CDC Warns of Increasing Threat of Spread of Antimicrobial-resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:27 pm by Staff

  Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 202.... Read More

Some Roadblocks to Lifesaving Addiction Treatment Are Gone. Now What?

Mar 21, 2023 at 10:50 am by Staff

  By Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News   For two decades — as opioid overdose deaths rose steadily — the federal government limited acces.... Read More

Rolando transitions to lead Health and Wellness

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:56 am by Staff

  by Wayne Wood   Lori Rolando, MD, MPH, has transitioned into a new role as executive director of Vanderbilt Health and Wellness. In this new role, she will over.... Read More

Orthopaedic surgery academy honors Jahangir

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:53 am by Staff

  by Danny Bonvissuto   Alex Jahangir, MD, vice-chair of Orthopaedic Surgery and director of the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, received the William W. Tipton Jr.... Read More

Cardiovascular research pioneer Inagami mourned

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:51 am by Staff

  by Bill Snyder   Tadashi Inagami, PhD, DSc, Vanderbilt University Professor of Biochemistry, emeritus, who helped characterize the biochemical basis for hyperte.... Read More

Ashcroft named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:48 am by Staff

  by Bill Snyder   Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, a British physiologist known internationally for her work on insulin secretion, Type 2 diabetes and neonatal d.... Read More

Football player’s donation honors his late brother

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:46 am by Staff

  by Christina Echegaray P.U.N.T Pediatric Cancer Collaborative, along with Buffalo Bills football player Dawson Knox, recently presented Monroe Carell Jr. Children&rsq.... Read More

Study evaluates polygenic risk score for prostate cancer risk prediction

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:43 am by Staff

  by Leigh MacMillan A prostate cancer polygenic risk score (PRS) has limited utility for enhancing prostate cancer screening, according to a new study publis.... Read More

Judge Signals He Could Rule to Halt Sales of Common Abortion Pill

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:38 am by Staff

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News    During a four-hour hearing last week that could eliminate nationwide access to a common and widely used abortio.... Read More

Mobile Clinics Really Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net.

Mar 21, 2023 at 01:35 am by Staff

  By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News   Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in Lyon County, Nevada, broa.... Read More