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Father of 10-year-old boy swept under the streets into storm drain shares update on his condition

The terrifying ordeal happened in Murfreesboro, Tennessee when the boy was playing with friends

The Independent UK

Blood mutations enhance risk of acute kidney injury: Research

A U.S.-Canadian study collaboration led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center found common, age-related blood changes as a risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI), which affects more than one in every five hospitalized persons worldwide. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Her air-ambulance ride wasn't covered by Medicare. It will cost her family $81,739

A frugal Tennessee resident opted out of Medicare Part B, which carries $175 monthly premiums. Now her heirs face a huge bill for an air-ambulance ride.

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Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records

Hospital officials have confirmed that Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a federal civil rights investigation after turning the medical records of transgender patients over to Tennessee’s attorney general

The Independent UK

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney general

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being accused of violating the privacy of its transgender clinic patients by turning their records over to Tennsessee’s attorney general

The Independent UK

Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probe

Tennessee’s top legal chief says that Vanderbilt University Medical Center turning over medical records for transgender patients is part of a “run-of-the-mill fraud investigation.”

The Independent UK

Hospital turns over transgender patient records to Tennessee attorney general in investigation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has turned over transgender patient records to the Tennessee attorney general’s team in what his office confirmed is an investigation into potential medical billing fraud

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Nashville school shooter drew maps to plan massacre and penned sick manifesto

The suspect, who has been identified as 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, was killed by police at the scene at the Covenant School, Nashville, Tennessee, US

Daily Mirror

Nashville school shooter's mum is anti-gun activist inspired by Sandy Hook massacre

Audrey Hale’s mum urged her friends to join her in signing petitions to ‘Keep Guns Out of Schools” and “Make large-capacity gun magazines illegal’ on her Facebook page

Daily Mirror

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor's desk

Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk

The Independent UK

Are there places you should still mask in, forever? Three experts weigh in

NPR asked COVID-19 experts how we should keep weighing risk as we enter the fourth year of the pandemic.

WEKU

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VUMC to pause, review gender-affirming surgeries for minors

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that they are pausing gender affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices

The Independent UK

Social media posts spark calls to investigate Tenn.'s VUMC

Tennessee Gov_ Bill Lee has called for an investigation into a pediatric transgender health clinic after videos surfaced on social media of staffers touting that gender-affirming procedures are “huge money makers."

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Nicotine Patches, Nasal Sprays May Reduce Alcohol Consumption

Nicotine patches, gums and nasal sprays prescribed to stop people smoking may also help them cut down on alcohol, suggests a new study.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dolly Parton donates another $1M to medical center’s infectious disease research program

Parton’s new gift will support a variety of ongoing research at the at Vanderbilt University Medical Venter, including understanding how viruses and bacteria cause disease.

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Dolly Parton gives $1M to infectious disease research, again

Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville

The Independent UK

Ex-ICU nurse convicted over accidental injection death of patient shares ‘heart-wrenching’ regret

RaDonda Vaught was spared prison sentence and handed three years probation by Tennessee judge

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A shortfall of ECMO treatment cost lives during the delta surge

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Speaking from his hospital bed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, James Perkinson’s voice was raspy. In February, he’d just been taken off ECMO, the last-ditch life support treatment in which a machine outside the body does the work of the heart and lungs.

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'Omicron is Beginning of the End,' Says US Expert

An expert at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center agreed with those suggesting the quickly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its mild symptoms could have a positive impact. Like many others, James Crowe, professor at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, believes that “with these characteristics, the new variant could be…

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