Genes Impact Response to Blood Thinner Warfarin

Variations in a gene involved in blood clotting determine patients\’ initial response to the common blood thinner warfarin, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have reported.

March 3, 2008

Vanderbilt class explores genetic link to voters’ behavior

A quirky new Vanderbilt University course blends politics and biological science to explore the effect of genetic make-up on political choices. Distinguished Professor of Political Science John Geer and David Bader, a professor of medicine and cell and developmental biology, are co-teaching "Genetics and Politics" this spring.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 1, 2008

A colonoscopy can save your life

Research shows colon cancer can be decreased up to 90 percent by removing polyps from the colon before they become cancer, yet half of those people, who should be checked, don’t have the screening.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2008

VCH Study Finds Parents in Denial About Their Children’s Weight Problems

Parents and children in one of the highest-risk groups for health problems related to obesity often fail to recognize the severity of their own weight problems.
February 18, 2008

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute Opens Lebanon Clinic

The Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute will be taking heart care to the community when it opens a cardiology clinic in Lebanon on Feb. 26.
February 15, 2008

Immune system protein starves ‘staph’ bacteria

One of the ways we defend ourselves against bacterial foes is to "hide" their food, particularly the metals they crave. A multi-disciplinary team led by Vanderbilt University investigators has now discovered that a protein inside certain immune system cells blocks the growth of "staph" bacteria by sopping up manganese and zinc.
February 15, 2008

Schizophrenia drug’s dosage drives success

The Vanderbilt physician who in the late 1980s established the antipsychotic drug clozapine as the gold standard for treating patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia has improved on his own research.