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June 20, 2013

VUMC poised to meet health care’s challenges

The nation’s health care challenges are immense, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center is rising to meet them — with an emphasis on integration, collaboration, and by improving efficiency, quality and service to its patients.

By Bill Snyder
June 20, 2013

Studies outline new model for staph bone infections

Osteomyelitis, a debilitating bone infection most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus (“staph”) bacteria, is particularly challenging to treat.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 20, 2013

Program gives young patients creative outlet

Caleb Clark is a soft-spoken, polite 10-year-old boy who’s not overly talkative. But what emotions and feelings he doesn’t express with words come pouring out with a splash of water colors on paper — joy, sadness, anger, happiness and peace.

By Christina Echegaray
June 20, 2013

Eskind Biomedical Library thrives on managing knowledge

Over the past 18 years perhaps no program of Vanderbilt University Medical Center has undergone more change than Eskind Biomedical Library (EBL).

By Paul Govern
June 13, 2013

New protocol takes the sting out of Children’s Hospital outpatient procedures

A patient comfort protocol is rendering minor procedures less painful and upsetting for younger outpatients of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Paul Govern
June 13, 2013

New system standardizes patient education materials

When patients first come to the Vanderbilt Neurology Clinic, they often have alarming or painful symptoms.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 13, 2013

National campaign urges smokers to talk with their health providers about kicking the habit

Barbara Forbes loves a quitter.
By Jessica Pasley
June 11, 2013

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named among nation’s best

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is again named among the top pediatric health care hospitals in "U.S. News & World Report" magazine's annual Best Children's Hospitals rankings.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 6, 2013

Bone disease doesn’t slow Kid President’s campaign

Robby Novak has become known to the world as ‘Kid President,’ an online YouTube sensation spreading a message about how people can “make the world more awesome.”
By Christina Echegaray
June 6, 2013

VU study identifies new mechanism for cancer development

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by a 32-year-old postdoctoral fellow have discovered a new mechanism for the development of cancer that is challenging conventional scientific wisdom.
By Bill Snyder
June 6, 2013

Study tracks skin salt’s role in blood pressure control

Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., and his colleagues have identified a new cast of cells and molecules that function in the skin to control sodium balance and blood pressure.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 4, 2013

Vanderbilt study indicates fatigue and loss of sleep take predictable toll on baseball players over season

Strike zone judgment grows worse over the course of a Major League Baseball season in a predictable way, possibly due to the effect of grueling travel schedules, disrupted sleep patterns and fatigue, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center sleep researcher has found.
By Wayne Wood
May 30, 2013

Update of diagnostic coding system rolls on

In health care, narrative descriptions of symptoms, diseases, injuries, complaints, disabilities and procedures are routinely transformed into numeric or alphanumeric codes, facilitating billing, clinical research and the analysis of health care cost and quality.
By Paul Govern
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