All News Archive — Page 138 of 151
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October 21, 2021
Doctors seeing increase in young females with tics, verbal outbursts similar to Tourette syndrome
An international phenomenon of involuntary movements and vocalizations in adolescent girls is now believed to be a functional movement disorder, and while the causes are unclear, TikTok and other social medial platforms may be important contributors. -
October 7, 2021
Study seeks to improve kidney transplant outcomes among Black patients
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September 2, 2021
Using billing codes to count cancers
The billing codes in electronic health records are useful for counting skin cancers over time — an important metric for cancer risk assessment and prevention. -
August 26, 2021
Family’s gift celebrates those who make transplants possible
All Coleen Leszczynski ever wanted was to be normal. Born with a congenital heart disease (CHD), she labored to breathe, having only three-quarters the oxygen capacity of a healthy person. Still, she fought to live, serving as a cardiac nurse in her native Philadelphia area for more than 16 years. She wanted to help people like her. -
August 20, 2021
There is a bell on the transplant unit. It rings in celebration — and memory
Coleen Leszczynski's family dedicated the bell, to be rung every time a transplant patient leaves the hospital -
August 19, 2021
Transplant Pharmacy’s Osman donates kidney to former boss
Over the last two years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Transplant Pharmacy technician Sarah Osman, CPhT, has become very familiar with the process of organ transplantation. -
August 19, 2021
Children, firearms mixing more during pandemic
Researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt discovered an alarming finding during the height of the pandemic — a marked increase in firearm encounters among children.