medicine

March 6, 2007

Vanderbilt Children‘s Hospital study proves nasal spray flu vaccine works better than the shot in younger children

A new study, co-authored by Kathryn Edwards, M.D., chief of the Division Pediatric Clinical Research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt, suggests that the nasal spray flu vaccine is twice as effective as the flu shot in children 6 months to 5 years of age. The study, entitled “Live attenuated versus Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Infants and Young Children” was published in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

By VUMC News and Communications

February 22, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Receives Highest Level of Approval

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has received a three-year accreditation with commendation, the highest level of approval, from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS).

By VUMC News and Communications

February 19, 2007

Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators join international team of experts to find genetic links to autism; Results published in Nature Genetics

A team of Vanderbilt Center for Human Genetics Research investigators and colleagues from around the world are releasing findings from the largest study to date seeking to identify genes that might increase the risk of autism.

January 29, 2007

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center receives $6.5 million grant to study tumor environment

Like a seed needs soil to grow and flourish, a tumor relies on its environment to grow and spread in the body — something the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will be exploring more closely with the help of a new $6.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

By VUMC News and Communications