States Have Yet to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars to Tackle Covid Health Disparities

May 16, 2022 at 10:23 am by Staff

By Phil Galewitz and Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News   The Biden administration in March 2021 announced it was investing.... Read More

Nutex Announces Two New Fully Functional Micro Hospitals

May 16, 2022 at 09:57 am by Staff

HOUSTON - Nutex Health Inc. ("Nutex Health" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NUTX), a physician-led, technology-enabled healthcare services company comprised of a hospital divisio.... Read More

Study sheds light on the dark side of Obesity

May 15, 2022 at 04:18 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder Obesity is an inflammatory condition that can damage tissues throughout the body, resulting in increased risk for cardiovascular disease, insulin resis.... Read More

Suicide prediction method combines AI and Face-to-face Screening

May 15, 2022 at 04:16 pm by Staff

A new observational study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center points to solutions for efficient clinical prediction of suicide attempt or suicidal thinking in adults. &.... Read More

Davis named section chief of Breast Imaging

May 15, 2022 at 04:12 pm by Staff

by Krystyna Barnard The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences recently named Katie Davis, DO, assistant professor of Radiology, section chief of Breast.... Read More

Upperman elected president-elect of the Surgical Infection Society

May 15, 2022 at 04:10 pm by Staff

by Christina Echegaray Jeffrey Upperman, MD, surgeon-in-chief of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected president-elect of the Surgical I.... Read More

Fissell receives Medal of Excellence from the American Association of Kidney Patients

May 15, 2022 at 04:07 pm by Staff

by Emily Stembridge William Fissell, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, has received the 2022 Medal of Excellence Award in the physician categ.... Read More

New Clinician Spotlight: Shailee Shah

May 15, 2022 at 04:04 pm by Staff

Shailee Shah, MD, MS, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an assistant professor in the Division of Neuroimmunology within the Department of Neurology.... Read More

Is Paxlovid, the Covid Pill, Reaching Those Who Most Need It? The Government Won’t Say

May 15, 2022 at 02:35 pm by Staff

By Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News As the nation largely abandons mask mandates, physical distancing, and other covid-19 prevention strategies, elected officials a.... Read More

No Prison Time for Tennessee Nurse Convicted of Fatal Drug Error

May 14, 2022 at 10:41 pm by Staff

  By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News  RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallyin.... Read More