Clinical

Study on miscarriage management finds combination treatment is more efficient and cost effective

Aug 28, 2023 at 10:37 pm by Staff

  By Danny Bonvissuto Since November 2018, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recommended a combination of two drugs for pregnant women who hav.... Read More

How caregivers can reclaim what COVID-19 took away

Aug 28, 2023 at 10:08 pm by Staff

  By Bill Snyder   A year into the pandemic, Rebecca Plowman, RN, realized that all her patients with COVID-19 had died within a month of being admitted to the Me.... Read More

‘All We Want Is Revenge’: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens

Aug 28, 2023 at 09:36 pm by Staff

    By Liz Szabo, KFF Health News    Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun violence for 16 years. As a street outreach work.... Read More

Illustrated Report: How Gun Violence Goes Viral

Aug 28, 2023 at 06:35 pm by Staff

By Oona Tempest and Liz Szabo, KFF Health News  As chatter and images about guns and violence slip into the social media feeds of more teens, viral messag.... Read More

Dangers and Deaths Around Black Pregnancies Seen as a ‘Completely Preventable’ Health Crisis

Aug 28, 2023 at 04:43 pm by Staff

By Sandy West, KFF Health News   Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never l.... Read More

Childhood Obesity: Communication Strategies for Healthcare Practitioners

Aug 28, 2023 at 04:09 pm by Staff

  By  Patti L. Ellis, RN, CPHRM, Patient Safety Risk Manager II, The Doctors Company   Childhood obesity has become a health crisis in the U.S. acr.... Read More

Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached historic highs among adults 35 to 50

Aug 22, 2023 at 11:02 am by Staff

  NIH-funded study also shows younger adults reported marijuana, vaping, and hallucinogen use at or near historically high levels.   Past-year use of marijuana an.... Read More

Few Firm Beliefs and Low Trust: Americans Not Sure What’s True in Age of Health Misinformation

Aug 22, 2023 at 10:26 am by Staff

    By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News   Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more,.... Read More

Study reveals genomic code for sepsis in the lungs and kidneys

Aug 21, 2023 at 04:43 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder   Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center have “cracked” the genomic co.... Read More

New Ambulatory Surgery Division announced

Aug 21, 2023 at 04:11 pm by Staff

  by John Howser With year-over-year growth in surgical volume, Vanderbilt Health is forming a new Ambulatory Surgery Division. Within the Vanderbilt Health System appr.... Read More