Clinical

Better Collaboration Required to Address Social Determinants

Mar 08, 2018 at 01:24 pm by Staff

The last few decades have seen some amazing advances in medical science. However, as organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) point out, genes,.... Read More

Mazzetti+GBA Helps Bring Clean Water to Puerto Rico

Mar 08, 2018 at 11:11 am by Staff

Mazzetti+GBA believes in building healthier environments to make the world a better place - whether that environment is a hospital in a small Tennessee town or a community cli.... Read More

Heart Failure Risk Predicted By Communities, Not Wealth

Mar 08, 2018 at 09:53 am by Staff

When buying and selling real estate, how often have you heard the realtor's mantra-- location, location, location? This is also the central theme of a recently released journa.... Read More

Walking in a Patient's Shoes

Mar 08, 2018 at 09:39 am by Staff

Social Determinant Simulation Gives Students, Residents Invaluable Insights So much of medical school and residency is focused on identifying disease and prescribing a course.... Read More

News of Note in Ophthalmology

Mar 08, 2018 at 09:25 am by Staff

Gene Therapy Approved for Inherited Blindness Last December, the Food and Drug Administration unanimously approved a new gene therapy to treat a rare cause of inherited blindn.... Read More

BlephEx: Advanced, Office-Based Procedure for Chronic Eyelid Irritation & Dry Eye

Mar 07, 2018 at 05:01 pm by Staff

A breakthrough technology, BlephEX® is now available to treat chronic dry eyes and eyelid infection (blepharitis). Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center was among the fir.... Read More

Something to Smile About

Mar 07, 2018 at 04:48 pm by Staff

Meharry Launches Mobile Dentistry Clinic In February, Meharry Medical College launched a mobile dentistry clinic to bring critical dental services to patients living in unde.... Read More

Position on Governor Haslam's TN Together Initiative

Feb 08, 2018 at 04:15 pm by Staff

The Tennessee Medical Association Board of Trustees has adopted the following position on Governor Haslam's TN Together plan for addressing the state's opioid abuse epidemic..... Read More

The Impact of Clinical Trials in Tennessee

Feb 07, 2018 at 02:51 pm by Staff

On Jan. 23, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) released a new report that finds there are more than 945 active clinical trials in the Tennessee..... Read More

Get with the Guidelines: Blood Pressure Edition

Feb 07, 2018 at 02:51 pm by Staff

ACC, AHA Redefine Hypertension This past November, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association redefined the way clinicians and the public should think.... Read More