A study concludes that increasing the number of registered nurses and hours of nursing care per patient would save 6,700 lives and 4 million days of patient care in hospitals each year.
Efforts to reform drug regulation in the wake of the Vioxx withdrawal do not go far enough, according to experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
A study shows that media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's LifeFlight air ambulance program has become the first program in Tennessee to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS).
Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., the director of The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and a Pediatric Infectious Disease research epidemiologist at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has been selected as the primary investigator to lead the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) for the newly restructured HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are attempting to short circuit the progression of Parkinson's disease by implanting stimulation devices into the brains of Parkinson's patients earlier on in the course of their disease.
The study that led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its recommendations for giving flu shots to children is published in the July 6 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
According to Vanderbilt infectious disease experts Timothy R. Sterling, M.D., and David W. Haas, M.D., treatment should be provided to health care workers with latent TB infection as indicated by a positive tuberculin skin test, particularly if they meet certain high-risk criteria.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, in collaboration with investigators at Johns Hopkins University, are beginning a Phase I trial to test a new vaccine against the West Nile virus.
People who suffer from severe ulcerative colitis may find relief from a new drug that is being tested at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Paul Ragan, M.D., associate professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, is available for interviews on the Israel/Hezbollah Conflict. He can address a wide range of topics in dealing with psychiatry issues in the military including acute stress disorders that are often rampant throughout a community when hundreds of thousands of people are displaced.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently began offering a new treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that may improve, and in some cases restore, patients' vision.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $2 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to create a comprehensive program to help train and educate those who care for elderly patients.
In a large epidemiological study, researchers found that people who drank three or more servings of fruit and vegetable juices per week had a 76 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than those who drank juice less than once per week.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has become the first hospital in the region to offer a novel approach to cardiac surgery which doctors believe will change the standard of care for cardiovascular patients.
In one of the most rigorous studies ever conducted to determine how well people comprehend the information provided on food nutrition labels, researchers have found that the reading and math skills of a significant number of people may not be sufficient to extract the needed information, according to an article published in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will participate in a major nationwide initiative to standardize proteomic technologies aimed at improving the detection and treatment of cancer.
Promising results from a clinical trial led by lung cancer specialist, Alan Sandler, M.D., director of Thoracic Oncology at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, have helped in the effort to get a new drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to fight an advanced form of the disease.
Researchers have identified a common gene variant that more than doubles the risk of autism. The research, led by investigators at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, provides new insights into the genetic basis of the complex disorder.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has achieved designation as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
The good news for NFL players who sustain an injury to their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is that they'll likely play again in the NFL. The bad news is, they'll return with diminished performance on the field, concludes a study in the December issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been selected as one of nine teams nationwide to participate in a landmark program from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to design and test bold ideas for how consumers can use information technology to better manage their health and navigate the health care system.
Almost a third of parents say they don't think their methods of disciplining children are working very well, and many of those report using the same discipline their own parents used.
Large numbers of people entering the nursing profession in their late 20s and early 30s are helping narrow the nursing shortage, according to a new study published in the January/February 2007 issue of the journal Health Affairs.
Susan Cooper, M.S.N., assistant dean for Practice at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has been named the new Commissioner of Health for the state of Tennessee by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
Nearly 10 percent of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) victims have mutations or variations in genes associated with potentially lethal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to two newly published studies involving Vanderbilt researchers.
A study by Vanderbilt's Haydar Frangoul, M.D., shows an increase in the death rate among Iraqi children who were treated for leukemia in Baghdad while United Nations sanctions were in place.
Like a seed needs soil to grow and flourish, a tumor relies on its environment to grow and spread in the body -- something the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center will be exploring more closely with the help of a new $6.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D., has been selected to lead the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center as interim director.
Infectious diseases researchers are seeking healthy adults to help test a vaccine for malaria. While malaria is no longer considered a threat within U.S. borders, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease kills more than 1 million people around the globe each year. Most of its victims are children.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the first in the state to perform a novel therapy that uses bone marrow stem cells to stimulate regeneration of the heart muscle after a heart attack.
Billy G. Hudson, Ph.D., wants to bring back the one-room schoolhouse.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will participate in a large-scale national clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been named a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of the world's leading cancer centers, becoming the organization's 21st member.
In advanced cancer, anti-tumor therapies often work only partially or not at all, and tumors progress following treatment. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center scientists have now linked a treatment-induced growth factor to the cancer's future spread.
Routine infant immunization with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has caused a 39 percent fall in all-cause pneumonia hospital admission rates for American children under 2, according to an article published in this week's edition of The Lancet.
Physicians, nurses and hospital administrators voice their concerns about the nursing shortage in a new study by Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D., professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Workforce Studies at the Medical Center.
A Vanderbilt study of intensive care unit patients who are breathing with the help of a mechanical ventilator has found that a two-step sedation and ventilator weaning protocol"”called a "wake up and breathe" strategy"”helps patients come off the ventilator faster so that they can be discharged from the ICU and hospital more quickly.
A study by Vanderbilt's Shari Barkin, M.D., and colleagues found that a high number of families who own guns admit their guns are not always safely stored.
For the first time in more than three decades, a multi-center team of researchers has uncovered a gene linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) that could pave the way for future research and treatment options.
Women who undergo breast augmentation surgery are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide, according to a study published in the August issue of Annals of Plastic Surgery.
The reported failure of vitamin E to prevent heart attacks may be due to underdosing, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Babies exposed to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other consumer products while in their mother's womb were born at a significantly lower body weight, according a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
Women with HIV infection who become pregnant have a lower risk of progression to AIDS and death, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) has been implicated as a cause of cervical cancer in women, but there's another devastating form of cancer also linked to HPV infection "” head and neck cancer "” and almost no one is talking about it.
Vanderbilt University has received a $40 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) "“ its largest ever government research grant -- to expedite the translation of laboratory discoveries to patients in the community.
A researcher with the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has been named the principal investigator for the largest-ever data review to examine the potential for serious cardiac side effects in children who take prescription medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been chosen as one of 14 Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) in the United States and Canada, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today.
Vanderbilt sleep researchers are reporting a relationship between good sleep and how much melatonin the body produces "“ the first in a series of research studies intended to help children with autism spectrum disorders sleep through the night.
Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season. Researchers have coined this phenomenon "Merry Christmas Coronary and Happy New Year Heart Attack."
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