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August 15, 2017

A solar eclipse can hurt your eyesight without you knowing it – here’s why.

By VUMC News and Communications
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August 1, 2017

Smart underwear prevents back stress with just a tap

“Performance-boosting super suit” hidden under clothing can be activated by a double tap to save users’ backs.

By VUMC News and Communications
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June 20, 2017

How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery

Vanderbilt engineers have designed a “granular jamming cap” filled with coffee grounds that can improve the accuracy of the sophisticated “GPS” system that surgeons use for nose and throat surgery.

By VUMC News and Communications
Journey of an engineer turned entrepreneur: WiseWear CEO disrupts wearables market
April 4, 2017

Journey of an engineer turned entrepreneur: WiseWear CEO disrupts wearables market

By VUMC News and Communications
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February 1, 2017

Early experience with federal health coverage suggests how future Medicaid reforms may work

Proposed Medicaid reforms are similar to the capped federal financing system in place during the ’50s and early ’60s, when states generally reimbursed a much smaller proportion of health care for the needy.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 23, 2016

VUMC study finds statins do not ease kidney injury following cardiac surgery

By Paul Govern
February 12, 2016

VU Inside: Dr. William Fissell’s Artificial Kidney

Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William Fissell IV is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an artificial implantable kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 10, 2016

Promising Research Rapidly Tests Chemo Effectiveness Before Cancer Treatment

By VUMC News and Communications
December 17, 2015

VUCast: Who looks like a leader to you?

In the latest VUCast: Find out why gender matters when you envision a president, leader or CEO; see what Vanderbilt blasted into space and what it's doing now; and learn how the price of cigarettes is saving babies' lives.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 1, 2015

Higher cigarette taxes linked to fewer infant deaths

Higher taxes and prices for cigarettes are strongly associated with lower infant mortality rates in the United States, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan released Dec. 1 in the journal Pediatrics.
By Christina Echegaray
October 19, 2015

Two Ebola Survivors’ Blood Could Help Vanderbilt Researchers Find A Treatment

By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2015

VUCast: How Ebola survivors are teaming with Vanderbilt to fight the deadly virus

In the latest VUCast: Hear from Ebola survivors helping a Vanderbilt researcher fight the deadly virus; see the high-tech way an art exhibit is bringing VU students face to face with people across the world; and find out which country music star shot his latest video with Mr. Commodore! Watch now.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 10, 2015

VUCast: Engineers help dog walk, caving for clues, and students on the run!

In the latest VUCast: See a rescue dog walk again, thanks to Vanderbilt engineering students; learn what we found when we followed climate researchers underground; and the Class of 2019 runs for the Commodores! Watch now.
By VUMC News and Communications
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