Pregnancy may help cut risks for HIV-infected women
Vanderbilt planning more construction
Colon cancer blood test
Thousands of GIs cope with brain damage
Survey shows Americans' mix of opinion on fundamental freedoms
Pregnancy may help cut risks for HIV-infected women
Newswise.com
Thursday, Sept. 13
Women with HIV infection who become pregnant have a lower risk of progression to AIDS and death, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report.
Their findings, posted last week on the online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, suggest that “the complex set of immunologic changes” that occur during pregnancy may be interacting in a beneficial way with combination drug therapy.
The Vanderbilt study included 759 women treated between 1997 and 2004 at Nashville's Comprehensive Care Center, one of the nation's largest outpatient AIDS treatment programs. More than 500 of these women received HAART, including 119 of the 139 women who had at least one pregnancy during the study period.
Vanderbilt planning more construction
Nashville Business Journal
Tuesday, Sept. 11
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is planning an eight-story Women and Children's pavilion on the current Dayani Center site.
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Harry Jacobson showed renderings of the structure to Vanderbilt employees at its Fall 2007 Leadership Development Institute, according to a university publication.
Carole Bartoo, public relations manager at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, confirmed that plans are under consideration, but said the hospital has no further comment at this time.
Colon cancer blood test
News 14 Carolina
Friday, Sept. 14
When caught early, patients have close to a 100 percent chance of surviving colon cancer. The only problem is, it takes an invasive colonoscopy -- a test many patients dread -- to catch the cancer. Now, researchers are working on an easier way to detect the disease.
With two dogs and 11 horses, it's clear Ron Obenauf is an animal lover. But a recent health diagnosis made Obenauf wonder how much longer he'd be able to enjoy his life on the farm.
“There were times when tears would just be for no reason coming down, and I would say, 'Why is this happening to me?'" Obenauf said.
Daniel Liebler, a biochemist at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, is quoted.
Thousands of GIs cope with brain damage
Associated Press
Monday, Sept. 10
The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers.
Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries are so different from the ones doctors are used to seeing from falls and car crashes that treating them is as much faith as it is science.
"I've been in the field for 20-plus years dealing with TBI. I have a very experienced staff. And they're saying to me, 'We're seeing things we've never seen before,'" said Sandy Schneider, director of Vanderbilt University's brain injury rehabilitation program.
Survey shows Americans' mix of opinion on fundamental freedoms
PR Newswire
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Sixty-five percent of Americans believe that the nation's founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation and 55% believe that the Constitution establishes a Christian nation, according to the "State of the First Amendment 2007" national survey released today by the First Amendment Center.
The survey also found that 71% of Americans would limit the amount a corporation or union could contribute to a political campaign, with 64% favoring such a limit on individual contributions. Sixty-two percent would limit the amount a person could contribute to his or her own campaign. Support for such limits increased from the 2000 survey in all three areas: by nine percentage points in favor of limits on self-funding, by seven points concerning limits on individual contributions to someone else; and by three points on limits on corporations and unions.
The First Amendment Center works to preserve and protect First Amendment freedoms through information and education. The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to petition the government.
The center, with offices at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and Washington, D.C., is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum. Its affiliation with Vanderbilt University is through the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies.
