‘Between Hallmark and heartache’: Vanderbilt psychiatrist offers tips for how to avoid holiday stress

Vanderbilt psychiatrist Judith Akin urges people to set a course “between Hallmark and heartache” and aim to have a “pretty good little Christmas.” In other words, don’t strive for the perfect, and deal head-on with the stressors of the season.

Vanderbilt dietitian offers tips to prevent holiday weight gain

Lynch recalled as pioneer of Plastic Surgery, Burn Center

John B. Lynch, M.D., professor of Plastic Surgery, emeritus, who was former chair of Plastic Surgery and the first director of the Vanderbilt Burn Center when it opened in 1983, died Monday, Oct. 20. He was 85.

Breast reconstruction awareness efforts recognized at BRA Day

Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) day will be observed by Vanderbilt’s Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Exhibit explores link between “Potter” magic and medicine

A traveling exhibit, “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” debuted this week in the History of Medicine Room at the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Vanderbilt named Middle Tennessee’s healthiest employer

Vanderbilt University was recognized recently by the Nashville Business Journal as the Healthiest Employer in Middle Tennessee in the division for employers with more than 500 employees.