A unique collaboration between imaging science, vascular medicine and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a debilitating, abnormal deposition of fatty tissue that afflicts an estimated 17 million women in the United States.
High density lipoprotein (HDL) is often referred to as “good cholesterol.” However, cholesterol is just one of many types of cargo HDL can carry. In addition to shuttling cholesterol from blood to the liver, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) can also transport proteins, metabolites and small RNAs (sRNA).
Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) has implemented a new emergency pager system for pulmonary embolism emergencies to expedite patient care.
Comedian, talk show host and advocate Jon Stewart spoke last week to a crowd of Vanderbilt and Meharry medical students, nursing students, faculty and staff about his approach to advocacy and how those in the medical community can find their own place alongside those supporting a cause. The event was part of the Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series at Vanderbilt University.
The 2023 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service, and Outstanding Contributions to Research were presented May 19 during the annual spring faculty meeting.
Since its inception in late 2019, the Ambulatory Heart Failure Devices Program has come a long way. In March VHVI celebrated the milestone of having helped more than 100 heart failure patients with such implantable devices.
Nationally renowned cardiologist and champion of diversity in academic medicine André Churchwell, MD, Levi Watkins Jr. MD Professor of Medicine and professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, is among five honorees who will be inducted in October to the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
A study from Vanderbilt researchers has found that enhanced treatment support can help smokers who have more difficulty quitting because they are fast metabolizers of nicotine.
The Vanderbilt Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement System (VPROMS) has collected its millionth patient-reported outcome measure (PROM), or pre-appointment survey that patients complete about their health, making it one of the largest collections of such surveys in the United States.
Elevated levels of circulating cell-free hemoglobin, which is released from red blood cells in pathologic conditions, have been observed in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
