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Interactive TV Gives Patients Access to Movies and Internet
Interactive TV Gives Patients Access to Movies and Internet Vanderbil... - 44 views - 4 weeks ago
An interactive TV system is supplying hospital patients with internet, e-mail access and movies. At Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, hospital officials have started a new program called Skylight. Staffers say the program offers the comforts of home while in the hospital, with even a few surprises for some patients. Barb Cramer has the story in this Vanderbilt Medical Center video news release.
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Musicians Bring Magic of Music to Patients
Musicians Bring Magic of Music to Patients Vanderbil... - 83 views - 1 month ago
Watch songwriter Dylan's Altman as he performs for patients at Vanderbilt Medical Center as part of their Musicians on Call program. Altman wrote the hit song, "Watch The Wind Blow By," on the Tim McGraw album "Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors!" Musicians on Call volunteer to bring the magic of music to the bedsides of patients. Barb Cramer has the story in this Vanderbilt video news release.
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Innovative Program Helps High School Students Learn Math/Science
Innovative Program Helps High School Students Learn Math/Science Vanderbil... - 154 views - 2 months ago
A joint venture between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville, Tennessee, public school system, has helped launch an innovative, one-of-a-kind program that helps high school students step onto a college campus with advanced math and science training free-of-charge. Barb Cramer has the story in this Vanderbilt video news release.
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Project Opportunity Gives 'Gift of Hope'
Project Opportunity Gives 'Gift of Hope' Vanderbil... - 160 views - 8 months ago
Its a dream come true for some special young people job training and a permanent job at a major medical center. But these young people are different from other young adults. They are disabled. At Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, Project Opportunity is a unique program that helps young adults, too old for the states education program, move into the adult world, with a job, a paycheck, benefits and a place to belong. One parent says it is a gift of hope. Barb Cramer has the story.
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RetCam Helps With Eye Care
RetCam Helps With Eye Care Vanderbil... - 1,033 views - 1 year ago
Technology can help map the eyes of young children through the use of the RetCam at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.
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Paperless Hospital
Paperless Hospital Vanderbil... - 4,410 views - 1 year ago
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital goes paperless with technology that helps doctors and nurses track a patient's treatment.
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Study hopes to provide answers to chemo fog
Study hopes to provide answers to chemo fog Vanderbil... - 648 views - 1 year ago
It's a life-saving therapy, but scientists are learning that a persistent problem surfaces in many chemotherapy patients. The problem is chemo brain or chemo fog. Researchers say as many as 30 percent of chemotherapy patients suffer from chemo fog causing mild to moderate cognitive brain impairment. With the help of funding from well-known cancer survivor and athlete Lance Armstrong, researchers at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, have started the first-ever study hoping to clear some chemo fog. Barb Cramer has the story.
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Math helps track down cancer behavor
Math helps track down cancer behavor Vanderbil... - 492 views - 1 year ago
They are groundbreaking scientists working on changing the way we look at cancer. Researchers at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, believe they can determine a cancer tumor's behavior, whether it will become invasive and more dangerous. With this research, these "pioneers" say they may be able to know what is going to happen to a person's cancer and how to best treat it -- all by using a mathematical model. Barb Cramer has the story.
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Photo Dynamic Therapy for Pre-cancers
Photo Dynamic Therapy for Pre-cancers Vanderbil... - 866 views - 1 year ago
The use of photo dynamic therapy for pre-cancers at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
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New Web Tool Allows Patients To Interact With Doctor On-Line
New Web Tool Allows Patients To Interact With Doctor On-Line Vanderbil... - 1,340 views - 1 year ago
We get our movies on-line, our news on-line, banking on-line and even order books on-line. Now you can interact with your doctor on-line. At Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, doctors have developed a "revolutionary" tool that gives patients access they have never had before. My Health at Vanderbilt, doctors say, has had amazing results, even possibly saving patients' lives.
Barb Cramer has the story in this Vanderbilt Video News Release
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Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse - Succeeding in Science
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse - Succeeding in Science Vanderbil... - 1,140 views - 1 year ago
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D., talks about succeeding in science as part of Vanderbilt Medical Center's Discovery Lecture Series.
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Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse - Failing French
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse - Failing French Vanderbil... - 648 views - 1 year ago
Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D., talks about failing French as part of Vanderbilt Medical Center's Discovery Lecture Series.
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About Me: Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a major referral center for the Southeast and nation. It is made up of Vanderbilt University Hospital, The Vanderbilt Clinic, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Vanderbilt School of Nursing. VUMC is the largest private employer in the region, employing more than 10,000 employees and generating an annual regional economic impact of over $1 billion.

Among the unique services offered by VUMC to the community are the Burn Center, Level I Trauma Center, LifeFlight fixed wing and helicopter ambulance service, Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Middle Tennessee Poison Center.

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