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Individuals with atrial fibrillation who have a particular genetic variant respond better to rate control therapy. Read More

Nursing shortage eased by 62 percent increase in young nurses over past decade. Read More

Recreational use of the "rave" drug Ecstasy is associated with chronic changes in the human brain. Read More

Structural biology studies of a bacterial protein suggest a new target for treating life-threatening heart infection. Read More

Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis. Read More

A Vanderbilt study shows that a class of drugs used to treat autoimmune diseases does not increase the chance of hospitalization for serious infection. Read More

(iStock) Fatty liver, a reversible condition of fat accumulation in liver cells, can result from excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, type 2 diabetes, or metabolic disorders. Exercise can reverse this process, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not clear. Because exercise is known to stimulate the action of glucagon (a… Read More

A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis. Read More

Short-term hormone replacement therapy offers potential benefit for cognitive functioning. Read More

Alcoholic brains must work harder to complete simple tasks. Read More

Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut. Read More

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Vanderbilt researchers a two-year, $1 million grant to Vanderbilt to develop a model for applying genomic testing to drug prescribing in 鈥渞eal-world鈥� settings. Read More

A simple procedure can correct 鈥榯ongue-tie,鈥� a commonly missed condition that could prevent newborns from breastfeeding properly. Read More

Light and the hormone melatonin may play important roles in the developing brain. Read More

Implementation of antibiotic stewardship tactics as part of infection reduction campaigns sees significant results. Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt鈥檚 weekly newscast聽 highlighting聽 research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: A Vanderbilt doctor鈥檚 amazing surgery lands on “Grey鈥檚 Anatomy” Scientists create a breakthrough bug repellant A Vandy minister鈥檚 actions honored by the White House   [vucastblurb]  … Read More

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medications do not increase the risk for heart disease or heart attack in children and young adults, according to a Vanderbilt study of 1.2 million patients taking drugs including Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta and Strattera between 1998 and 2005. Read More

Longtime treatment for IPF ineffective and even dangerous. Read More

The list of aging-associated proteins known to be involved in cancer is growing longer, according to research by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health. Read More