Listen Republicans in the General Assembly say they want to increase competition between hospitals and make prices more transparent. As part of a new health care plan outlined Thursday, they’re also proposing restrictions on pharmacy middlemen.
Nashville Zoo Visitors Can Now See Animals In The Operating Room
Listen Immunizing a clouded leopard. A physical for an armadillo. And an eye exam for a milk frog. That’s Friday’s lineup in the Nashville Zoo’s newest attraction: an animal hospital.
Comptroller Finds Troubled Hospital Remains A Financial Pit For Decatur County
Listen Decatur County General Hospital narrowly avoided closure last year and remains a threat to the overall finances of the local government. That’s a negative finding from an audit conducted by the Tennessee Comptroller.
Why Vanderbilt Doctors Are Rethinking How They Place Breathing Tubes
Listen Vanderbilt researchers want to change a brief but dangerous procedure that occurs more than a million times a year in U.S. hospitals. A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine claims to settle a 50-year controversy over how to place a breathing tube.
Taking Music Therapy To The Depths Of Detox
Listen Imagine a worst-case scenario with the flu — sniffles, chills, aching and vomiting. That’s what it often feels like to withdraw from heroin and powerful opioids. Medication helps. But writhing in bed is almost always in order. It’s not the time most people would turn to songwriting, but as music therapy grows as a method […]
In Sickness And In Health: How An Aging Nashville Couple Takes Turns Playing Caregiver
Listen The love story of Steve and Silver Kilgore sounds like a country song, which is pretty appropriate given their professions and linage. Both have made careers in the music industry, but the family’s claim to fame is still the song “Ring of Fire,” made famous by Johnny Cash and co-written by Steve’s father, Merle […]
Sun Drop And The South’s Soda-Induced Health Problems
Listen Sodas have long been blamed for contributing to America’s growing waistlines and related diabetes problem. But in some parts of Tennessee, it’s not just sodas. Specifically, it’s Sun Drop.
Grundy County Experiments With Reversing Type 2 Diabetes
Listen Grundy County, Tenn., has a long list of public health challenges, and type 2 diabetes is one of the mountainous community’s biggest problems. It’s a diagnosis associated with obesity and family history, considered practically incurable. But some Grundy County residents are now putting conventional wisdom to the test.
Justice Department Resorts To Unprecedented Restraining Orders Against Celina, Tennessee, Pharmacies
Listen A federal judge has temporarily shuttered a pair of problem pharmacies on the Cumberland Plateau. The legal action is “a first of its kind action” by the Justice Department in a crackdown on prescription opioids.
How Childhood Trauma Is Costing Tennessee Billions — By Turning Kids Into Smokers
Listen Childhood trauma is costing Tennessee billions of dollars a year as those kids become adults with health complications. The Sycamore Institute has released a study showing a hefty price in medical bills and missed work, much of it caused by a familiar problem — smoking.
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