Reporter

A new clinic aimed at helping women with one of the most common hormone disorders recently opened at the Center for Women’s Health at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials cut the ribbon at the Sept. 21 open house celebrating Vanderbilt Health’s new Bellevue Walk-In Clinic.

The 2017 Greater Nashville Heart Walk hits the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) campus on Saturday, Oct. 14.

Too much dietary manganese — an essential trace mineral found in leafy green vegetables, fruits and nuts — promotes infection of the heart by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (“staph”).

A research symposium honoring the career of Harold (Hal) Moses, M.D., who founded and served as director emeritus of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been slated for Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.

An effort at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to enhance clinical decision making through cross-departmental collaboration and effective use of diagnostics has improved patient care and saved the institution more than $1 million in 2016, VUMC officials reported this week.

Investigators in the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (VDRTC) and collaborators at Stanford University have discovered new insights into the molecular mechanisms of cell proliferation in juvenile human pancreatic islets, information that could lead to new treatments for diabetes.