VUMC News and Communications

June 8, 2006

First Adult Cancer Patient in Nashville to Receive Stem Cell Transplant from Umbilical Cord Blood at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

When 24-year-old Charles Dougherty checks into Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center tomorrow, he’ll be preparing for a treatment that has never been performed before in an adult patient in Nashville, and will be only the second case in Tennessee history.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 26, 2006

VUMC’s Executive Vice President Norman Urmy to Retire

Norman Urmy, who over the past 24 years has led Vanderbilt University Hospital and its clinical enterprise successfully through an ever-changing landscape of health care changes, is stepping down.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 11, 2006

Effectiveness of Grapefruit Diet Studied at Vanderbilt Medical Center

In order to validate, or perhaps disprove, the belief that consuming grapefruit is a sensible weight loss strategy, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have launched a two-year, three-arm randomized controlled study to see just how consumption of grapefruit and grapefruit juice affects appetite, dietary intake, weight loss and body composition.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 28, 2006

Nancy Andreasen Receives First Annual Vanderbilt Prize

Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has been selected as the first recipient of the “Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science.”

By VUMC News and Communications
April 25, 2006

Vanderbilt Medical Center Opposes Repeal of State’s Motorcycle Helmet Law

Tennessee’s Legislature is again seriously considering a repeal of the state’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 21, 2006

Vanderbilt Celebrates National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

Vanderbilt Medical Center laboratories will be joining the many laboratories across the country that observe and celebrate National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW).

By VUMC News and Communications
April 18, 2006

Nationwide Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Resuts

Results of Nationwide Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Show Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene is as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is Only Regional Participant
By VUMC News and Communications
April 17, 2006

Results of Nationwide Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Show Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene is as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is Only Regional Participant

Initial Results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene or STAR, released today revealed the osteoporosis drug raloxifene has been proved to be as effective as tamoxifen in preventing invasive breast cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 4, 2006

Vanderbilt LifeFlight Receives National Accreditation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's LifeFlight air ambulance program has become the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).
By VUMC News and Communications
March 22, 2006

LifeFlight’s Bland Named Emergency Medical Technician of the Year by State Ambulance Service Association

Tony Bland, a 15-year veteran of Vanderbilt's LifeFlight, has been named "EMT of the Year" by the Tennessee Ambulance Service Association.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 20, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Research Earns Funding from Lance Armstrong Foundation to Study Effects of Exercise on Curbing Memory Problems Associated with Chemotherapy

Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center are studying whether exercise can help curb memory and cognitive problems experienced by many cancer survivors following chemotherapy.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 16, 2006

Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Research Finds Nationwide Increase in Antipsychotic Medications Used for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

A disturbing nationwide trend has been documented by a researcher at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
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