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August 22, 2013
Initiative makes cesarean births a family affair
Robert and Michele McClellan expected the experience of their infant son’s birth via cesarean section to be like that of other women who had had the procedure — unable to witness their son’s exit from the womb and for him to be immediately whisked away. -
August 22, 2013
Speed, focus serve nurse in the clinic and on the track
Stephanie Duke, LPN, is quick and focused when she moves from patient to patient at the Vanderbilt Hillsboro Medical Group clinic. She says there is plenty going on here to keep her interest. -
August 22, 2013
Vaccine researchers ready as new flu strain evolves
A worrisome new avian influenza virus, called H7N9, emerged this spring in Eastern China. -
August 22, 2013
Healthy entrée station set for Courtyard Café
Beginning Sept. 1, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Courtyard Café will offer a healthy entrée station from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday-Thursday. -
August 15, 2013
Center for Quality Aging forges community bonds
The Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging is taking the “bench to bedside” concept of translational research out into the community, forming partnerships with assisted living facilities to examine how evidence can be put into action to improve the care of elders. -
August 15, 2013
Researchers track neuron branching’s genetic control switch
In an effort to understand how neurons develop different “architectures,” Vanderbilt developmental biologists have discovered a genetic switch that controls one type of neuron branching in the nematode worm. -
August 15, 2013
Glaucoma patients focus of Sousan’s sharing nature
Suzanne Sousan is not afraid of much.