What if diagnosing a bacterial infection took minutes instead of hours? Vanderbilt scientists are working to make that a reality.
Every year, 23 million Americans visit hospitals and clinics...
Having grown up with allergies, I am very familiar with the painstaking process of skin and blood tests used to determine my sensitivities to a variety of pollen types. From my experiences, I have realized...
If you’ve ever reached for a bottle of Tylenol to help you recover from a long day of studying, a banging headache, or a fever that won’t go away, you’re not alone. Acetaminophen — the active...
Fluoride, a naturally occurring mineral, has been added to public drinking water supplies across the United States since 1945 to combat tooth decay. This practice, known as community water fluoridation,...
For Vanderbilt students, sleeping on the floor or in a bed might seem like a small detail, but it could impact your health, especially when juggling academics, social events, and extracurricular activities....
Vanderbilt’s campus is a designated arboretum — home to 6,181 trees as of 2013 — so students can take advantage of the Japanese tradition of shinrin-yoku (森林浴), or “forest bathing.” The...
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, mainly because it’s so hard to catch early. By the time doctors detect it, the disease is often too advanced for effective treatment. Researchers...
Aging has long been viewed as inevitable. The thought of wrinkles marking our skin may not seem so daunting until the fear of age-related diseases begins to cast a shadow in the back of our minds. However,...
A grandparent, a parent, an aunt, or an uncle — almost everyone knows someone affected by lung cancer. Lung cancer kills more people than any other cancer. Yet, despite its heartbreaking mortality rate,...
A Vanderbilt University research team has launched a project to develop a fully autonomous surgical robot capable of performing surgical procedures without any human intervention. The team is led by Vanderbilt...
Each year, an estimated 5,800 to 46,500 lives are taken due to homelessness in the United States. In 2023, homelessness increased by more than 12%, and this statistic is continuously increasing.
Homelessness...
Chances are you know someone who has experienced an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, or maybe you have experienced this injury yourself. ACL injuries have doubled in the past two decades, with about...
