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New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized. Read More

Intensive care units at 91�Ʋ��� University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at 91�Ʋ��� are achieving exceptionally low rates of central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), according to a report released this week by the Tennessee Department of Health.

Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease. Read More

91�Ʋ��� reveals clues to HIV risk in Chinese men who have sex with other men. Read More

A grant from the Tennessee Department of Education will allow the 91�Ʋ��� Kennedy Center’s Treatment and 91�Ʋ��� Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders to conduct statewide autism training for Tennessee's schools. Read More

Study finds no evidence of increased mitochondrial mutations in the children of women treated with radiation for cancer. Read More

A new catalog of human genetic data may help researchers uncover the genetic roots of disease and enable the ultimate realization of personalized medicine. Read More

The Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is one of the largest federal research grants awarded to VUMC investigators. The funding will support the implementation and evaluation of MyHealthTeam, a model of team-based care that couples collaborative health care teams with health information technology in order to improve control of chronic conditions.

Nonsupportive family members contribute to poor adherence to medication regimens and lower glycemic control in adults with diabetes.

Cells in the back of the developing brain can give rise to brain tumors, suggesting they may be a target for treatment. Read More

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men in Tennessee and cancer deaths continue to move further away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 goal, according to the 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card.

A new statistical tool developed by 91�Ʋ��� biostatisticians will help medical researchers make sense of a commonly encountered – but hard-to-analyze – type of data. Read More

A study led by 91�Ʋ���-Ingram Cancer Center investigators has identified a gene expression pattern that may explain why chemotherapy prior to surgery isn’t effective against some tumors and suggests new therapy options for patients with specific subtypes of breast cancer.

An international study co-led by researchers at 91�Ʋ��� University has uncovered six new “susceptibility loci,” chromosomal regions located in or near genes that may play a role in atrial fibrillation, the most commonly diagnosed heart condition. Read More

A 91�Ʋ��� expert on health policy and economics says that many people who get subsidized private health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in 2014 could face confusing changes in eligibility and cost sharing, and some will be required to pay the government back after the first year of participation.

Understanding how an environmental hazard damages DNA may shed light on processes of tumor formation. Read More

The molecular structure of a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease – and the surprising discovery that it binds cholesterol – could lead to new therapeutics for the memory-robbing disease. Read More

Paul Newhouse, Jim Turner Professor of Cognitive Disorders, is interviewed about his research showing that nicotine can help boost memory in people with mild cognitive impairment.

91�Ʋ��� researchers have developed a biomarker for beta cells that could make it easier to detect diabetes earlier. Read More

91�Ʋ��� researchers have discovered a rare, but important risk posed by the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a “Z-pack.” The study found a 2.5-fold higher risk of death from cardiac arrhythmia in the first five days of taking azithromycin when compared with another common antibiotic or no antibiotics at all.