Reporter March 28 2014 Archive — Page 2 of 2

Family onstage at a Match Day event: a man holds a baby and reads a paper while a woman and young girl stand beside him; a projected photo appears in the background.
March 27, 2014

Residency locations revealed at Match Day

For the first time that she can remember, Paula Marincola forgot her own birthday. Once the most celebrated day of her life, it took a backseat to another milestone on March 21 — Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Match Day.

By Jessica Pasley
March 27, 2014

Study links stem cell gene to prostate cancer susceptibility

A gene on chromosome 8 — in a region of the genome linked to risk for many types of cancer — is particularly associated with prostate cancer susceptibility, Vanderbilt University researchers have found.

By Leigh MacMillan
yawning woman
March 27, 2014

Undiagnosed sleep apnea among women on rise

Many women currently have undiagnosed sleep apnea, leading to potentially serious health effects, a Vanderbilt sleep expert says.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Two physicians review mammogram images displayed on computer monitors in a breast imaging center; one is seated at the workstation while the other stands behind him.
March 27, 2014

3-D imaging enhances options for breast cancer screening

The Vanderbilt Breast Center at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks has added tomosynthesis mammography, an imaging technique that creates a three-dimensional image of breast tissue, to help screen patients for breast cancer.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Child lying in bed with a blue cold pack on her forehead and a thermometer in her mouth, holding tissues beside her.
March 27, 2014

Flu boosts pneumococcal colonization

Influenza and parainfluenza infections – but not other respiratory viruses – increase the risk of acquiring pneumococcal bacteria, the most common cause of severe pneumonia.

By Vanderbilt Health News