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January 16, 2014

At the Clothes Closet, every donation matters

Peggy Buchanan, who runs the Vanderbilt Clothes Closet, has hundreds of stories. As the lead guest service representative for Hospital Guest Services, she has helped her share of patients and visitors.

By Jessica Pasley
January 16, 2014

CHF project shows home monitoring eases readmissions

In preliminary testing, Vanderbilt Home Care Services (VHCS) has found that Internet-based remote patient monitoring reduces hospital readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) who are receiving home nursing visits.

By Paul Govern
January 16, 2014

Awards honor dedicated efforts of research staff

Krassimira Garbett, Ph.D., Patricia “Cookie” Minton, R.N., and Kent Shaddox are the recipients of the 2013 Research Staff Awards at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Bill Snyder
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.

By Craig Boerner
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.

By Bill Snyder
January 9, 2014

Cataract surgery helps clear clouds from patient’s vision

Suzy Gore spent the last 10 years watching her eyesight decline. Unable to see the vision chart at her doctor’s office without corrective lenses, tired of halo effects around lights and the challenge of driving at night, Gore decided to undergo laser cataract surgery.

By Jessica Pasley
January 7, 2014

Vanderbilt study shows suicide risk doesn’t differ in children taking two types of commonly prescribed antidepressants

A new Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 2, 2014

Vanderbilt announces expansion plans for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital

By John Howser
December 19, 2013

Ancient chemical bond may aid cancer therapy: study

A chemical bond discovered by Vanderbilt University scientists that is essential for animal life and which hastened the “dawn of the animal kingdom” could lead to new therapies for cancer and other diseases.
By Bill Snyder
December 19, 2013

Cancer cells combine tools to increase invasiveness

Two features of invasive cancer cells — invadopodia and exosomes — are linked together, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 19, 2013

Biodegradable scaffold may spur wound healing

Biomedical and chemical engineers at Vanderbilt University, working with a pathologist, have constructed a sponge-like, biodegradable tissue “scaffold” that releases an enzyme-blocking molecule to indirectly activate endogenous pathways and enhance tissue regeneration and wound healing.
By Bill Snyder
December 18, 2013

VUMC positioned to meet challenges ahead: Balser

“The downsizing effort is over.” With those words, Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, announced Wednesday that workforce reduction efforts announced in September at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are completed.
By Bill Snyder
December 12, 2013

Events have long history of making a huge impact

They are touchstones on the Nashville calendar — Iroquois Steeplechase and the Music City Tennis Invitational usher in spring. The Eve of Janus is a celebration of summer. Christmas Village kicks off the holiday season.
By VUMC News and Communications