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January 26, 2008

Iraqi toddler arrives at Children’s Hospital with life-threatening heart defect

A team of pediatric heart specialists at the Monroe Carell Jr. Childrenπs Hospital at Vanderbilt continues to assess the condition of a 2-year-old Iraqi girl named Amenah (pronounced Ahh -min ñUh). The girl was flown to Nashville from Iraq on Wednesday in hopes of receiving lifesaving surgery.
January 25, 2008

State approves Children’s Hospital expansion

The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency this week approved the Certificate of Need for expansion of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
January 17, 2008

Pietenpol Chosen to Lead Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and professor of Biochemistry, has been named director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
January 8, 2008

Two New Meningitis Vaccines to be Tested in Nashville

Pediatric researchers at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are working with community pediatricians attempting to reduce the risk to children from two of the major causes of meningitis.
January 8, 2008

Divorce rates lower among parents of children with Down syndrome

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers are reporting slightly lower divorce rates for families raising a child with Down syndrome than in the comparison groups, following an examination of the Tennessee Department of Health\’s birth, hospital discharge, and divorce database records from 1990-2002.
January 1, 2008

Gene variant doubles risk of developing autism

A Vanderbilt research team reports, in the largest study of any single gene, that a gene, identified in cancer, is also involved in autism.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 18, 2007

The Importance and Value of Art in Health Care: A Symposium to be Held at The Museum of Modern Art

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and The Society for Arts in Healthcare are hosting a one-day symposium addressing "The Importance and Value of Art in Health Care," on March 7, 2008, at MoMA in New York City.
December 18, 2007

Vanderbilt awarded $4.4 million by the Michael J. Fox Foundation

A drug discovery team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led by Jeffrey Conn., Ph.D., has been awarded a $4.4 million "LEAPS" grant by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to jump-start development of a new class of Parkinson's disease drugs.
December 14, 2007

Vanderbilt Announces Opening of New Primary Practice in Westhaven

Vanderbilt Medical Group Westhaven is pleased to announce the opening of a new Primary Care Practice. The new practice, opening Jan. 2, 2008, is located off Highway 96, at1025 Westhaven Blvd, Franklin, Tenn., in the Westhaven Community.
October 25, 2007

New review clears silicone gel breast implants of serious health risks; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers find no cancer link

Women who receive silicone gel-filled breast implants do not have a higher risk of breast cancer or other cancers and do not experience lower survival rates after breast cancer diagnosis, according to a new report published in the November issue of Annals of Plastic Surgery. This is the first exhaustive review in almost a decade of the health effects of cosmetic breast implants.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 1, 2007

Some common sedatives could negatively affect the brain

Doctors say it is a massive public health problem - very sick patients in intensive care may get better, but their brains suffer from delirium, an acute brain dysfunction - very likely caused by the care they got in intensive care.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 1, 2007

‘Centering Pregnancy’ is innovative approach to pre-natal care

They face nine months of watching their body change. Pregnancy can be an exciting time, but also a scary time.
April 6, 2007

Vanderbilt Study Shows Childhood Immunization with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Cuts Pneumonia Hospital Admissions in the US

Routine infant immunization with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has caused a 39 percent fall in all-cause pneumonia hospital admission rates for American children under 2, according to an article published in this week's edition of The Lancet.
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