FDA Approves Second OTC Naloxone Nasal Spray Product

Jul 31, 2023 at 05:00 pm by Staff

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved RiVive, 3 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for over-the-counter (OTC), nonprescription use for the emer.... Read More

Community Health Systems Releases 2023 Community Impact Report

Jul 31, 2023 at 04:22 pm by Staff

  FRANKLIN -- Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) (“CHS” or the “Company”) released its 2023 Community Impact Report today detailing the m.... Read More

Be Aware: Someone Could Steal Your Medical Records and Bill You for Their Care

Jul 31, 2023 at 04:12 pm by Staff

  By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News   After HCA Healthcare announced this month that the personal identification data of roughly 11 million HCA patients i.... Read More

Sen. Sanders Says Millions of People Can’t Find a Doctor. He’s Mostly Right.

Jul 31, 2023 at 03:36 pm by Staff

  By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News   “Tens of millions of Americans live in communities where they cannot find a doctor while others have to.... Read More

Home Sweet Parking Lot: Some Hospitals Welcome RV Living for Patients, Families, and Workers

Jul 31, 2023 at 03:03 pm by Staff

  By Christina Saint Louis, KFF Health News    Jim Weaver has had two major surgeries in the past decade: one to remove cancerous tumors from his bladde.... Read More

A Year With 988: What Worked? What Challenges Lie Ahead?

Jul 31, 2023 at 02:56 pm by Staff

  By Colleen DeGuzman, KFF Health News    The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline marked its one-year milestone this month. Mental health.... Read More

Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects

Jul 31, 2023 at 02:30 pm by Staff

by Jessica Pasley While the incidence of influenza-associated neuropsychiatric events in children in the United States is unknown, the controversy over the use of a common an.... Read More

Vanderbilt Transplant Center reaches new record in number of procedures performed

Jul 31, 2023 at 02:17 pm by Staff

by Matt Batcheldor The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2023 (FY 23) — 665 life-saving procedures among.... Read More

White Coat Ceremony welcomes new School of Medicine students

Jul 31, 2023 at 02:16 pm by Staff

by Kathy Whitney Vanderbilt University School of Medicine welcomed 96 first-year students on Friday, July 21, during its annual White Coat Ceremony, marking the students.... Read More

Vanderbilt mourns loss of pediatric informatician Stuart Weinberg

Jul 31, 2023 at 02:09 pm by Staff

  by Mia Garchitorena Stuart T. Weinberg, MD, an innovator and advocate in the field of pediatric informatics with expertise in clinical reminders, web services, pers.... Read More