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Peggy Buchanan sorts folded clothing at the Vanderbilt Clothes Closet, with shelves and racks of donated garments behind her.
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
Home monitoring equipment on a floral tablecloth: a blood pressure cuff and monitor beside a fingertip pulse oximeter on a person’s hand.
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
Eight adults pose outside a brick building; three in front hold crystal trophies, while five stand behind them.
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
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.

By Craig Boerner
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.

By Bill Snyder
An eye-care professional examines a woman’s eye through a slit-lamp microscope while she rests her chin and forehead on the device.
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