http://mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/LENS - A New Way of Looking at Scienceenhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=234http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=234A Lens magazine special issue. Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been pioneers in the treatment of premature and critically ill infants for nearly 50 years. Mildred Stahlman, M.D., is credited with setting up the nation's first...http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=235http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=235Helping little ones breathe may lead to long-term problems. The lungs are the last critical support system to mature before a baby is born, so when a baby is born too early, the lungs struggle to work before they are ready. Fortunately neonatal care is...http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=232http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=232How sharing information is reforming health care at the bedside. Health care reform is not a legislative invention. It's a quiet revolution that is occurring in hospitals and clinics throughout the country. Two years ago, for example, the staff at East...http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=227http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=227Can evolution guide the search for genes involved in preterm birth?. We humans are a big-headed lot. We need the space for our large brains – they're what make us human, after all. But our outsized pates are not so optimal when it comes to being...http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=231http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=231Understanding the ductus arteriosus could avoid a common surgery. It's the "vessel of life," according to Jeff Reese, M.D., associate professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In the fetus, the ductus arteriosus (DA) is a temporary...http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=230http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/lens/article/?id=230Immature intestines at risk for destructive infection, inflammation. Steve McElroy, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, recalls the case of a baby girl born at 27 weeks and weighing 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds)..