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Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine seeks participants for trial evaluating Alzheimer's disease-related psychosis treatment
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (494+ words) The ADEPT-4 study evaluates Kar XT, an oral medication that may reduce hallucinations and delusions. The Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine is recruiting participants for the ADEPT-4 (Alzheimer's Diseas E Psychosis Treatment program) clinical trial, a global study evaluating Kar…...
Reborn on the Fourth of July: a Marine's five-year transplant anniversary
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (224+ words) Five years after a life-saving lung transplant at Vanderbilt Health, Wilson County teacher and Marine veteran Jacob Brown is marking the anniversary of the day that changed everything. Jacob Brown got'a'phone call'five years ago'that changed his life: new lungs were…...
Patient Care Center structure changing for physical medicine and rehabilitation
1+ day, 52+ min ago (373+ words) The changes align with Vanderbilt Health's strategic vision for growth, including regional expansion and the development of innovative rehabilitation and pain medicine services. A major change to how patient care is organized for physical medicine and rehabilitation patients is being…...
Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day: Ragen and Miss Phoebe
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (165+ words) Today's Dog of the Day is Ragen, submitted by Susan Jungles of Health IT. "Ragen, my sweet 17-year-old sheltie, enjoying a beautiful vacation day in Ft. Morgan, Alabama, in May, 2026." Today's Cat of the Day is Miss Phoebe, submitted by…...
Swimmers dove in to raise more than $130, 000 for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (274+ words) The funds will be awarded to cancer researchers studying new approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The fifth annual Swim Across America-Nashville (SAA-Nashville), an annual team relay pool swim and charity event held at Ensworth Natatorium, celebrated…...
Vanderbilt Health performs nation's first breast cancer surgery using intraoperative PET-CT scan technology
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (187+ words) The novel imaging technology provides surgical teams with a real-time view of tumor margins in the operating room, allowing them to quickly determine if the entire cancerous mass was removed. Following the introduction of a surgical protocol that leveraged intraoperative…...
VUPD expands security presence to Bedford, Tullahoma hospitals as well as Clarksville emergency departments
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (415+ words) Safety and security officers will bring familiar uniforms, familiar protocols to regional hospitals Beginning July 1, Vanderbilt University Police Department (VUPD) will extend security operations to Vanderbilt Health hospitals in Bedford and Coffee counties, as well as the two emergency departments…...
Parent of near-drowning victim urges others to take CPR classes
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (688+ words) Tristen Pierrot never imagined he would need to use his skills as an EMT for his own child. While preparing for an outdoor birthday party for his 5-year-old daughter, Pierrot's 2-year-old son, Bennett, went missing. He was found at the…...
Vanderbilt Health Pets of the Day: Dory and Yip
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (144+ words) Today's Cat of the Day is Dory, submitted by Jessie Wensman of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. "Dory is what I call a "dog cat' who greets you at the door with a meow and likes belly pats." Today's Dog of…...
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is home to novel GI motility care
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (534+ words) Among the more than 500 physicians in 30 pediatric and surgical specialties at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Danielle Orsagh-Yentis, MD, has a unique role. She is the only fellowship-trained pediatric motilist at Monroe Carell " and in the state. Motilists…...