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Released: 20-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Leading Tennessee Hospital Lends a Helping Paw to Patients and Their Families
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Mars Petcare and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt announced a collaboration to create the Mars Petcare Pet Therapy Fund to support a dedicated facility dog and staff position at Children’s Hospital with a goal of showing how pet visits improve the health of patients — thus getting them home faster.

Released: 19-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Vanderbilt Opens Telemedicine Clinic for Kidney Transplant Screening
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

With the opening of a pre-transplant kidney evaluation clinic in Jackson, Tennessee, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is joining a range of other clinical programs participating in telemedicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

Released: 12-Jul-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Study Reveals Opioid Patients Face Multiple Barriers To Treatment
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

In areas of the country disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis, treatment programs are less likely to accept patients paying through insurance of any type or accept pregnant women, a new Vanderbilt study found.

28-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
DBS Treatment May Slow the Progression of Parkinson’s Tremor in Early-Stage Patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson’s disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released in the June 29 online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 26-Jun-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Earns Accolades from U.S. News & World Report
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has once again earned the distinction of being named among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals in rankings released today.

Released: 11-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Study Finds How Physicians Receive Feedback is Important for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Antimicrobial resistance continues to increase, and antimicrobial stewardship programs are developing plans to report antimicrobial use in order to reduce and optimize the use of antibiotics.

Released: 29-May-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Berlin Named to New Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Leadership Post
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jordan Berlin, MD, has been named associate director of Clinical Investigation Strategy and Shared Resources at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC).

Released: 21-May-2018 4:35 PM EDT
Dolly Parton and Niece Hannah Dennison Honored at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Legendary country music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton and her niece Hannah Dennison were honored Thursday at the dedication of the newly named Hannah Dennison Butterfly Garden at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

14-May-2018 2:00 PM EDT
Study Shows Increase In Youth Suicide Attempts
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The number of school-age children and adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts has more than doubled since 2008, according to a new Vanderbilt-led study published today in Pediatrics.

Released: 14-May-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Study Finds Acetaminophen Helps Reduce Acute Kidney Injury Risk in Children Following Cardiac Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Children who underwent cardiac surgery were less likely to develop acute kidney injury if they had been treated with acetaminophen in the first 48 hours after their procedures, according to a Vanderbilt study just published in JAMA Pediatrics.

8-May-2018 4:00 PM EDT
Study Shows Prolonged NAS Treatment For Infants Discharged Early
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Infants who are diagnosed with drug withdrawal after birth who are treated with medication as outpatients at home are treated three times longer than infants treated solely as inpatients, according to a new Vanderbilt study.

Released: 9-May-2018 3:55 PM EDT
Gene Study Spots Clues to Heart Risk for Statin Patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving a statin drug like Lipitor or Crestor to lower their blood cholesterol.

Released: 7-May-2018 4:25 PM EDT
Study Provides Robust Evidence of Sex Differences with Alzheimer’s Gene
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The APOE gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, may play a more prominent role in disease development among women than men, according to new research from the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center.

Released: 4-May-2018 3:05 PM EDT
Nashvillians to Play Important Role in “All of Us,” Nation’s Largest Health Research Initiative
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The All of Us Research Program, which aims to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness through precision medicine with the help of one million or more research participants from across the United States, officially opens for national enrollment on Sunday, May 6.

Released: 26-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT
CDC Reports Prevalence of Autism Continues To Rise in U.S.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The prevalence of U.S. children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is now 1 in 59, according to new estimates released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a significant increase from the 1 in 68 estimate in 2016.

Released: 9-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Study of Mucus May Help Guide Sinusitis Treatment
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

By April, nearly one-third of the U.S. is already experiencing high pollen levels while the weather and temperatures continue to fluctuate, aggravating sinus symptoms. A patient’s mucus may predict the type of his or her chronic sinusitis, which could help doctors determine whether surgery or medical treatments can produce the best outcomes, according to a recently published Vanderbilt study.

Released: 5-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Launches Nashville Biosciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Officials with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) announce today the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Nashville Biosciences, to harness the power of its extensive genomic and bioinformatics resources to advance drug and diagnostics discovery and development.

   
Released: 28-Mar-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Novel Research Involving Cicadas Explores Way to Restore Silenced Voices
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University campus in 2011 is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis.

Released: 26-Mar-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Study Tracks Impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome on State Medicaid Programs
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before birth, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Released: 19-Mar-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Vanderbilt Study Affirms Effectiveness, Promise of Telemedicine for Autism Evaluations
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have found that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be accurately diagnosed in young children via remote, telemedicine assessments, a method that could significantly increase access and reduce wait times for autism services.

Released: 19-Mar-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Recruiting Volunteers for Investigational Bird Flu Vaccine Study
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting volunteers to participate in a national study of an investigational vaccine against the H7N9 influenza virus, also known as “bird flu.”

12-Mar-2018 5:00 PM EDT
New Methods Find Undiagnosed Genetic Diseases In Electronic Health Records
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found a way to search genetic data in electronic health records to identify undiagnosed genetic diseases in large populations so treatments can be tailored to the actual cause of the illness.

23-Feb-2018 10:00 AM EST
Saline Use On The Decline At Vanderbilt Following Landmark Studies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is encouraging its medical providers to stop using saline as intravenous fluid therapy for most patients, a change provoked by two companion landmark studies released today that are anticipated to improve survival and decrease kidney complications.

Released: 19-Feb-2018 5:05 PM EST
Neurons Fight Back Early in Brain Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A therapeutic target to preserve vision in glaucoma patients could have treatment ramifications for age-related neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, according to findings released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

9-Feb-2018 5:00 PM EST
Opioid Use Increases Risk Of Serious Infections
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Opioid users have a significantly increased risk of infections severe enough to require treatment at the hospital, such as pneumonia and meningitis, as compared to people who don’t use opioids.

8-Feb-2018 11:00 AM EST
Opioid Use Increases Risk of Serious Infections
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Opioid users have a significantly increased risk of infections severe enough to require treatment at the hospital, such as pneumonia and meningitis, as compared to people who don’t use opioids.

Released: 7-Feb-2018 10:05 AM EST
Tennessee Poison Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Tennessee Poison Center (TPC) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, following a year in which it received more than 50,000 emergency calls from residents, healthcare professionals, emergency departments and intensive care units.

Released: 6-Feb-2018 5:05 PM EST
Vanderbilt Signs Agreement to Develop Methods for Preventing Global Spread of Deadly Viruses
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has signed a five-year cooperative agreement worth up to $28 million with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop methods for preventing the global spread of viruses like chikungunya and Zika.

Released: 5-Feb-2018 1:05 PM EST
Vanderbilt’s Heart Transplant Program Reaches New Record
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) performed a record number of heart transplants in 2017, surpassing the 2016 milestone and securing its place as the second-busiest heart transplant program in the country.

Released: 9-Jan-2018 5:00 AM EST
Place of Residence Linked To Heart Failure Risk
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

According to new research in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, almost 5 percent of heart failure risk was connected to neighborhood factors.

Released: 18-Dec-2017 3:45 PM EST
Brain Lesions and Criminal Behavior Linked to Moral Decision-Making Network
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person toward criminal behavior, according to new research by Ryan Darby, MD, assistant professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

Released: 7-Dec-2017 3:05 PM EST
Leapfrog Names Children’s Hospital Among Top 10 in U.S.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is one of only 10 children’s hospitals in the nation to be named a Leapfrog Top Hospital for 2017.

Released: 5-Dec-2017 2:05 PM EST
Vanderbilt Health Receives National Designation for Excellence in Infection Prevention
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is the first health system in the nation to receive the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Program of Distinction designation, an acknowledgement of excellence for infection prevention and control programs that meet stringent standards established by the association.

Released: 30-Nov-2017 9:05 AM EST
Tennessee Poison Center at Vanderbilt Offers Advice on How to Avoid Food Poisoning This Holiday Season
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year an estimated 48 million people, about one in six, contract a foodborne illness. Approximately 128,000 require hospitalization, and 3,000 cases are fatal.

Released: 28-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST
Maquat Receives Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lynne Maquat, PhD, whose work has significantly advanced the understanding of human gene expression, is the recipient of the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) announced today.

Released: 21-Nov-2017 2:50 PM EST
Post-Flu Risks A Growing Concern For The Elderly
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Infectious disease experts are warning that flu can lead to an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and disability in elderly patients for months after they have recovered from their illness.

Released: 20-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EST
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Offers Safety Tips for Holiday Decorating
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lights and decorations are a special part of the holidays, but also bring an increased potential for injury, especially to young children, according to safety experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Released: 20-Nov-2017 9:05 AM EST
Smoking Study Personalizes Treatment
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A simple blood test is allowing Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) researchers to determine which patients should be prescribed varenicline (Chantix) to stop smoking and which patients could do just as well, and avoid side effects, by using a nicotine patch.

Released: 17-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EST
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Urges Caution in Choosing Age-appropriate Holiday Toys for Young Children
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

With the holiday shopping season upon us, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt offers critical safety tips to those buying gifts for children.

6-Nov-2017 9:00 AM EST
Research Links Heart Function to Brain’s Memory Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Research by a team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center scientists suggests that older people whose hearts pump less blood have blood flow reductions in the temporal lobe regions of the brain, where Alzheimer’s pathology first begins.

Released: 2-Nov-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Study Shows Azithromycin Overprescribed for Childhood Pneumonia
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A combination of two antibiotics is often prescribed to treat community-acquired pneumonia in children but a JAMA Pediatrics study is now showing that using just one of the two has the same benefit to patients in most case

Released: 30-Oct-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Room-Cleaning Robots Use UV Radiation to Zap Microorganisms
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Germ-killing robots are being enlisted to further safeguard Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) patients from health care-associated infections.

   
Released: 26-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Vanderbilt Leads International Effort to Develop Universal Flu Vaccine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are leading an international effort to develop a universal influenza vaccine that would protect everyone against all strains of the flu anywhere in the world.

Released: 25-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT
National Study to Test Nicotine Patch on Memory Loss
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of 29 sites participating in a national study to determine whether a daily transdermal nicotine patch will have a positive effect on attention and early memory impairment in older adults diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Paul Newhouse, M.D., director of the Center for Cognitive Medicine at VUMC is the national director of the study.

Released: 25-Oct-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Patients Treated with New FDA-Approved CAR T Therapy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has been selected as one of the few authorized treatment centers in the United States approved to administer the first FDA- approved chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapy for treatment of adult patients with a specific type of lymphoma. VICC is the only cancer center in a seven-state region of the Southeast authorized to deliver the new immunotherapy.

Released: 20-Oct-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Vanderbilt’s Liver Transplant Program Reaches New Milestone
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

This month, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) performed its 2,000th liver transplant, another milestone for one of the largest liver transplant programs in the Southeast.

Released: 6-Oct-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Launches Telemedicine Initiative to Serve Kentucky Schools
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Through a school-based telemedicine program, nurses with the Allen County Health Department who practice in the county’s four schools in Scottsville, Kentucky, will work with nurse practitioners and pediatricians in Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Primary Care Clinic to offer the county’s 3,000-plus students care for certain conditions typically requiring a trip to a pediatrician’s office.

Released: 21-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Novel Knee Surgery Utilizes Patient’s Regrown Cartilage Cells
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt’s Scott Arthur, M.D., recently performed the state’s first knee surgery using a newly approved implant containing a patient’s regrown cartilage cells.

Released: 20-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Patient’s Freak Pancreas Injury Spurs Rapid Response
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

CT scans of her head at a local hospital were clear. After persistent pain in her abdomen in the hours that followed, doctors performed another CT, this time of her stomach. The images revealed her pancreas had split in half. Macie was a ticking time bomb.

Released: 18-Sep-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to Offer New Cutting-Edge Treatment for Type of Pediatric Leukemia
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is part of a select group of health care institutions recently chosen to offer a new FDA-approved immunotherapy for a subset of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).



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