No jokes here to spare
New program helps Metro Schools, student athletes
Vanderbilt doctors reveal medical clue to Hatfield-McCoy feud
Cell Growth Factor Promotes Cancer's Spread
No jokes here to spare
South Bend Tribune
Monday, April 9
Lindsay Baker and Amanda Burgoyne call themselves athletes, as disciplined as any on the University of Nebraska campus.
They might get an argument from the folks over in the football, basketball or track offices, to name a few.
That's fine with Baker and Burgoyne. They're used to being misunderstood.
They are, after all, bowlers. On athletic scholarships, no less.
John Williamson, Vanderbilt women's bowling coach, is quoted.
New program helps Metro Schools, student athletes
The City Paper
Monday, April 9
The Nashville Public Access (PAD) program had developed a plan, called PAD C.A.R.E.S. (CPR/AED Readiness in Schools Project), that will help coaches and school administrators better prepare for an emergency like a student suffering sudden cardiac arrest.
Dr. Mark Meredith, a pediatric emergency room doctor at Vanderbilt Medical Center, and Mike Meyer, an athletic trainer for the men's basketball team at Vanderbilt University, are both involved with the PAD C.A.R.E.S. program and want to make sure each school in the district has an automated external defibrillator.
Vanderbilt doctors reveal medical clue to Hatfield-McCoy feud
Lexington Herald-Leader
Thursday, April 5
The most infamous feud in American folklore, the long-running battle between the Hatfields and McCoys, may be partly explained by a rare, inherited disease that can lead to hair-trigger rage and violent outbursts.
Dozens of McCoy descendants apparently have the disease, which causes high blood pressure, racing hearts, severe headaches and too much adrenaline and other "fight or flight" stress hormones.
No one blames the whole feud on this, but doctors say it could help explain some of the clan's notorious behavior.
"This condition can certainly make anybody short-tempered, and if they are prone because of their personality, it can add fuel to the fire," said Dr. Revi Mathew, a Vanderbilt University endocrinologist treating one of the family members.
Cell Growth Factor Promotes Cancer's Spread
The Washington Post
Friday, April 6
A treatment-induced growth factor called TGF-beta contributes to the progression of advanced cancer, U.S. researchers report.
In patients with advanced cancer, anti-tumor therapies work only partially or not at all, and tumors continue to grow following treatment, says a team at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn.
