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October 28, 2011

Vanderbilt doctors to screen patients taking statins for genetic risk factors

Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctors announced today they will begin screening patients who take commonly prescribed statin drugs for a rare genetic variation that can increase risks for side effects from these drugs such as muscle aches, kidney damage and even death.

By Craig Boerner
October 28, 2011

VUMC to launch live video chat series Nov. 9

By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2011

Promise of Discovery campaign adds video chat, new story lines

By VUMC News and Communications
October 13, 2011

Supplements don’t help lung injury patients

Supplements did not improve outcomes of patients with acute lung injury.

By Kathy Whitney
September 8, 2011

Vanderbilt Heart to be featured in TV special

Vanderbilt Heart will be featured in a 30-minute documentary, Healing Broken Hearts: Advances in Heart Care, to air Monday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. on WTVF, Channel 5.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 8, 2011

Love Your Heart Expo Sept. 14

The Love Your Heart Expo will be sponsored by Health Plus and Vanderbilt Heart on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Light Hall North Lobby.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 18, 2011

Vanderbilt Heart to participate in CoreValve clinical trial

Vanderbilt Heart will soon begin testing the safety of a novel, non-surgical approach to treating aortic stenosis, a common heart problem caused by an abnormal narrowing of the heart's aortic valve.
By Kathy Whitney
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