Reporter Jan 10 2014
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HIV’s impact on B cells
Understanding how HIV infection affects immune system B cells may guide strategies for vaccine development. Read MoreJan 15, 2014
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Searching for beta cell stimulators
Vanderbilt researchers describe a new technique for identifying factors that stimulate the proliferation of pancreatic beta cells – factors that might offer therapeutic options for diabetes. Read MoreJan 13, 2014
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iPods for patient transporters helping boost response times
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s 55 patient transporters average approximately 550 transports per weekday and 425 per day over the weekend. The dispatch system that coordinates transport is fully automated. Read MoreJan 10, 2014
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A pain in the … genes
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that variation in the gene encoding the potassium channel GIRK1 plays a role in modulating human pain perception. Read MoreJan 10, 2014
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Brain-gut connection in autism
An association between rigid-compulsive behaviors and gastrointestinal symptoms in autism spectrum disorder may point to a common biological pathway that impacts both the brain and the gut. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Could anything be more complicated than health care has become — particularly at VUMC where we are educating, discovering and caring for patients all at once? Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Emergency Medicine effort in Guyana reaches milestone
Vanderbilt’s Emergency Medicine residency program in Guyana graduated its first resident Nov. 22, 2013, marking a significant milestone in a decade-long effort to establish the country’s first Emergency Medicine program and department at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Collins memorial set for Jan. 18
A memorial service for Robert D. Collins, M.D., will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at West End United Methodist Church in Nashville. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Churchwell named to new VUSM diversity post
Andre L. Churchwell, M.D., associate dean for Diversity at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been promoted to the new position of senior associate dean for Diversity Affairs. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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UCLA Nursing School dean set for MLK lecture
Courtney H. Lyder, N.D., Sc.D., dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, is set to deliver the keynote address during the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 20. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Traveling exhibit traces medicine in Washington’s time
A National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit, “George Washington and Medicine,” is on display in the History of Medicine Room at the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Pioneers of Discovery: Investigator seeks to debug cancer’s ‘bad software’
Beyond genetics — that’s the call Oliver McDonald, M.D., Ph.D., heard during the year between college and medical school he spent in a lab at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Cataract surgery helps clear clouds from patient’s vision
Suzy Gore spent the last 10 years watching her eyesight decline. Unable to see the vision chart at her doctor’s office without corrective lenses, tired of halo effects around lights and the challenge of driving at night, Gore decided to undergo laser cataract surgery. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Vanderbilt study shows suicide risk doesn’t differ in children taking two types of commonly prescribed antidepressants
A new Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows there is no evidence that the risk of suicide differs with two commonly prescribed antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents. Read MoreJan 7, 2014
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Vanderbilt announces expansion plans for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital
Vanderbilt University plans to build a four-floor inpatient expansion on top of the existing structure of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, hospital officials announced Dec. 31, 2013. Each floor of the expansion will add approximately 40,000 square feet to Children’s Hospital that will be used to fulfill… Read MoreJan 2, 2014
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Children with autism benefit from peer solicitation
iStock Peer solicitation – a child inviting another to play – can improve reciprocal social interaction among children with autism, according to a Vanderbilt University study released today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Researchers studied playground interactions between children with autism and typically… Read MoreDec 12, 2013