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January 11, 2006

Vanderbilt Medical experts propose FDA drug approval changes

Efforts to reform drug regulation in the wake of the Vioxx withdrawal do not go far enough, according to experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2006

Study shows increasing nursing staff improves safety and quality in hospitals

A study in the January/February 2006 issue of the journal Health Affairs concludes that increasing the number of registered nurses and hours of nursing care per patient would save 6,700 lives.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2006

Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center uncover clue to explain invasive brain tumors

Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have uncovered a clue to explain the invasive nature of an aggressive kind of brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme, or gliomas, and their findings are published in this week’s online edition of the journal Oncogene.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 21, 2005

Tennessee Poison Control Center offers holiday safety advice

Michelle Grant, a poison specialist at the Tennessee Poison Control Center, said many poisonings occur when there is a distraction in the home, and there are plenty of those during the holidays, when decorating, cooking and giving gifts are abundant.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 15, 2005

Grammys Bring Little Big Town to Visit Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Equity Music Group’s Little Big Town is coming to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt joining the annual visit by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (known for the Grammy awards).

By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Niswender named Culpeper Scholar

Vanderbilt University’s Kevin Niswender, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of three 2006 Charles E. Culpeper Medical scholars, according to Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 9, 2005

Masys elected ACMI president

Daniel Masys, M.D., professor and chair of Vanderbilt's Department of Biomedical Informatics, is the new president-elect of the American College of Medical Informatics.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 8, 2005

Noted Heart Surgeon Petracek Joins Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michael R. Petracek, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon currently practicing with Cardiovascular Surgery Associates and the Saint Thomas Heart Institute, and one of Nashville's leading heart surgeons for over 20 years, is leaving Saint Thomas Hospital to join the faculty of Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a full-time clinical professor of Surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 28, 2005

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center leads effort to evaluate lung cancer “signatures”

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is leading a multi-institutional effort supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to identify "molecular signatures" of lung cancer.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 23, 2005

Safety experts at VCH present “Trouble in Toyland” report

Just before the peak of the holiday shopping season, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) has released its 20th annual toy safety report. Experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt want parents to be aware of the potential hazards these toys may pose.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 14, 2005

Youngest Triple-Organ Recipient in Vanderbilt’s History Now Recovering

A 15-year-old Coffee County girl is recovering after becoming the first child to receive a simultaneous heart and double-lung transplant at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on Nov. 8.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 2, 2005

FDA Approves First New Therapy In a Decade For Most Lethal Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new therapy in almost a decade for pancreas cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 2, 2005

Vanderbilt Medical Center Seeking Volunteers for New HIV Vaccine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting healthy volunteers for the second phase of testing of a novel HIV vaccine regimen that also is being studied in AIDS-battered countries around the world.
By VUMC News and Communications
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