Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Vanderbilt School of Nursing opens clinic for hurricane refugees now in Middle Tennessee
In an effort to help displaced hurricane refugees from the Gulf Coast area, the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is holding a special clinic for hurricane victims needing health care at the Vine Hill Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to treat hurricane disaster refugees who have sought refuge in Middle Tennessee. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center offering cancer treatment for patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina
Cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath who are in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky and in need of continued treatment can contact the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for assistance. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps opens warehouse to receive donated materials for hurricane relief assistance
Beginning at 1 p.m. today, the Middle Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps (MTMRC) will open a warehouse within the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, located on James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville, to receive personal items as well as medical supplies to assist hurricane disaster relief efforts. Beginning tomorrow, warehouse hours will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. each day. Read MoreSep 6, 2005
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CCFA and VUMC Host Education Forum for Crohn‘s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
The Crohn‘s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are hosting the third annual Living With Crohn‘s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis patient education program. Read MoreAug 8, 2005
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Vanderbilt University School of Nursing professor to ride with Lance Armstrong in Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope
Joan King, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N.C., a cancer survivor and director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing‘s Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, has been chosen to ride across the country alongside seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong in a campaign called the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope. Read MoreJul 27, 2005
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Vanderbilt sees increased number of heat-related illnesses
Vanderbilt‘s emergency physicians are seeing an increase in the number of heat-related emergencies and are urging the public to take precautions in the extreme heat. Read MoreJul 26, 2005
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Vanderbilt‘s Catron named Tennessee‘s Children‘s Care Director by Governor
Thomas F. Catron, associate professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt Medical Center, has been named by Governor Phil Bredesen as the director of the Governor‘s Office of Children‘s Care Coordination. Read MoreJul 11, 2005
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Bug Season calls for Precautions
The great outdoors will keep children busy and active this season, but experts at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt say parents would be wise to use a little precaution before play time to avoid insect-borne illnesses, typically caused by insect bites or stings. Read MoreJun 20, 2005
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Announces New Research Institute To Focus On Earliest Possible Detection Of Cancers
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will launch a new research institute, jump-started with a $10 million gift from West Tennessee businessman Jim Ayers, to develop techniques to detect cancers at their earliest, most curable stages, Vanderbilt officials announced today. Read MoreJun 15, 2005
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Child Abuse Snapshot of Vanderbilt Children‘s Hospital Patients Shows Tiniest Victims Most Seriously Injured
About one-fourth of infants who are violently shaken by an abuser will die from brain damage. Read MoreJun 1, 2005
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Antibody may protect children from dangerous syndrome
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will embark on a phase one clinical trial of a new product that could be used in children to protect them from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Vanderbilt will be the only site in the country testing this new product. Read MoreMay 2, 2005
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Coopwood named new CEO of Metro Hospital Authority
Reginald W. Coopwood, M.D. has been named the next CEO of the Metro Hospital Authority which inclues Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, Bordeaux Long Term Care and Knowles Assisted Living Facility and Adult Day Care. Read MoreApr 27, 2005
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Shutting down the HIV assembly line
After infecting a susceptible cell, the human immunodeficiency virus hijacks that cell‘s normal machinery to produce carbon copies of itself. New HIV particles roll off the cellular assembly lines, burst like bubbles out of the cell, and float off to invade other cellular factories. Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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Macular Degeneration Gene Discovery Could Halt Vision Loss in Older Americans
Investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center have identified the first major gene that increases a person‘s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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Obesity Surgery Study to Remove “Hidden Fat” May Alleviate Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are looking beyond waistlines and into the role visceral fat plays in type 2 diabetes. Read MoreMar 10, 2005
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New Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science to house one of the world‘s most powerful research magnets in $26.7 million facility
Construction will begin next month on a four-floor, state-of-the-art facility in the old emergency room parking lot between the A and B wings of Medical Center North that will house the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS). Read MoreFeb 28, 2005
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Vanderbilt Brain Institute Hosts Brain Awareness Month 2005
Brain Awareness Month is a series of events during March aimed at teaching the public about the importance of brain research to understanding, treating, and ultimately curing brain-related diseases. Read MoreFeb 23, 2005
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New scholarships at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing available for pediatric nursing students
Students interested in pursuing a degree in nursing from Vanderbilt, but who are concerned about financial obstacles, could get a big boost thanks to a grant from the Christy-Houston Foundation. Read MoreFeb 17, 2005
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First-time surgery may save newborn from bowel transplant
The newborn baby of a Fort Campbell soldier family has become the first to receive a new type of surgery at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read MoreFeb 16, 2005
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Vanderbilt School of Medicine announces new chair and Institute for Global Health
Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the first Amos Christie Chair in Global Health and director of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine‘s Institute for Global Health. He will assume the role effective July 1. Read MoreFeb 15, 2005