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WGU Tennessee Launches Enrollment for 14- to 18-Year-Old Students

Feb 12, 2023 at 06:31 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE – WGU Tennessee, an affiliate of accredited, nonprofit Western Governors University, has announced that it is now possible for 14- to 18-year.... Read More

Get Your Rear in Gear - Nashville

Feb 12, 2023 at 03:06 pm by Staff

Get Your Rear in Gear – Nashville is a casual untimed 5k run/walk along the Richland Creek Greenway to raise awareness about and funds for colon cancer. Colon cancer pat.... Read More

KLAS Research Awards CarePayment Top Patient Financing Company for 2023

Feb 08, 2023 at 11:01 am by Staff

    NASHVILLE – CarePayment, a leading patient financial engagement and financing company, was named the 2023 “Best in KLAS” in patient financing.... Read More

Child Health Poll: Tennessee Parents Trust Their Children’s Health Care Providers the Most for Information About Vaccines

Feb 08, 2023 at 10:51 am by Staff

  New analyses of the latest annual Tennessee Child Health Poll conducted by the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy in late 2022 has found par.... Read More

AccuReg Named 2023 Best in KLAS® for Patient Access

Feb 08, 2023 at 10:43 am by Staff

  NASHVILLE – AccuReg, a healthcare technology solutions company offering EngageCare, a full suite of intelligent patient access, revenue cycle management and.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Adds New Heart Device to Cardiac Program

Feb 06, 2023 at 01:54 pm by Staff

  Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is pleased to announce they will now be housing the Impella Cardiac Power (CP), the world’s smallest heart pump, at their hospi.... Read More

COVID-19 battle begins in the nose

Feb 05, 2023 at 03:59 pm by Staff

by Sarah E. Glass A higher viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in plasma is associated with increased COVID-19 disease severity. How viral load affects the expression of host (immu.... Read More

Researchers clarify role of blood cell mutations in disease

Feb 05, 2023 at 03:56 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder More than 10% of older adults develop somatic (non-inherited) mutations in blood stem cells that can trigger explosive, clonal expansions of abnormal c.... Read More

Shade Tree Clinic adds monthly pediatric clinic

Feb 05, 2023 at 03:42 pm by Staff

  by Kathy Whitney Shade Tree Clinic, which since 2005 has provided primary care to underserved and uninsured adults in Nashville, opened a pediatric clinic in January,.... Read More

Discovery of “cross-reactive” antibodies could aid treatment of viral co-infections

Feb 05, 2023 at 03:31 pm by Staff

by Bill Snyder More than a million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. One-fifth of them have been co-infected by the hepatitis C vir.... Read More