Clinical

Gastric Cancer Foundation funds Eunyoung Choi research

Nov 14, 2022 at 08:47 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder The Gastric Cancer Foundation has awarded a one-year $100,000 research grant to Eunyoung Choi, PhD, assistant professor of Surgery in the Section.... Read More

Thousands of Experts Hired to Aid Public Health Departments Are Losing Their Jobs

Nov 14, 2022 at 08:37 pm by Staff

  By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News    As covid-19 raged, roughly 4,000 highly skilled epidemiologists, communication specialists, and public health n.... Read More

Study Finds Inherited Link to Appendix Cancer

Nov 14, 2022 at 06:56 pm by Staff

  One of every 10 patients with appendiceal cancer carries a germline genetic variant associated with cancer predisposition, according to a study in JAMA Oncology&n.... Read More

‘Impending Intergenerational Crisis’: Americans With Disabilities Lack Long-Term Care Plans

Nov 13, 2022 at 07:05 pm by Staff

  By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News   Thinking about the future makes Courtney Johnson nervous. The 25-year-old blogger and college student has aut.... Read More

 The Need for Early, Accurate Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease  

Nov 10, 2022 at 08:18 pm by Staff

  By Frank Amato   Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive brain disease causing changes an individual’s mind by altering their thinking patterns, m.... Read More

Monkeypox mutations cause virus to spread rapidly, evade drugs and vaccines, MU study finds

Nov 10, 2022 at 07:57 pm by Staff

  Researchers show how monkeypox mutations cause virus to replicate, spread faster.   Monkeypox has infected more than 77,000 people in more than 100 countries wo.... Read More

Vanderbilt to Study on-Field Head Impacts Using Novel Mouthguard Sensors

Nov 10, 2022 at 07:10 pm by Staff

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is joining the National Football League (NFL) and a group of top research institutions to study on-field head impacts throu.... Read More

Post-‘Roe,’ Contraceptive Failures Carry Bigger Stakes

Nov 07, 2022 at 07:47 pm by Staff

By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News      “No one walks into my office and says, ‘I plan on missing a pill,’” said obstetrician-g.... Read More

Gene mutations impair gut barrier

Nov 07, 2022 at 07:01 pm by Staff

by Kelsey Pinckard All of us suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) distress from time to time, but people with mutations in the SLC12A2 gene suffer from chronic GI infe.... Read More

New VUSM master’s program offers broad training in biomedical imaging

Nov 05, 2022 at 04:38 pm by Staff

  by Leigh MacMillan A new Master of Imaging Science (MIS) program will immerse students in the full spectrum of biomedical imaging and provide hands-on clini.... Read More