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.

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.

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.

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.

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.