Clinical

Study to explore link between salt taste sensitivity and salt intake, hypertension and genetic variations in individuals of African descent

Oct 31, 2023 at 01:14 am by Staff

  In collaboration with Sepiso Masenga, MSc, PhD, senior lecturer and researcher at Mulungushi University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Zambia, Annet Kirab.... Read More

Immune system’s role in metabolic disease detailed in tissue atlas

Oct 31, 2023 at 01:05 am by Staff

By Paul Govern   Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have published the largest single-site adipose tissue atlas known to date. A tissue atlas is a.... Read More

Doubts Abound About a New Alzheimer’s Blood Test

Oct 28, 2023 at 03:06 pm by Staff

  By Judith Graham, KFF Health News   For the first time, people worried about their risk of Alzheimer’s disease can go online, order a blood test, and.... Read More

New smartphone app quickly analyzes human motion to aid physical rehabilitation

Oct 24, 2023 at 12:07 am by Staff

A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health has developed a smart phone app that can track and analyze a person’s ability to move from one place to anoth.... Read More

Telehealth supports retention in treatment for opioid use disorder

Oct 23, 2023 at 11:58 pm by Staff

Federally funded study provides additional evidence supporting expanded use of telehealth services for opioid use disorder-related care. Starting buprenorphine treatment for.... Read More

Quick Genetic Test Offers Hope for Sick, Undiagnosed Kids. But Few Insurers Offer to Pay.

Oct 23, 2023 at 09:40 pm by Staff

    By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News   Just 48 hours after her birth in a Seattle-area hospital in 2021, Layla Babayev was undergoing surgery for a bo.... Read More

Let’s Have an Honest Conversation About What to Expect as We Age

Oct 23, 2023 at 09:10 pm by Staff

    By Judith Graham, KFF Health News   How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and min.... Read More

VUMC initiative to address social drivers of health

Oct 23, 2023 at 06:48 pm by Staff

By Bill Snyder Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a three-year, $1.6 million federal grant to incorporate social drivers of health into adult primary care with.... Read More

VISE-Affiliated Researchers Conduct Phase 1 Trial of Novel Magnetic Endoscope for Colonoscopies

Oct 23, 2023 at 12:04 am by Staff

  A Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) research team is conducting the first phase 1 clinical trial of a magnetic, flexible endoscope that has the p.... Read More

Doctors Abandon a Diagnosis Used to Justify Police Custody Deaths. It Might Live On, Anyway.

Oct 17, 2023 at 09:15 am by Staff

  By Markian Hawryluk and Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News    Brooks Walsh hadn’t questioned whether “excited delirium syndrome&rdq.... Read More