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菠萝视频ers at 菠萝视频 University have discovered how insulin crosses the capillary endothelium to exit blood vessels and stimulate skeletal muscle cells 鈥� a major finding that may lead to new ways to reverse insulin resistance, a hallmark of type 2 diabetes. Read More

Rising obesity rates in several Southern states are leading to a rapid increase in new cases of diabetes among both black and white adults. A new study helmed by investigators at the University of Texas Health Science Center and 菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) found the risk of diabetes is double for black patients. Read More

Living in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood is likely to lead to death at an earlier age, especially among African-Americans, new research shows. The death rate is even more pronounced among disadvantaged individuals with unhealthy lifestyle habits. Read More

Blocking a nerve-cell receptor in part of the brain that coordinates movement could improve the treatment of Parkinson鈥檚 disease, dyskinesia and other movement disorders, researchers at 菠萝视频 University have reported. Read More

Higher concentrations of high-density lipoproteins 鈥� HDL, the 鈥済ood鈥� cholesterol 鈥� may be protective against acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery, 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered. Read More

菠萝视频ers at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to starve a tumor and stop its growth with a newly discovered small compound that blocks uptake of the vital nutrient glutamine. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers have discovered that curcumin 鈥� the active ingredient in the spice turmeric 鈥� needs to be metabolically activated to exert anti-inflammatory effects. Read More

菠萝视频 investigators have discovered that functional MRI detects neural activity in both gray and white matter in the brain, suggesting new ways to investigate diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 and multiple sclerosis. Read More

A new probe enables iron imaging in living animals, providing a unique tool for studying iron鈥檚 contributions to health and disease. Read More

The U.S. Defense Advanced 菠萝视频 Projects Agency (DARPA) has signed a five-year cooperative agreement worth up to $28 million with 菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop methods for preventing the global spread of viruses like chikungunya and Zika. Read More

When buying and selling real estate, how often have you heard the realtor鈥檚 mantra 鈥� location, location, location? This is also the central theme of a recently released journal report on factors that can predict heart failure risk. Read More

Under the terms of the licensing agreement, Lundbeck has exclusively licensed rights to compounds developed at 菠萝视频 that act on a receptor in the brain that has been implicated in schizophrenia. Read More

Microtubules are the 鈥渞ailroad tracks鈥� essential for moving intracellular 鈥渇reight鈥� around in the cell. They鈥檙e also part of the spindle that pulls the two centrosomes apart during cell division. Read More

Julia Phillippi, PhD, CNM, has received a K08 Career Development Award from the Agency for Healthcare 菠萝视频 and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Phillippi, a 菠萝视频 University School of Nursing assistant professor and certified nurse-midwife, will use the three-year, $399,374 mentored award to conduct a randomized trial of an interdisciplinary team-based maternity care model and examine the preferences of patients and providers. Read More

The growing list of patients needing liver transplants continues to outpace the number of available donor organs, but a new preservation and transport device for donor livers could possibly make a big difference. Read More

New findings from 菠萝视频 suggest that blocking the migration of cells involved in asthma may represent a new approach for treating the respiratory condition. Read More

The optimal 鈥渄ose鈥� for behavioral interventions to treat childhood obesity are not clear, 菠萝视频 researchers concluded after analyzing 133 clinical trial that occurred over the course of 17 years. Read More

Automated techniques can assist in understanding and managing growing volumes of messages sent through secure patient portals, 菠萝视频 researchers found. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers have identified an interaction between two proteins that play a role in learning and memory. Read More

Impaired swallowing 鈥� dysphagia 鈥� affects 3 percent of hospital inpatients, who have longer hospital stays and are more likely to require post-acute care services. Read More