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AI technique improves cancer gene discovery for breast and prostate cancer
2+ hour ago (285+ words) Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered thousands of "spots" in the genome associated with diseases, including cancer, but understanding how genetic changes contribute to disease remains a challenge. Artificial intelligence deep-learning models, such as Enformer, can predict how DNA changes…...
NASCAR driver's death brings attention to sepsis; postpartum cardiovascular care; Ebola treatment; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (328+ words) Todd Rice, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine was quoted by People magazine in a piece about the death of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch from pneumonia and sepsis. "KFF Health News and…...
Oxford honors Russell Rothman with prestigious professorship
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (640+ words) Russell Rothman, MD, MPP, a leader in patient-centered, comparative clinical effectiveness research at Vanderbilt Health, has been honored with the 2026-2027 George Eastman Visiting Professorship at Oxford University. Established in 1929 by George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, the one-year…...
Vanderbilt Health researchers call for pandemic prevention
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (850+ words) The next pandemic may arrive in the United States via cruise ship or commercial flight originating halfway around the world. It also may be homegrown, arising from a lethal, easily transmissible variant of a respiratory virus like avian influenza for…...
Iroquois Steeplechase saddles up to support pediatric health care
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (423+ words) Annual sporting event benefits Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. The Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville's iconic sporting event benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, took place at Percy Warner Park on Saturday, May 9. Over the last three decades,…...
Pediatric Nursing Grand Rounds, 'Development of the NICU Bridge to Home Pragram' to be June 17
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Raymond Harris receives William S. Middleton Award
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (356+ words) The award is the highest honor for outstanding biomedical research from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development. Raymond Harris, MD, the Ann and Roscoe R. Robinson Professor of Nephrology, Professor of Medicine, and Director of Research in…...
Brain imaging study highlights ethnoracial differences in dementia
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (266+ words) Although Black and Hispanic people are more apt to have dementia, they are significantly less apt than other racial and ethnic groups to show Alzheimer's pathology on brain scans." Amyloid plaques in the brain are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease,…...
At the end of life, Ian Cullen offers personalized spiritual care
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (289+ words) What I found in this work is that there's a certain magic that every person has, and they don't stop being who they are when medical crises happen." The patient, weak and with severe speech difficulties after a stroke, had…...
Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day: Biscuits and Winston
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (160+ words) Today's first Dog of the Day is Biscuits, submitted by Chad Parker of Pharmacy. "Biscuits is a 1 year old pit bull rescue that my kids got as an early Christmas present. Biscuits loves to chew on people's ears and toes…...