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Heart disease, depression linked by inflammation: study

WEBCoronary artery disease and major depression may be genetically linked via inflammatory pathways to an increased risk for cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart …

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Excess salt linked to heart disease deaths in low-income group: …

WEBExcessive consumption of dietary sodium likely was responsible for up to 30% of cardiovascular disease-related deaths among mostly low-income participants in a …

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New center focused on advancing health AI to launch at VUMC

WEBThe Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has launched its groundbreaking center for health Artificial …

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Health equity’s role in pandemic response crucial

WEBHealth equity’s role in pandemic response crucial. In March, Vanderbilt University Medical Center leaders established a command center on campus to address …

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Leadership Assembly: VUMC Growth Strengthens Communities

WEBTrends in the greater Nashville region and throughout the health care industry that influence how people access care are reflected in Vanderbilt University Medical …

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Higher genetic risk of obesity means working out harder for same

WEBPersons with a higher genetic risk of obesity need to work out harder than those of moderate or low genetic risk to avoid becoming obese, according to a …

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VUMC to launch Program for Health Equity Research

WEBShare: Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s new Program for Health Equity Research (PHER), which will kick off next year, aims to become the nation’s …

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VUMC establishes novel Center for Learning Healthcare

WEBBy: Nancy Humphrey. Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a first-of-its-kind Center for Learning Healthcare that will bring together clinicians, health …

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VUMC’s Alexander Bick receives a “healthy aging” research award

WEBAlexander Bick, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Award in Aging …

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Study to evaluate how environment impacts cancer risk

WEBThe National Cancer Institute has funded an ambitious project led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) to assess the impact of environmental …

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Innovations improve the lives of patients with IBD

WEBTwo recent innovations — point-of-care intestinal ultrasound and functional medicine — are improving the lives of patients at the Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel …

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VUMC offers new program for undiagnosed diseases

WEBThe new program will allow VUMC, already a national leader in assisting adults and children with undiagnosed diseases, to help more patients and families who …

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Teams to create one-stop resource for human pancreatic data to …

WEBLeading investigators in diabetes, pancreas and islet biology, and computational biology have received $12.5 million in two five-year awards from the …

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Faculty member Daniel Fabbri describes entrepreneurial journey

WEBDaniel Fabbri, PhD, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science, spoke on campus on April 30 about his entrepreneurial journey from graduate …

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Health Policy Chair Buntin transitioning to create Center for Health

WEBMelinda Buntin, PhD. by Jill Clendening. Melinda Buntin, PhD, Mike Curb Professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical …

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Office of Diversity and Inclusion Chat Room Series: "Impacts of …

WEBThe Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s May Chat Room Series presentation is “Impacts of Racism on Mental Health.”In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the …

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Health care workforce shortages prompt Blue Ridge Academic …

WEBThe Blue Ridge Academic Health Group — formed in 1997 by leaders of several of the nation’s top academic health centers — studies and reports on issues of …

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Program for Health Equity Research Pilot Grant Program accepting

WEBINTRODUCTION The Program for Health Equity Research (PHER) generates and advances research to inform and guide innovative solutions that move beyond …

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VUMC part of major step to achieving precision medicine

WEBVUMC part of major step to achieving precision medicine. An analysis of genomic data from nearly 250,000 participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of …

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Relaunched Staff Advisory Council better reflects makeup of …

WEBThe Medical Center Staff Advisory Council has evolved to better reflect today’s VUMC, which has grown significantly since the council’s formation. When results of the …

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Young patient’s recovery from infection, multiple amputations, …

WEBAfter 143 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Mathias Uribe was discharged to begin the next phase …

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Traditional healer-initiated HIV testing and care expands in South

WEBThe study team is led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Carolyn Audet, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy, alongside co-PI Ryan Wagner, …

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Are you freaked out, apprehensive, or even mildly concerned …

WEBKendall, a longtime resident of Middle Tennessee, has been through this before, and his words likely ring true for anyone who has lived through one of the …

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New policy outlines how patients’ belongings, valuables are handled

WEBHere, in general outline, is how the new policy will work: Patients’ personal property will be classified in one of three categories: valuables, belongings and …

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