http://www.mc.vanderbilt.eduNews for the Vanderbilt Medical Centerhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12696http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12696This week's formal opening of the new expansion for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt creates an additional 33 beds of badly needed space for the hospital. However, for Tennessee's children and their families the added space represents much more - a welcoming place to hope and to heal.Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12697http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12697The pulvinar, a mysterious structure buried in the center of our brains, determines how we see the world - and whether we see at all.Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12698http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12698The epithelial cells that line the intestines fire bacteria-fighting "bullets" into the gut, Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered.Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12710http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12710Since neurovascular diseases can be complex, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has launched a new Pediatric Neurovascular Center to allow for an integrated approach to care for children.Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12576http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12576During a phone call Wednesday from the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC), Vanderbilt University Medical Center learned it has achieved its second ANCC designation as a Magnet organization. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12577http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12577Since January, the volume of patients treated in the Adult Emergency Department and those undergoing scheduled surgical procedures under the care of the Section of Surgical Sciences and Perioperative Services has soared. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12579http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12579Vanderbilt pediatric infectious disease researchers studying methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) say fears that mothers carrying the germ may set their newborns up for infection are unfounded. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12580http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12580Angela Pascale says living with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is like having a sand timer of finite energy. But while others may have a whole gallon of sand in their day, she has a mere thimbleful. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12511http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12511A new viral protein structure could jump-start vaccine development for two leading causes of lower respiratory disease in children and elderly adults.Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12512http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=12512Obesity is not only about fat. It occurs against a background of chronic, low-level inflammation that can trigger insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease.Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500