Melissa Wellons

  • Vanderbilt University

    Tick-tock – predicting menopause

    An ultrasound count of potentially egg-producing follicles could predict the timing of menopause. Read More

    Mar 6, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast: Sci-Fi Author

    This Week on VUCast: She’s juggling her studies and life as a sci-fi author! Meet writing phenom Kat Zhang. See the new and improved Sarratt/Rand. Which women are more at risk for heart attacks. [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Oct 19, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study ties early menopause to heart attack, stroke

    Women who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study by Melissa Wellons, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Read More

    Sep 27, 2012