Clinical

Destigmatizing and Demystifying Testing Tools to Fight the Ongoing Opioid Epidemic

May 14, 2022 at 12:03 am by pjeter

Our country and community are in crisis. As of January 2020, 49 U.S. states have reported fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, with deaths attributed to such pills in 38 states..... Read More

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

May 12, 2022 at 02:35 pm by pjeter

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

The Murky Waters of Long COVID

May 11, 2022 at 03:27 pm by pjeter

The impact on women's health, need for more research, depression issues and new initiatives   By LYNNE JETER The suicide last May of Long COVID sufferer Heidi Ferrer r.... Read More

Treatment of Chronic Pain from Covid-19

Jul 14, 2021 at 02:22 pm by admin

By now, we are all too familiar with the fatal devastation COVID-19 has wrought on this country, with hundreds of thousands dead. We view those who recovered from the virus as.... Read More

FDA Approves Controversial Alzheimer's Drug

Jul 14, 2021 at 02:17 pm by admin

On June 7, the Food & Drug Administration approved Aduhelm (aducanumab) to treat Alzheimer's patients, making it the first new drug approval for a disease impacting more t.... Read More

Expanding Evidence-Based Care for Dementia

Jul 14, 2021 at 01:02 pm by admin

Alzheimer's Association Creates Training, Certification Program The Alzheimer's Association recently launched a new training program with certification exam to advance the dep.... Read More

McDonald Murrmann: Celebrating Women for 25 Years

May 05, 2021 at 03:40 pm by admin

: Independent OB/GYN practice reflects on what makes it work A little over 25 years ago, I proposed an idea to Dr. Mary McDonald that we should leave the comfort of our 8 p.... Read More

TFA Affords Women Another Option to Treat Symptomatic Fibroids

May 05, 2021 at 03:22 pm by admin

Gynesonics' Sonata System Proving Efficient, Effective & Safe Almost always benign, women with symptomatic fibroids would be quick to say it doesn't mean the tumors aren'.... Read More

NCI Director Updates Cancer Progress

May 05, 2021 at 03:05 pm by admin

In April, National Cancer Institute Director Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless, MD, FAACR, addressed the virtual attendees of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeti.... Read More

MLH and Tenet Future

Dec 23, 2020 at 09:51 am by admin

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Tenet have made the decision to continue to operate MLH and Saint Francis hospitals as separate health entities. With the Federal Trade Com.... Read More

Addressing a Chronic Killer

Nov 24, 2020 at 09:56 am by admin

HCA Hosts Kidney Disease Roundtable with CMS Administrator Seema Verma HCA Healthcare recently hosted Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma a.... Read More

Pandemic Pressures & Stress Takes Toll on Mental Health

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:57 pm by admin

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Anna Cook, is seeing firsthand the effects the pandemic is having on the mental health of West Tennesseans Working on the front lines of mental.... Read More

Fauci Updates Healthcare Professionals on COVID-19 During IDWeek 2020

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:51 pm by admin

In late October, healthcare professionals in infectious disease, healthcare epidemiology and prevention gathered virtually for IDWeek 2020, perhaps one of the most consequenti.... Read More

AACR Releases Landmark Cancer Disparities Progress Report

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:54 am by admin

On Sept. 16, the American Association for Cancer Research released a first-of-its-kind report outlining disparities in outcomes and clinical trial participation for ethnic and.... Read More

Pioneering the Future: Orthopaedic Advancements in a Changing Field

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:47 am by admin

Laura Whitsitt, M.S., SVP, Research & Development- Orthopaedics, Smith+Nephew, Inc. Laura Whitsitt During more than 30 years with global medical technology leader Smith+N.... Read More