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May 23, 2024
When is it safe to leave a child home alone? Can cicadas hurt your hearing? Building healthy habits and other news stories with VUMC sources
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May 23, 2024
Where Hope Began: Celebrating more than 20 years of the Carell family commitment to children
Until 2004, Nashville was the only city among the top 25 in the nation that didn’t have a freestanding hospital dedicated to serving children and their families. -
May 22, 2024
Rising syphilis cases prompt more testing during pregnancy
When found and treated early with antibiotics, syphilis is curable. Untreated syphilis can cause deafness, blindness and irreversible heart and brain damage. -
May 21, 2024
DAISY Award spotlight: “Kindness, creativity and relentless pursuit of excellent patient care”
Shana Parks works in the Colorectal Surgery Clinic and she is one of the latest group of DAISY Award winners at VUMC. -
May 21, 2024
NIH grant supports effort to build expertise in genetic epidemiology research in Vietnam
V2-GENE, the Vanderbilt-Vietnam Genetic Epidemiology Training Program, will develop a team of researchers and educators to lead genetic epidemiology research of noncommunicable diseases across the lifespan in Vietnam. -
May 21, 2024
Acetaminophen shows promise in warding off acute respiratory distress syndrome, organ injury in patients with sepsis
Findings from NIH-supported clinical trial suggest that intravenous acetaminophen has the greatest benefit in the sickest patients. -
May 17, 2024
A Mother’s Day to remember
Melissia Boynton got the call about 3 a.m. on Mother’s Day that her new heart was available. Immediately, her plans changed from a barbecue around the family pool to a middle-of-the-night drive to Nashville to get her new heart.