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October 21, 2011

Information flow reduced in psychosis

Bipolar depression and schizophrenia share patterns of changes in neurons that regulate information flow, new research shows.

By Leigh MacMillan
Operating Room
October 18, 2011

Predicting hospital readmission is risky business: study

Each year millions of Americans return to the hospital within 30 days of their previous discharge. Although many readmissions could be preventable, most statistical models for predicting them “perform poorly,” according to researchers at Vanderbilt and the Oregon Health and Science University and their affiliated VA medical centers.

By Bill Snyder
October 13, 2011

Supplements don’t help lung injury patients

Supplements did not improve outcomes of patients with acute lung injury.

By Kathy Whitney
antibodies
October 7, 2011

Diversity key in antibody repertoire

Antibodies to the 2009 H1N1 influenza strain reveal new insights into how antibody diversity forms and functions, with possible implications for designing flu vaccines.

By VUMC News and Communications
moldy bread
October 7, 2011

Fungus toxin gets in the way in DNA

Structural studies are providing insight to how aflatoxin – a toxin produced by fungi – contributes to cancer development.

By Leigh MacMillan
October 7, 2011

Heart protein may be target for colon cancer therapies

A protein critical in heart development may also play a part in colon cancer progression.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 5, 2011

Parkinson’s deep brain target fired up

Neuronal activity in a deep brain region increases as Parkinson’s disease advances, a new study suggests.
By Leigh MacMillan
April 14, 2011

Sleep strategy used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks

As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses use sleep deprivation to adjust to working on the night shift, the poorest strategy for adapting their internal, circadian clocks to a night-time schedule.
By VUMC News and Communications