BreastCancerTrials.org Launches Metastatic Trial Search

Oct 06, 2015 at 01:54 pm by Staff

On Oct. 5, BreastCancerTrials.org (BCT) announced the non-profit organization has teamed up with five breast cancer advocacy organizations to make finding out about clinical t.... Read More

FDA Approves New Injectable Drug to Treat Schizophrenia

Oct 06, 2015 at 01:11 pm by Staff

On Oct. 5, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Aristada (aripiprazole lauroxil) extended release injection to treat adults with schizophrenia, a severe and disablin.... Read More

Healthcare Vendors Agree to Interoperability Metric During KLAS Keystone Summit

Oct 06, 2015 at 12:28 am by Staff

Key EMR solution executives and healthcare provider organizations convened at the KLAS Keystone Summit in Midway, Utah, to help solve the key interoperability challenges faci.... Read More

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Keytruda for Patients with Advanced NSCLC & PD-L1 Protein Expression

Oct 05, 2015 at 02:06 pm by Staff

On Oct. 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) to treat patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).... Read More

Do Something

Oct 02, 2015 at 05:36 pm by Staff

During the third annual luncheon benefitting End Slavery Tennessee on Sept. 22 in Nashville, nearly 800 audience members listened in stunned silence as guest speakers detailed.... Read More

Q&A with MTSA President Chris Hulin

Oct 02, 2015 at 05:26 pm by Staff

On July 1, Christopher P. Hulin, CRNA, DNP, became the fourth president in the 65-year history of the Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. Previously, he served as dean and.... Read More

Dispatches from the Battle Against Alzheimer’s

Oct 02, 2015 at 05:18 pm by Staff

Director of the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center and head of the Jefferson Laboratory on Cognitive Aging, Angela Jefferson, PhD, had her grandmothers on her mind when sh.... Read More

An Early Decision to Take a Different Path

Oct 02, 2015 at 05:12 pm by Staff

At an age when most kids are more interested in playing doctor than actually becoming one, neurosurgeon Robbi Franklin, MD, was different. “I’ve known since nine years old tha.... Read More

Neuro Notes

Oct 02, 2015 at 04:05 pm by Staff

First U.S. Patient Treated With Automatic Brain Metastases Planning Software by BrainlabLast month, Brainlab, a global medical technology company based in Munich, announced it.... Read More

Amedisys Execs Come to Nashville

Oct 02, 2015 at 03:35 pm by Staff

This month, the executive team of Baton Rouge-based Amedisys will make the move to Nashville, joining the more than 250 other healthcare companies headquartered in Middle Tenn.... Read More