Have you heard of deep brain stimulation? DBS, for those in the know? If not, or even if so, prepare to have your eyes opened this afternoon with a live webcast of a demonstration of this technique by Vanderbilt neurosurgeons and neurologists.
The DBS technique to be demonstrated today involves the implantation of a “neuro-stimulator to [...]
Guest posting today is our own Emily Pearce, associate director of the Vanderbilt News Service, on her remarkable experience over the last several weeks:
Sometimes you cover a story that, well, quite frankly, just gets to you. That’s what happened when I met Amenah, an Iraqi child whose journey for life led her to the Monroe [...]
I never cease to be amazed and humbled by the wonders Vanderbilt physicians, nurses, faculty and staff pull off each day. Today, they are happy to report on the progress of little Amenah, an Iraqi girl with a complex heart defect–her heart is backwards within her body. She is being discharged today to have some [...]
My compadres at the Vanderbilt Medical Center have also been loading exciting Vanderbilt videos into YouTube - take a look, and watch the video below, a moving testament to LifeFlight.
Ever awoken in the middle of the night, or had a chill run down your spine thinking that something otherwordly was happening… something like a (cue scary music) PHANTOM CELL PHONE VIBRATION?
This has happened to me. I thought it just meant I needed a vacation. Turns out I’m not alone. Many cell phone and [...]
I could not resist the chance to use three of my favorite words in a headline - how often does that happen? Vanderbilt engineer Michael Goldfarb’s research has resulted in something that involves all three - a prosethetic arm powered with a miniature rocket motor that is the closest thing yet to a real bionic [...]
The search for the genetic underpinnings of multiple sclerosis has made a dramatic leap forward, thanks to a group of scientists that includes Vanderbilt’s own Jonathan Haines. Haines and his colleagues have uncovered a gene linked to an increased risk of developing MS. The finding comes after 30 years of searching. This is huge news [...]
In an exciting move for Vanderbilt patients and avid Nashville bargain hunters alike, Vanderbilt Medical Center will be taking over 440,000 square feet of space in the long-languishing 100 0aks Mall on Thompson and Powell lanes. Retail on the ground floor, which includes favorites such as Michael’s and T.J. Maxx, will remain while clinics and [...]
Firearms and families - as American as apple pie, right? A new study from Vanderbilt pediatrician Dr. Shari Barkin has found that only 1/3 of firearm-owning Americans with children store their weapons safely. Barkin found that many owners of weapons such as rifles “hide” them, a risky approach - any parent whose ever had Santa’s [...]
This summer…. in theaters near you…
After last summer’s blockbuster “Snakes on a Plane,” Bogus Studio is releasing the true tale of a man, in a time of global travel, in a place that sense forgot, settting out an epic journey with a special companion, a special companion known as (cue scary music) drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Knuckleheads [...]
