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July 23, 2024
VUMC set to debut focused ultrasound treatment for tremors, Parkinson’s disease
Focused ultrasound treatment is a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of tremors or Parkinson’s disease performed in an outpatient clinic with MRI as the navigation tool. -
July 23, 2024
Vanderbilt Transplant Center finishes fiscal year with record 809 solid organ transplants
Vanderbilt’s adult heart, lung, liver and kidney transplant programs individually had record fiscal years, with 150 heart transplants, 90 lung transplants, 180 liver transplants and 333 kidney transplants. In addition, adult transplant teams performed three heart/lung transplants and four kidney/pancreas transplants. -
July 23, 2024
VUMC joins $31 million project to speed new TB therapies
Sweeping data integration and clinical trial simulations are needed to help decide which targets to prioritize in researching new tuberculosis treatment regimens. -
July 22, 2024
Opioid treatment can avoid foster care placement: study
If women are given medications to treat opioid use disorder during their pregnancy they are significantly more likely to retain custody of their newborns after delivery -
July 22, 2024
Nursing may be a later in life career for Christin Inman, RN, but the VWCH Patient and Family Choice Award winner is right on time
“I take my time with every single patient and want to hear what brought them here and what they want to take out of their experience.” -
July 19, 2024
Vanderbilt, Meharry graduate students among the 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellows
They are the only two from Tennessee named this year for the program, which provides support for each student’s dissertation research for up to three years. -
July 18, 2024
AI could help patients ask better questions of their care teams
AI has proven better than doctors at drafting responses to written questions from patients. A new study suggests even greater advantages in using AI to help patients write more effective messages to their care teams.