Department of Medicine

June 26, 2023

Magnesium deficiency and blood pressure

Dietary magnesium depletion in a mouse model activated inflammatory pathways and molecules that promote hypertension, suggesting that increased magnesium consumption may be beneficial for reducing the prevalence of hypertension.

By Leigh MacMillan
June 21, 2023

Three Vanderbilt physicians named ASCO fellows

Three Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center physicians were recently named fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

By Tom Wilemon
June 19, 2023

Educator Development Program announces new cohort

By VUMC News and Communications
June 16, 2023

Study shows video laryngoscope increases successful intubation on first attempt

A Vanderbilt study study comparing the two types of laryngoscopes used in tracheal intubation of critically ill patients showed that the use of a video laryngoscope increased successful intubation on the first attempt, compared to the use of a direct laryngoscope, the standard approach for almost a century.

By Nancy Humphrey
June 15, 2023

New treatment option for metastatic colorectal cancer prolongs survival

Research conducted at Vanderbilt points to a new therapy is on the horizon for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have run out of treatment options.

By Tom Wilemon
Kate Whitley is participating in a free virtual support group at VUMC for those with Long COVID.
June 15, 2023

Virtual support group helps people with Long COVID

In addition to receiving her medical care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Kate Whitley is one of about 100 patients participating in a free virtual support group program for those with Long COVID at VUMC.

By Nancy Humphrey
June 14, 2023

NIH grant boosts international TB research consortium

A new grant will help support Vanderbilt's RePORT Brazil, one of an international consortium’s six regional tuberculosis research programs.
By Paul Govern
June 13, 2023

Maternal diet influences postnatal diabetes risk

Studies in a primate animal model suggest that islet hyperfunction — which in humans is associated with increased fat mass and Type 2 diabetes — is programmed in offspring by a maternal Western-style diet during pregnancy.
By Bill Snyder
June 8, 2023

Targeting calcium handling in A-fib

The drug ent-verticilide reduced A-fib incidence and duration in an animal model, suggesting it may be a viable therapeutic option.
By Leigh MacMillan
June 5, 2023

Study discovers that tumor mutation burden predicts survival outcome

The expected course of a patient's cancer prognosis has traditionally been judged by its type, stage and microscopic aggressiveness, but patients with the same presentation can still have widely divergent outcomes. Researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have discovered that differences in tumor mutation burden are a major reason for this divergence.
By Tom Wilemon
June 5, 2023

Vanderbilt mourns loss of renowned clinical pharmacologist Jackson Roberts II, MD

Jackson Roberts II, MD, an internationally known clinical pharmacologist in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine who helped define the role of lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in human disease, died May 31 in Nashville. He was 79.
By Bill Snyder
May 31, 2023

Liquid biopsy test may detect early-stage and low DNA-shedding cancers

Vanderbilt research shows that a liquid biopsy-based multicancer early detection (MCED) test could detect 12 types of cancers, including low DNA-shedding cancers and early-stage cancers.
By Tom Wilemon
May 24, 2023

VUMC app used by research participants around the world

MyCap is a secure, customizable mobile computing application (for smartphone or tablet) used to collect data from research participants on a remote basis. At Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where MyCap was created and launched in 2018, some 107 projects have used the app, and by 2021, research participants in 135 countries had installed the free app.
By Paul Govern