Clinical

Genetics and chronic pain

Apr 21, 2023 at 03:25 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder Chronic pain often involves more than one part of the body. For example, migraine headache may occur with fibromyalgia (pain throughout the body) or ch.... Read More

Study details RNA editing in virus-infected cancer cells

Apr 21, 2023 at 03:09 pm by Staff

  by Leigh MacMillan   Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have published the first comprehensive analysis of RNA editing — a form of RNA modif.... Read More

Program studies impact of shared medical visits on loneliness and other issues

Apr 18, 2023 at 10:21 am by Staff

  by Jill Clendening   A patient recently looked around a conference room full of other patients and their health care providers and shared how this group had hel.... Read More

As Pandemic Emergencies End, People Battling Long Covid Feel ‘Swept Under the Rug’

Apr 18, 2023 at 09:56 am by Staff

    Jackie Fortiér, KPCC/LAist, KFF Health News     Lost careers. Broken marriages. Dismissed and disbelieved by family and friends. These are.... Read More

Pragmatica-Lung Study, a streamlined model for future cancer clinical trials, begins enrolling patients

Apr 16, 2023 at 10:48 pm by Staff

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has helped launch a phase 3 randomized clinical trial (NCT05633602) of a two-drug combination t.... Read More

Children’s mystery symptoms may be alpha-gal syndrome

Apr 16, 2023 at 07:58 pm by Staff

  by Nancy Humphrey A Vanderbilt University Medical Center joint study between the divisions of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Allergy, Pulmon.... Read More

Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation

Apr 16, 2023 at 07:53 pm by Staff

by Matt Batcheldor Not enough suitable donor livers are available, meaning that patients nationwide die every day while waiting on the transplant list. But a multidisciplinar.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Performs First Open Heart Surgery

Apr 13, 2023 at 03:08 pm by Staff

  Last week, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford reached a significant milestone by performing the first open heart surgeries in the county.   “This acc.... Read More

Improving Early Identification and Screening of Mental Illness

Apr 11, 2023 at 09:15 am by Staff

By Dr. Thomas Young Early identification of mental illness has long been a struggle. To this day, mental illness remains highly stigmatized, so individuals are often hesitan.... Read More

Lessons in Preventing Button Battery Injuries

Apr 11, 2023 at 08:55 am by Staff

  Patti L. Ellis, RN, CPHRM, Patient Safety Risk Manager II, The Doctors Company According to a study published in Pediatrics, it is estimated that between 2010 an.... Read More