The Zika virus has triggered a global response; countries are pooling information and resources in an unprecedented show of cooperation. Efforts to combat the problem have increased in lockstep with the spread of the disease. One company proposes releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to help reduce the breeding population; others are taking the more tradition route [...]
Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of death and disability. Researchers are working constantly to better understand how the brain functions and what factors affect recovery after damage; new studies in the last year have discovered how to reduce seizures after a TBI, how diet affects recovery, and how common technology can speed recovery. [...]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has suffered the effects of mismanagement for years. Stories of the difficulties our nations’ veterans have suffered while seeking care for serious medical issues are widespread and plentiful. A new investigation has uncovered evidence that administration has acted improperly yet again, and more than 25,000 veterans across the country will [...]
In the past, we’ve written about how difficult it can be to find information about a doctor or surgeon. In part, the lack of information is due to privacy laws, but overly strict non-disclosure clauses in medical malpractice cases and the closed-mouth medical community contributes to the problem. New resources are becoming available that can [...]
The odds are not in your favor when you get on the road. Current estimates place the number of motor vehicle accidents at a steep 5.25 million every year around the world. It’s almost inevitable that you will get in an accident at some point in your life. Whether an accident is a minor fender-bender [...]
During the morning commute on Thursday, May 5, drivers noticed a FedEx double tractor-trailer weaving in out and out of its lane on I-24 West in Nashville. According to eyewitnesses, the truck hit at least one vehicle in traffic, which set off a chain reaction that left passenger vehicles scattered across the highway. Truck accident [...]
In 1986, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a single paragraph letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. In it, he wrote that less than 1% of opioid users would become physically dependent or addicted. His statistic wasn’t wrong, it was merely misrepresented; Dr. Jick was referring to patients who were carefully monitored [...]
On March 8, a Bill that would bring Tennessee’s car seat laws into agreement with recommendations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was en route to the desk of Governor Bill Haslam to be signed into law. Just two days later, the Tennessee House of Representatives pulled their approval in a rare move on [...]
Digital assistants, or conversation agents, are the wave of the future. It seems that big tech announces updates or new features every week that tweak the way we interact with our smartphones, tablets and computers. The vision of the future that sells new devices is a seamless, natural language interaction; simply ask a question and [...]
As recently as February, the NFL denied any link between the sport and the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). During a congressional committee hearing on March 14, Jeff Miller, the league’s senior vice president for health and safety, became the first NFL official to publicly acknowledge that football players have a higher risk of [...]
