VUMC News and Communications

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.
February 14, 2008

Trial expanded for drug therapy first tested at Children’s Hospital

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.
February 12, 2008

Love Good For The Heart Says Vanderbilt Cardiologist

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.
February 11, 2008

Iraqi Girl’s Surgery Complete, Family Hopes for a Full Recovery

Pink fingers, toes and lips. Those were the things 2-year-old Amenah Al-Bayati\'s mother noticed when she saw her daughter for the first time after open heart surgery to repair a serious birth defect.
February 8, 2008

Melatonin Well-Tolerated Sleep Aid In Children With Autism

Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center researchers are reporting that melatonin, an over-the-counter and relatively inexpensive dietary supplement taken for insomnia and jet lag, shows promise in treating children with autism who have difficulty falling asleep.
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