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Tuesday, June 11 2013, 10:34 |
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Spring cleaning sometimes takes intrepid householders to new heights – scaling ladders to clean gutters, wash windows, dust light fixtures or engage in other off-the-ground beautification or maintenance projects.
Ladders can be among the most hazardous of common household devices, according to Corey Slovis, M.D., professor and chair of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Tuesday, June 11 2013, 09:58 |
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Tanimura & Antle Relay for Life Team Captain David Dickerson, left, presents checks totalling $10,254.22 to American Cancer Society representative Lori Love as some of the team members look on.
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Thursday, June 13 2013, 10:48 |
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Primary care physicians and nurse practitioners significantly disagree on some proposed changes to the scope of nurse practitioners’ responsibilities, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study recently released.
The study, led by investigators from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN), Vanderbilt Institute for Medicine and Public Health, and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), comes at a time when the U.S. health system is facing both an increasing demand for primary care services and a worsening shortage of primary care physicians.
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Friday, June 14 2013, 09:43 |
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The state of women’s health in Tennessee continues to improve in many areas, according to a Tennessee Women’s Health Report Card, released today. The take home message: Women’s health is moving in the right direction, but there’s much more work to be done.
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Tuesday, June 04 2013, 09:08 |
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Quality Home Health, Team Hunter Martial Arts, and Crisis Management Group (CMG), hosted a safety awareness class at the Overton County Senior Center on Monday, May 20 for women and senior citizens.
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Tuesday, June 04 2013, 10:19 |
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Todd Matthews, director of communications for NamUs.gov at UNT Health Science Center, recently did a professional presentation to the Sixth District Dental Hygienists Association.
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Tuesday, June 04 2013, 10:16 |
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Tennessee Economic Council on Women held hearings on the violence against women and the ensuing lifelong costs recently in Nashville.
The Tennessee Economic Council on Women (TECW) tallied more than $7.2 million dollars in annual spending on violent crimes committed against women in the Greater Nashville Development District, based on the budget-specific testimony of just ten local speakers. Comprised mostly of law enforcement, social service, and healthcare costs, that sample figure was accompanied by numbers for statewide organizations and budget appropriations, which totaled over $8 million dollars. Ten other speakers spoke on non-budgetary details.
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