Health And Medicine

New research into changes in the brains of obese patients and others with substance abuse issues indicate doctors should be more understanding when treating these patients. Read More

Antioxidant genes may be good targets for treating a stomach disorder that affects up to 40 percent of patients with diabetes. Read More

The Rally Foundation awarded an $80,000 grant to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to fund a research study on the treatment of neuroblastoma. Read More

Vanderbilt researcher uses theater as therapy for children with autism. Read More

Researchers discover new wrinkles in how proteins build memories. Read More

Cocaine exposure during the teen years causes long-lasting brain and behavioral changes in rats. Read More

A new study is using technology to achieve better control of blood sugar levels early in the the course of type 1 diabetes. Read More

A discovery about the causes of atherosclerosis, a cause of heart attacks and strokes, may lead to new treatments. Read More

The Department of Emergency Medicine has received a $3.5 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health, one of the nation’s first training grants in emergency medicine. Read More

Carlos Grijalva, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine, will go to the rural areas of the Peruvian Andes through a $500,000 grant from the Thrasher Foundation to examine pneumonia in children in the hopes of describing the association between common respiratory viral infections and bacterial infection. Read More

Low blood levels of magnesium are associated with more aggressive prostate cancer, a recent study suggests. Read More

Changes in blood levels of the sex hormone estradiol may provide a clinically useful predictor of death in critically ill or injured patients. Read More

A new implantable device currently being studied gives heart failure patients the ability to monitor their heart and take action when their condition begins to worsen. Read More

A protein isolated from beneficial bacteria found in yogurt and dairy products could offer a new, oral therapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disorders. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers provide new information about how the genome inside our cellular “power plants” – the mitochondria – has evolved. Read More

The cellular factor Src helps reoviruses enter cells. Read More

Protein supplements often recommended after gastric bypass surgery may actually have undesirable metabolic effects, suggests a recent study led by Ronald Clements in the Vanderbilt Center for Surgical Weight Loss. Read More

The question of whether new discoveries about the human genome will cause racism to fizzle or flare was the topic of the two recent discussions at Vanderbilt. Read More

HIV-positive men and women can dramatically reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by beginning antiretroviral therapy early, new research finds. Read More

A new report on women's health in Tennessee finds continuing areas of concern and a need for programs that support lifestyle changes to prevent long-term health consequences. Read More