Healthcare Solutions

September 24, 2015

Sound waves studied to help diagnose concussion

Researchers at the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center (VSCC) are using novel sound wave technology as part of an attempt to more rapidly and accurately diagnose sports concussions on the sidelines during games.

By Tom Wilemon
September 17, 2015

Discovery Lecture explores health care cost controls

“There’s no magic bullet” to control rising health care costs in the United States, health law expert Timothy Jost, J.D., said during last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 17, 2015

Study shows lower systolic BP targets reduce death risk

The initial results of a landmark clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) indicate lowering systolic blood pressure below a commonly recommended target significantly reduces rates of cardiovascular events and lowers risk of death in a group of adults 50 years and older.

By Kathy Whitney
genetic sequence
September 10, 2015

Grants spur effort to add genetic data to EMR

Vanderbilt University researchers have received two major federal grants — totaling $7.6 million over four years — to support groundbreaking research aimed at making genetic information a routine part of patients’ electronic medical records.

By Bill Snyder
Insulin in vials
September 10, 2015

Diabetes trial targets body’s ability to produce insulin

Kiersten Eaddy had long looked forward to her high school graduation day and joining her classmates to celebrate the accomplishment.

By VUMC News and Communications
microscope
September 10, 2015

Initiative seeks to bolster ‘rediscovery research’

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) is partnering with a public charity, Cures Within Reach, to encourage “rediscovery research,” the “repurposing” of already approved medical treatments to other conditions or diseases for which there are no “universally” effective therapies.

By Bill Snyder
September 4, 2015

Vitamin C protects blood vessel lining

Dietary vitamin C may maintain healthy blood vessels in patients with inflammatory diseases.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 3, 2015

Bad “traffic” linked to cancer

Understanding how signaling molecules are transported within and out of the cell may help to uncover the causes of certain cancers.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 3, 2015

Study to compare benefits of bariatric surgery methods

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are participating in a national study to compare the health benefits and safety of three main methods of bariatric, or weight-loss surgery.
By Bill Snyder
September 2, 2015

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt holds construction expansion celebration

By Christina Echegaray
August 17, 2015

Vanderbilt researchers promise #WeWillNotGiveUp until diseases are cured!

In the latest VUCast: Learn how researchers behind a life-saving social media campaign are promising #WeWillNotGiveUp; find out how your brain "sees" in the dark; and hear about the No. 1 ranking that's making Vanderbilt students happy. Watch now!
By VUMC News and Communications
August 13, 2015

VUMC study shifts thinking on how bone fractures heal

New findings show that fibrin, a protein that was thought to play a key role in fracture healing, is not required, shifting understanding of how fractures heal.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 6, 2015

New targeted therapy shows promise for rare joint tumor

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators and colleagues at several major medical centers have been testing a new targeted therapy that is showing promise for the treatment of a rare tumor that forms in and around joint cavities.
By VUMC News and Communications
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