Legislation Filed To Ensure Tennessee Patients Faster Access To Effective Medicine

Feb 03, 2020 at 12:16 pm by Staff

Tennesseans for Affordable Access to Medicine, a coalition comprised of thousands of patients, healthcare providers and caregivers, today lauded legislation that would allow T.... Read More

Tristar Centennial Welcomes New Family Medicine Physician, Kenzie Dent, M.D.

Feb 03, 2020 at 11:41 am by Staff

TriStar Centennial Medical Center is proud to welcome Kenzie Dent, M.D. to Tristar Medical Group - Sterling Primary Care. Dr. Dent is a primary care physician treating patient.... Read More

As American Heart Month Approaches, AMA Offers 6 Tips to Improve Heart Health, Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke

Feb 03, 2020 at 12:01 am by Staff

To help the millions of Americans currently living with high blood pressure reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, the American Medical Association (AMA) is offering si.... Read More

Response to Proposed Rules & Regs

Jan 30, 2020 at 09:02 am by Staff

Title X The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Department of Health & Human Services' ability to modify programming when it comes to Title X funding. Currently,.... Read More

Benefits of Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida Continue Through School Age

Jan 24, 2020 at 09:46 am by Staff

The benefits of fetal surgery to repair spina bifida, a procedure pioneered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in 1997, continue through school age, a National Ins.... Read More

Vanderbilt-led Team Discovers New Genetic Disease and Defines Underlying Mechanism

Jan 21, 2020 at 10:47 am by Staff

Studies that started in zebrafish have now pointed to a role for collagen secretion in a wide variety of clinical symptoms -- and in a newly identified genetic syndrome. Ela.... Read More

Alexander: Tightened Restrictions on Fentanyl Will Save Thousands of Tennesseans

Jan 17, 2020 at 11:03 am by Staff

"Last year, more Tennesseans died from opioid overdoses than were killed in car crashes. And the leading cause of these opioid related deaths were caused by illegal forms of f.... Read More

FDA Approves First Nasal Seizure Rescue Medication for Ages 6 and Above

Jan 17, 2020 at 10:59 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VALTOCO® (diazepam nasal spray) as an acute treatment of intermittent, stereotypic episodes of frequent seizure activi.... Read More

The American Heart Association Launches #QuitLying Day to Combat Youth Vaping in Schools Across the Country

Jan 17, 2020 at 09:59 am by Staff

The American Heart Association, the world's leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, is working with over 100 schools across the country to gi.... Read More

Tennessee Blue Book 2019-2020 Edition Honors Women's Suffrage

Jan 16, 2020 at 09:52 am by Staff

The 2019-2020 edition of the Tennessee Blue Book, released this week, honors the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote..... Read More