medicine

October 15, 2008

Video: Forum on pediatric obesity

Watch video of an Oct. 15 forum on pediatric obesity, “Developing Unique Partnerships to Halt the Epidemic.”

By VUMC News and Communications
October 14, 2008

Senator Bill Frist to teach MBA & medical students at Vanderbilt

Former United States Senate Majority Leader and transplant surgeon Bill Frist, M.D., is returning to Vanderbilt to lead a first-of-its-kind academic experience at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 3, 2008

New nano device detects immune system cell signaling

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 22, 2008

Vanderbilt study suggests coffee may help alcoholics quit drinking

Not all recovering alcoholics smoke cigarettes, but almost all of them drink coffee, according to a new Vanderbilt study suggesting that healthy consumatory behaviors could help addicts kick their habit.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 21, 2008

Southerners living in U.S. cancer belt; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers study causes of malignancy

The South is known for many things: hot, steamy summers, iced tea laced with sugar and friendly people with a tendency to welcome strangers. But beneath the veneer of Southern hospitality and gracious living lurks a silent killer: cancer. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have their own name for the southern region of the United States: the "cancer belt."

By VUMC News and Communications
July 18, 2008

Vanderbilt ophthalmologists warn against summertime eye risks

Summertime activities can be fun but they can also place your eyes at an increased risk for long-term damage from the sun, or perhaps worse.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 15, 2008

Surgeon who broke color barrier at Vanderbilt named Distinguished Alumnus

Dr. Levi Watkins Jr., whose passionate advocacy for racial equality and diversity was shaped by his early exposure to the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders, has been named the university's 2008 Distinguished Alumnus. The Vanderbilt Alumni Association will honor Watkins, a noted cardiac surgeon, at an Oct. 22 dinner at the Student Life Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 17, 2008

$2.4 million NIH grant puts Children’s Hospital researcher at forefront of new direction in HIV research

After recent efforts to develop a vaccine to protect against AIDS proved ineffective, the National Institutes of Health announced a change in research direction; and it\'s one that will involve the lab of James Crowe, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 17, 2008

Improving the business of health care

There\'s more to great health care than medicine. While physicians, nurses and hospital administrators are experts at patient care, they often lack the business skills needed to be effective managers. The new Vanderbilt Master of Management in Health Care is a one-year degree program designed to arm clinical professionals with the business fundamentals and decision-making skills needed to successfully manage people, programs and processes.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 28, 2008

Swim season opens up safety concerns

Memorial Day week is a time for medical experts to remind families to use extra caution with children swimming in area lakes and pools. From May through August, the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt can expect to see dozens of children injured or killed in accidents involving the water.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 27, 2008

Vanderbilt neurosurgeons and neurologists host live surgical Webcast, 4 p.m. CST May 28

Vanderbilt University Medical Center neurosurgeons and neurologists will be online live on Wednesday, May 28, hosting a one-hour Webcast to demonstrate a four-stage innovative technique used for deep brain stimulation (DBS).
By VUMC News and Communications
May 20, 2008

Country group Rascal Flatts honored for Children’s Hospital work

Country music supergroup Rascal Flatts has been honored for their unflagging support of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\'s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The multiplatinum-selling band was presented with the Humanitarian Award by the Academy of Country Music and Home Depot during Sunday Night\'s 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 13, 2008

Video: "Fixing Medicare: The Phony Crisis and the Real Crisis"

Larry R. Churchill, the Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, discusses the reasons why Medicare is prone to crises and which reason we need to pay attention to, at the May 7 "Thinking Out of the Lunchbox."
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