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6 salty Southern food favorites you should avoid

Learn some simple ways to reduce sodium in your diet.

Beware added sugar

Most of us take in too much added sugar, mostly from our drinks -- and not just the alcoholic ones. Do you know how much sugar you're sipping?

Searching for answers to complicated ailments

Millions of people live with rare or mysterious illnesses, not knowing the cause. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now one of seven hospitals around the country in a network devoted to finding diagnoses.

The lowdown on foodborne illness symptoms

A Vanderbilt expert explains symptoms of common illnesses and how to avoid them.

There’s help for that ringing in your ears

Tinnitus doesn’t have to rule your life. We’ve got answers.

Thriving together as a family managing diabetes

This family views dealing with type 1 diabetes as a group effort, an approach medical experts encourage.

Early heart failure leads to 100-pound weight loss, path to new life

Heart failure at 30 years old emboldened Travis Ghee to focus on better health, family, friendships and helping others.

Cancer treatments can be tough on the heart

Cancer treatments can be tough on the heart. A new specialty seeks to detect and treat those problems.

The importance of living kidney donation

Benefits are great for those who receive organs from living kidney donors.