pediatric diabetes

VUMC clinicians are seeing a connection between how much time children spend in front of screens and a host of adverse health conditions.
January 12, 2022

Excessive screen time impacting health of children in many ways

Vanderbilt physicians are seeing an increasing trend of health conditions in children with chronic diseases like diabetes, directly or indirectly related to excessive screen time.

By Nancy Humphrey
January 16, 2020

Pediatric diabetes, palliative care focus of new Friends of Children’s Hospital gift

Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, a volunteer organization, recently committed $1 million over the next three years to be split between two crucial pediatric programs: diabetes and palliative care.

By Nancy Humphrey
June 29, 2017

Diabetes education, fun come together at Camp Sugar Falls

In between zip-lining through the woods and playing ball, 13-year-old Rhett Stanley takes a break from summer camp, pulls a tiny bag from his backpack and quickly tests his blood glucose level. Then, just as quickly, he’s back to the fun.

By Jill Clendening