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Phase 3 CELLEBRATE Trial Testing Regenerative Stem Cell-Based Therapy to Improve Urinary Control for Women

The Phase 3 CELLEBRATE trial to test a regenerative stem cell-based therapy in treating patients with stress urinary incontinence is continuing to recruit additional subjects after changing its study protocol to include only patients who have...
11-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Two-Day Course Teaches Hospitals and Health Systems How to Address Unprofessionalism and Unsafe Behavior

The Vanderbilt Health Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) will host a two-day, hands-on course in Nashville to equip hospital and health system leaders with strategies and tools to address unprofessionalism and create a safe,...
8-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Grant helps expand Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training across Middle Tennessee

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a federal grant of nearly $500,000 to expand access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) across Middle Tennessee, particularly to rural and underserved areas.
1-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Study finds more pleasant-sounding medical device alarms could reduce annoyance without compromising effectiveness

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, have found that making medical device alarms more musical can significantly reduce perceived annoyance without negatively impacting the ability of...
1-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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VUMC part of major step to achieving precision medicine

An analysis of genomic data from nearly 250,000 participants in the National Institutes of Health’s Research Program has identified more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variations, nearly 4 million of which have potential health...
19-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Study links small pancreas size to faster progression to stage 3 Type 1 diabetes

A multicenter, longitudinal study, co-led by investigators at the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC), has discovered that a small pancreas size predicts a faster progression to stage 3 Type 1 diabetes (T1D), the point at which...
12-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Education, bullying, mental health, school gun violence top list of parental concerns for their children: poll

The latest results from an annual poll of Tennessee parents from the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy again show education and school quality is the leading concern parents have for their children for the third consecutive year.
7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

VUMC Community Art Initiative call for medical student art

The Association of American Medical Colleges and Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Art of Diagnosis Program, sponsored by the Gordan and Betty Moore Foundation, awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Community Art Initiative (CAI)...
2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites


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Grant bolsters research to address rising maternal mortality rates

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized nation, a trend that has been accelerating for 20 years. But nearly two out of three maternal deaths are preventable, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) being the leading...
6-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST

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Doctors Seeing Increase in Young Females with Tics, Verbal Outbursts Similar to Tourette syndrome

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt typically sees a case of functional tics every few months, according to Heather Riordan, MD, associate professor of Child Neurology. Now the team is seeing a few new cases a week.
21-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT

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Pediatricians See Spike In RSV Cases Urge Parents To Be On Lookout For Symptoms

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is seeing a spike in respiratory illnesses, especially RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and parainfluenza, which cause croup and bronchiolitis in young children and flu-like symptoms in older...
24-Jun-2021 12:20 PM EDT

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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Expert Offers COVID-19 “Safe Play” Tips for Parents

As the world begins to slowly open back up after months of living in a safer-at-home mode, many families are wondering how best to re-introduce their children to society.
11-Jun-2020 1:05 PM EDT

Vanderbilt Allergy Specialist Outlines Steps to Allergy Relief as Tree Pollen Season Begins

Allergies have a seasonal rhythm to their comings and goings, and we are in the midst of one of the biggest allergy seasons of the year: tree pollen season.
14-Mar-2016 9:05 AM EDT

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