Vanderbilt Health News Archive — Page 375 of 390
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July 28, 2006
Vanderbilt-Reynolds Geriatrics Education Center to train physicians for elderly patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $2 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to create a comprehensive program to help train and educate those who care for elderly patients. -
July 27, 2006
Vanderbilt Offers New Treatment for Age Related Macular Degeneration
Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently began offering a new treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that may improve, and in some cases restore, patients' vision. -
July 26, 2006
Psychiatric expert available to discuss Israel/Hezbollah conflict
Paul Ragan, M.D., associate professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, is available for interviews on the Israel/Hezbollah Conflict. He can address a wide range of topics in dealing with psychiatry issues in the military including acute stress disorders that are often rampant throughout a community when hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. -
July 20, 2006
Vanderbilt studying new drug to treat severe ulcerative colitis Recruiting patients for clinical trial
People who suffer from severe ulcerative colitis may find relief from a new drug that is being tested at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
July 17, 2006
Vanderbilt participating in West Nile vaccine trial
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, in collaboration with investigators at Johns Hopkins University, are beginning a Phase I trial to test a new vaccine against the West Nile virus. -
July 13, 2006
Health care workers with positive TB skin test should receive treatment
As the number of foreign-born health care workers in the United States has risen, so has the potential for transmitting tuberculosis in health-care settings.