VUMC News and Communications

April 12, 2004

Vanderbilt Children’s Doctors Now Using Viagra to Treat Seriously Ill Babies

Doctors at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital have found a whole new use for the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Sildenafil, as it is called by its more anonymous chemical name, may have the power to save babies.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 9, 2004

Cancer survivor donates $1 million for Hospital Hospitality House

By all accounts, Don Matl was not expected to survive his second bout with melanoma in 1998. He was given less than a 5 percent chance. But he lived.Another recurrence in 2001 yielded a similar inference ó but again he persevered. Now Matl knows why he beat the odds.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2004

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center guest speaker to discuss new possibilities for early identification and intervention for learning disabilities

Do dyslexia, ADHD and speech and language disorders occur jointly in some children because of a shared genetic cause? Bruce Pennington, Ph.D., a world-renowned geneticist, will address this question in a lecture in the series on development and developmental disabilities on Thursday, April 8, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2004

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Involved in Initiative to Improve Bioterrorism Preparedness in Health Care Institutions Nationwide

Vaccines, drugs, diagnostic devices and medical surveillance are all crucial tools in the fight against bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease, but experts say they are not enough, and Congress has asked a group of national experts in the field, which includes the National Center for Emergency Preparedness (NCEP), housed at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, to target new ways to increase the level of personnel preparedness.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 26, 2004

Vanderbilt integrates, expands transportation services to Lebanon, purchases three state-of-the-art helicopters

Vanderbilt Medical Center will expand its LifeFlight helicopter air ambulance program by adding a base in Lebanon, Tennessee, and purchasing three new state-of-the-art helicopters at a cost of $5.4 million each.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 26, 2004

Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to benefit from international soccer tournament

Soccer World sporting goods specialty shop has chosen Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital as a beneficiary of Soccer World Super Clasico (SWSC), the first major international soccer match to be held in Tennessee. Vanderbilt Children’s CEO, Jim Shmerling, joined representatives of Soccer World, the two participants, the LA Galaxy and the UAG Tecos, and Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell Tuesday at the Coliseum to make the announcement.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 25, 2004

Franklin Vanderbilt Orthopaedics Clinic

The new Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Clinic is now open for business in Franklin, Tenn. Developed by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the new clinic provides orthopaedic care in hand, spine, shoulder and sports medicine, in addition to on-site physical therapy and occupational therapy.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 25, 2004

Vanderbilt researchers find popular citrus soda at center of medical mystery

Bill Turner never knew that drinking a popular soda could adversely affect his recovery from a double-lung transplant. What ensued was a true medical mystery, leading to the identification of a new food and drug interaction.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 25, 2004

Guy named burn center director

Jeffrey Guy, M.D., assistant professor of Surgery in the division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, was recently named director of Vanderbilt's Regional Burn Center. Guy previously shared clinical and administrative responsibilities in the Burn Center with Ronald Barton, M.D., assistant professor of Plastic Surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 19, 2004

Vanderbilt Medical Center doctors test inhaled form of insulin in clinical trials

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying a new inhaled form of insulin in three separate clinical trials. If proven effective the new form of insulin, which is delivered to patients as an aerosolized powder via the lungs, could cut in half the number of insulin injections for a certain population of diabetics.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 17, 2004

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center guest lecturer explores the role of genetics in antisocial behavior

Are violent people born that way, or are they products of their environments? Terrie Moffitt, professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin and King's College, London, will discuss the role genetics plays in antisocial behavior on Thursday, March 4, at 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 9, 2004

Vanderbilt students gear up for Dance Marathon, 14-hour philanthropy to benefit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Around 300 Vanderbilt University students plan to pull an all-nighter on Friday, Feb. 20.
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