Health and Medicine
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December 9, 2011
Informatics team creates gene app, wins national contest
Members of informatics team have been recognized by National Library of Medicine for gene app. -
December 8, 2011
Move out, cholesterol
Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis. -
December 7, 2011
Lung nodule surgery not always “futile”
Even when lung operations for suspected cancer resection results in a benign diagnosis, there still may be significant benefits to the procedure, new research suggests. -
December 6, 2011
Study points to personal treatment for atrial fibrillation
Individuals with atrial fibrillation who have a particular genetic variant respond better to rate control therapy. -
December 6, 2011
Study finds more young people becoming nurses
Nursing shortage eased by 62 percent increase in young nurses over past decade. -
December 1, 2011
Pathway to colon cancer progression
Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis. -
November 18, 2011
Exercise fights fatty liver