Department of Medicine

Cholesterol
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 21, 2011

Growth factor boosts beta cells

A growth factor may help grow transplantation-quality pancreas cells for treating diabetes.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2011

Initiative to help ‘translate’ diabetes research advances

The new Center for Diabetes Translation Research will translate scientific breakthroughs into practices that can be applied in the doctor’s office and the patient’s home.

By Bill Snyder
Operating Room
October 18, 2011

Predicting hospital readmission is risky business: study

Each year millions of Americans return to the hospital within 30 days of their previous discharge. Although many readmissions could be preventable, most statistical models for predicting them “perform poorly,” according to researchers at Vanderbilt and the Oregon Health and Science University and their affiliated VA medical centers.

By Bill Snyder
October 13, 2011

Supplements don’t help lung injury patients

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

By Kathy Whitney
October 7, 2011

Heart protein may be target for colon cancer therapies

A protein critical in heart development may also play a part in colon cancer progression.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 28, 2011

New group of faculty endowed chairs celebrated

Ten of Vanderbilt’s new endowed chairs were praised as leaders in their fields and on campus during a Sept. 26 ceremony at the Student Life Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 20, 2011

Vanderbilt study links military service in Middle East with serious lung disorder

A Vanderbilt study of U.S. soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan shows a serious lung condition linked to prolonged exposures to sulfur fires and burn pits.
By Craig Boerner
April 28, 2011

Bentley named assistant vice chancellor for Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Alan Bentley, director of Commercialization for Cleveland Clinic Innovations with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, has been named assistant vice chancellor of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 15, 2011

Vanderbilt: Laboratory for health care reform

By Bill Snyder
April 12, 2011

Soy foods not a risk for breast cancer survivors

By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2011

Cancer Center study snuffs out menthol myths

People who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or die from the disease than are smokers of non-mentholated brands, a new study shows.
By Bill Snyder
January 31, 2011

Breast cancer patients with strong social network live longer

By VUMC News and Communications
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