Reporter Aug 26 2016 Archive — Page 1 of 2
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August 25, 2016
Nursing ‘Magnetfest’ on Aug. 31 set to educate, raise enthusiasm
Nurses at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are gearing up for “Magnetfest,” a day of fun, festivities and prizes, as the institution seeks a third Magnet designation. -
August 25, 2016
Urogynecology to debut single practice site in Cool Springs
Vanderbilt Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery is consolidating its practice sites and moving to the Vanderbilt Center for Women’s Health at Cool Springs. Providers will begin seeing patients at the new location beginning Thursday, Sept. 1. -
August 25, 2016
New fund honors spirit of Cohen’s innovative research
When Tom Daniel, M.D., joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in December 1986, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF). -
August 25, 2016
VUMC lands NIH training grant in emergency care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has received a five-year, $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Vanderbilt Emergency Care Research Training Program. -
August 25, 2016
Device helps curb atrial fibrillation patients’ stroke risk
Peggy Tubb doesn’t recall her exact reaction when she was told she could stop taking blood thinners to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), but the news changed her life. -
August 25, 2016
VUMC team helps launch fetal surgery program in Australia
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) made history in 1997 when two surgeons pioneered fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system. -
August 25, 2016
Growth hormone for Prader-Willi
Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome who received growth hormone treatment had cognitive advantages compared to untreated patients.