Health and Medicine Archive — Page 144 of 178

Child with blond hair covering both ears with their hands, wearing a blue sweatshirt against a white background.
January 14, 2014

Vanderbilt study reveals senses of sight and sound separated in children with autism

Children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble integrating simultaneous information from their eyes and their ears–as if they experience the world like a badly-dubbed movie.

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January 13, 2014

Searching for beta cell stimulators

Vanderbilt researchers describe a new technique for identifying factors that stimulate the proliferation of pancreatic beta cells – factors that might offer therapeutic options for diabetes.

Grayscale close-up of a person pressing a hand against the lower back, with a red glow highlighting the painful area.
January 10, 2014

A pain in the … genes

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that variation in the gene encoding the potassium channel GIRK1 plays a role in modulating human pain perception.

Pencil resting on a printed employee weekly time sheet with visible headings including “Employee Weekly Time Sheet,” “Date,” “Hours,” “Shift,” and “Attendance or Absence Type.”
January 9, 2014

Employment may lead to improvement in autism symptoms

More independent work environments may lead to reductions in autism symptoms and improve daily living in adults with the disorder, according to a Vanderbilt study released in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Cropped person in a beige shirt and blue jeans clutching their abdomen with both hands against a white background.
January 9, 2014

Brain-gut connection in autism

An association between rigid-compulsive behaviors and gastrointestinal symptoms in autism spectrum disorder may point to a common biological pathway that impacts both the brain and the gut.

Oliver McDonald sits beside a research microscope and computer monitor displaying scientific diagrams in a laboratory.
January 9, 2014

Pioneers of Discovery: Investigator seeks to debug cancer’s ‘bad software’

Beyond genetics — that’s the call Oliver McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., heard during the year between college and medical school he spent in a lab at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.