http://www.mc.vanderbilt.eduNews for the Vanderbilt Medical Centerhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1324http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1324Every day in the United States, as many as 40,000 intensive care patients suffer from delirium, an acute brain dysfunction. Doctors say it is a massive public health problem that most people aren't even aware of. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1312http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1312Patients at Children's Hospital don't have to miss out on Halloween, even though they can't receive candy or go trick-or-treating. The entire Nashville Predators team will join costumed hospital staffers who fill wagons with goodies such as crayons, games and stuffed animals, then go room-to-room to fill patients' Halloween bags. Earlier in the day, the hospital's Child Life and Volunteer Services teams will help patients make their own costumes, so they can dress up and join in the fun. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1323http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1323Students from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing are working together to conduct a flu vaccine clinic on Saturday, Oct. 31, starting at 3:30 p.m., at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, located at 3112 Nolensville Pike.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1310http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1310The Nashville Predators hope to beat the Chicago Blackhawks tonight (Thursday, Oct. 29), but the hockey game is already a winner for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and families fighting childhood cancer. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1305http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1305Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in an international consortium to improve treatment of, and hopefully eliminate the scourge of, tuberculosis. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1278http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1278Are you always sleepy and seem to be fighting to stay awake on the job or while driving your car? Researchers say not getting enough sleep is an epidemic - at least 50 percent of people are sleepy at some point during any given week. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1267http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1267The Vanderbilt Breast Center will celebrate National Mammography Day, Friday, Oct. 16, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, 719 Thompson Lane. National Mammography Day is observed on the third Friday in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1264http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1264Vanderbilt University Medical Center has opened Vanderbilt Neurosurgery Cool Springs Clinic, a new facility located at 2009 Mallory Lane in Franklin.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1259http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1259Keith L. Black, M.D., chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's eighth annual Levi Watkins, Jr. Lecture at noon on Thursday, Oct. 15.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1263http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases.php?release=1263A Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) study aimed at training community pediatricians to quickly identify autism spectrum disorders within their own practices demonstrated agreement between pediatrician judgments and independent diagnostic evaluations in a large majority of cases. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500