Daily Archives: July 24, 2018
Team Hope program’s mission is to enhance care for newborns with NAS
A collaborative program across units at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is changing the way nurses and doctors care for newborns diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms at birth, also known a… Continue reading
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Integrated, multidisciplinary approach key to opioid fight: panel
No single approach will end the epidemic of fatal overdoses caused by addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin that is ravaging this country, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, Adm. Brett Giroir, MD, warned Tuesday during a panel discussion in … Continue reading
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First lady visits Children’s Hospital to learn about VUMC’s opioid approach
First lady Melania Trump visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Tuesday to learn firsthand about Team Hope, Vanderbilt’s multidisciplinary team focused on helping infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as well as thei… Continue reading
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Valsartan recall: What you should know
The Food and Drug Administration has announced the voluntary recall of tablets that contain a generic drug known as valsartan. If you are wondering what to do after hearing news about the recall of certain drugs used to treat high blood pressure, the … Continue reading
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Updates to Outpatient Whiteboard coming soon
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Health Sciences Education Grand Rounds about retrieval-based learning to be Aug. 17
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“My Southern Health”: Myths about Type 2 diabetes
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I passed out cold in this Vanderbilt doctor’s office in the 1980s. I’ve never forgotten her reaction
In a failed attempt to become physically fit, I took up jogging. My left knee swelled to the size of a cabbage. I went to see Dr. Elizabeth Szalay. Continue reading
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Health Plus helps you enhance well-being in new Game Plan for Your Health video
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