News Releases Archive — Page 4 of 39

Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news

June 3, 2026

Study questions standard screening test for amputation risk in veterans

In a review of the electronic health records of more than 223,000 veterans treated at Veterans Health Administration facilities, the researchers found that even modest decreases in the normal ABI correlated with a higher risk of major adverse limb events (MALE) requiring intervention, including amputation and revascularization (treatment to restore blood flow).

Photo of the exterior of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt shows the four new floors added atop the pediatric facility. (photo by Anne Rayner)
June 3, 2026

Study challenges long-held practice of imaging for foreign body aspirations

As aspiration cases at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt grew, a team of physicians sought to ensure that the most appropriate imaging tools were being used in the evaluation and diagnostic process for suspected aspirations.

June 2, 2026

Resilient Stage 4 colon cancer patient discovers surgery option close to home  

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is “pushing the envelope” with new technologies like histotripsy and new programs like robotic liver surgery and robotic pancreas surgery, serving patients not only from Tennessee, but also parts of Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia.  

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June 1, 2026

Vanderbilt Health study explores GLP-1 therapies to improve asthma outcomes in patients with obesity  

The study is still recruiting participants. It will conclude in 2026 and provide insight for further investigations into the role GLP-1 agonists may offer in treating respiratory illnesses and overall immune responses.

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May 28, 2026

Vanderbilt Health researchers call for pandemic prevention

The Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics has received large-scale government grants and contracts to fund the discovery of human antiviral antibodies. The problem is the next step — finding corporate partners to develop the antibodies through human testing.

May 27, 2026

Brain imaging study highlights ethnoracial differences in dementia 

Although Black and Hispanic people are more apt to have dementia, they are significantly less apt than other racial and ethnic groups to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans.