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.

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.

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.

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.

The first large, multi-center trial of a drug developed at Vanderbilt to treat dangerous pulmonary hypertension in children has been launched. The drug, Citrupress, is an intravenous form of the amino acid citrulline, which the body produces naturally and which is also found in watermelon rinds.

If you are in love this Valentine\'s Day, you have more than one reason to celebrate. Being involved in a healthy, loving relationship is good for the heart, says Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist, Julie Damp, M.D.