Reporter Aug 23 2019 Archive — Page 2 of 2

Audiologist Gina Angley works at a computer while patient Leslie Holman sits nearby wearing hearing-aid testing equipment in a clinic office.
August 22, 2019

Technology upgrades, signal sharing enhance hearing aid capabilities

Vanderbilt’s hearing aid services provide patients with a variety of unique resources.

By Kelsey Herbers
Elderly woman with short light hair, wearing a blue jacket over a white turtleneck, smiling at the camera.
August 21, 2019

VUMC mourns loss of renowned scientist Jane Park

Jane Park, PhD, an active member of the Vanderbilt University faculty for 60 years and widow of pioneering diabetes researcher Charles Rawlinson “Rollo” Park, MD, died Aug. 19 in Nashville. She was 94.

By Bill Snyder
Close-up of a hand holding a metal vape device as vapor is exhaled around it.
August 21, 2019

E-cigarette use spurs rise in number of teens being treated for respiratory problems

Physicians are seeing what seems to be an increase in the number of teens and young adults being treated for severe respiratory injury after e-cigarette use.

By Jessica Pasley
Red prohibition symbol over a smoking cigarette, indicating no smoking.
August 20, 2019

Quitting smoking associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease

A new Vanderbilt study documents the great incentive for current smokers to quit.

By Matt Batcheldor
Modern multi-story campus buildings surrounding landscaped gardens, pedestrian paths, and a roadway under a partly cloudy sky.
August 19, 2019

Employees not current with their measles immunization will need to catch up

Effective Dec. 2, 2019, all employees previously grandfathered into measles compliance with a record of only one MMR vaccine will need to have a second vaccine to be considered up to date.

By Wayne Wood