VUMC News and Communications

March 15, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers Find Ginseng May Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes

Ginseng, one of the most widely used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, may improve survival and quality of life after a diagnosis of breast cancer, according to a recent study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers. The large epidemiological study, led by Xiao-Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., was published online recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 14, 2006

EMS Combat Challenge looks for emergency providers

Emergency medical personnel from all over Middle Tennessee will compete in a first-ever “combat challenge” to be held on April 22 at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, Tenn.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 13, 2006

Vanderbilt Announces Opening of New Primary Clinic in Spring Hill

Vanderbilt Medical Group-Spring Hill is pleased to announce the opening of its new Primary Care Practice, located at 3098 Campbell Station Pkwy. in Spring Hill, Tenn, on Monday, March 20.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 9, 2006

Automatic External Defibrillator Saves Young Athlete’s Life – Nwankwo Released From Hospital

The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team physician.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 8, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Funding to Identify Signals for Breast Cancer in the Blood and Women at High-Risk for the Disease

A team of researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been awarded $1.5 million from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 7, 2006

VUMC Launches New Avian Flu Vaccine Trial for 18 to 64-Year-Old Participants

As tensions rise over the growing possibility of an avian flu pandemic, this week Infectious Diseases researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are launching a new trial of an avian flu vaccine.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2006

Jacobson outlines VUMC’s future path

With a "bold goal" to reinvest $300 million annually by 2016, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson, M.D., told an auditorium packed with faculty, staff and students that he envisions Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be a far different place when it meets its ambitious 10-year goals.
March 2, 2006

Lotions and potions that promise to remove wrinkles and other effects of aging crowd cosmetics aisle shelves, but do these treatments really work?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified new molecular indicators ó or "biomarkers" ó of aging in the skin that could be used to evaluate anti-aging therapies. Their findings are reported in this month's Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 27, 2006

Expert in autism diagnosis to speak as part of Vanderbilt Brain Awareness Month

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with both genetic and environmental risk factors that affects the lives of thousands of children and adults and their families. Catherine Lord, Ph.D., professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, will be giving a lecture on autism and the importance of early diagnosis as part of Vanderbilt University's Brain Awareness Month.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 24, 2006

Student Spurs Statewide Move Toward Protocol for Meth Children, Beginning at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

A Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student has documented a lack of consensus among Tennessee doctors about how to treat children who may have been exposed to the illicit drug methamphetamine and its harmful manufacturing process.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 16, 2006

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researcher Studies Effects of Cancer Treatment among Children of Survivors

Can the high doses of chemotherapy and radiation that young cancer patients receive cause inherited health problems for their children?
By VUMC News and Communications
February 9, 2006

Study shows media coverage on flu influences parents to vaccinate their children

Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus, according to a study done by researchers and information officers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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