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October 31, 2013

Regional emergency exercise set for Nov. 7

The 2013 Regional Hospitals Fall Severe Weather Exercise is taking place on Thursday, Nov. 7, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be one of several area hospitals and federal, state and local agencies participating.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 31, 2013

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Michael Klein, Ph.D., dean of the College of Science and Technology at Temple University, discusses his use of computer simulation to explore ion channels and other complex molecular structures in the cell, during his Flexner Discovery Lecture last week.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 31, 2013

Lee named to lead Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Lorri Lee, M.D., has been named chief of the newly formed Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology.

By Jill Clendening
October 31, 2013

Program helps children complete MRIs sedation-free

Natalie Ortiz is a typical six-year-old first grader — happy, active and fidgety — the kind of patient often sedated for a lengthy Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan.

By Nancy Humphrey
October 31, 2013

Effort to prevent childhood obesity hits halfway point

A joint effort between Vanderbilt and Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation to prevent childhood obesity and enhance literacy promotion for preschoolers has reached an important milestone — the halfway mark.

By Doug Campbell
October 31, 2013

VICC debuts new Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center leaders formally dedicated the space for the new Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies (CCTT), located in the Infusion Center on the second floor of The Vanderbilt Clinic, at a special ribbon-cutting held during last week’s fall meeting of the Cancer Center’s Board of Overseers.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 31, 2013

Vanderbilt sleep experts offer tips to manage end of Daylight Saving Time

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center sleep specialist confirms what a lot of us already know—"falling back" can still cause a groggy and unsettled feeling come Monday morning, even if we do manage to get that extra hour of sleep.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 30, 2013

Preserving antibiotic arsenal for TB

Clinicians should be cautious about prescribing newer fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with TB risk factors; doing so may jeopardize the use of these agents against TB.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 30, 2013

Vanderbilt allergist offers tips for coping with fall allergies

John Fahrenholz, says that this time of year can be a real challenge for people with allergies—and for the rest of us, too.
By Wayne Wood
October 29, 2013

Vanderbilt to study use of plasma on LifeFlight

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will participate in a national trial to see if outcomes for critically injured patients with uncontrolled bleeding can be improved by administering plasma to these patients while in flight to the hospital.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 28, 2013

Tool predicts risk for developmental delays in early childhood

A non-invasive measure of electrical brain activity in preterm infants predicts cognitive and communication functioning during early childhood, according to a new Vanderbilt University study.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 25, 2013

Targets of SIN drive cell division

Vanderbilt researchers have identified a key regulator of cell division.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 24, 2013

Grad students help achieve key discovery

A multidisciplinary study conducted by the combined efforts of Vanderbilt University graduate students has led to the first evidence that abnormal messenger RNA export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm can cause human disease.
By Bill Snyder